Artist description Truly original pop music with tastes of jazz, Indian music and rock. It sounds like a girl name, but to it's the name of the music project. The leader of the band is the singer-songwriter Gülüs Gülcügil-Türkmen, who bases her songs on a character she created and named named Betty Ween... More info on www.bettyween.com Betty Ween lives between two different worlds with very different rules. That’s where she got her name, Bett-y-Ween! Betty Ween won the Roxy Music Competition in the year 1999 in Istanbul. Gülüs started her musical career as the lead vocalist of a Belgian rock band named Sister Luck, but after a few gigs, she decided to go for her own thing and began composing for this new project she would call Betty Ween. She has worked with some musicians well-known in the Belgian and Turkish underground environments as well as the international jazz music environment. In 2003 her first album went out (www.elec-trip.com).

Music Style Alternative, jazz, folk, ethnic pop

Musical Influences Ani DiFranco, Laurie Anderson, Iva Bittova, Bjork, Tori Amos...

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Artist History A Belgo-Turkish singer-songwriter's songs through an imaginary character called Betty Ween (relates to the word "between")

Group Members Gulus Gulcugil, Onur Türkmen, Gajanan Thorat, Ergin Ozler, Burak Gungormus.

Instruments Vocals, tablas, bass, guitars, drums, cello, keyboards and sarod.

Additional Info Write to info@elec-trip.com

Location Istanbul, Istanbul - Turkey

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