Yasemin Mori

Yasemin Mori
Performing during her concert on Yazır, Kumluca (July 18, 2009)
Background information
Birth name	Yasemin Savgı
Also known as	Yasemori, Yasemin Morrison
Born	(1982-03-04) March 4, 1982
Origin	Ankara, Turkey
Genres	Alternative rock, indie rock
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2008-present
Labels	Irmak Plak, Dokuzsekiz
Website	yaseminmori.tumblr.com Official MySpace page
Members	Barlas Tan Özemek, Berke Can Özcan, Can Çankaya, Gökhan Şahinkaya, Görkem Karabudak, Korhan Futacı
Past members	Can Güngör, Canberk Ünsal, Cihan Mürtezaoğlu, Ediz Hafızoğlu, Masis Aram Gözbek

Yasemin Savgı (born 4 March 1982, Istanbul) is a Turkish alternative rock singer.

Biography

As daughter of Kuleli Military High School and Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts-graduated architect father and Edirne-born mother worked as a sales chief on Turkish Airlines, her original last name was Savgı. She chooses to go by the scene alias mori, which means girl in various ethnic Balkan Turkic dialects, and which was a name she was called by many of her friends as a young girl.

She composed her first song when she was a teenager with contributions of her elder sister's music record share. At a Kings of Convenience concert on Istanbul in July 6, 2005, she invaded the stage by dancing on her own. Her first album Hayvanlar was released on 10 July 2008 by Irmak Plak. Mori released her second studio album Deli Bando in October 2012 after three years of development, working with members of Korhan Futacı ve Kara Orkestra and Boğaziçi Jazz Choir.

Mori released her 3rd album Finnari Kakaraska in March 2015, featuring two covers Gel by Ajda Pekkan and Kanatları Gümüş Yavru Bir Kuş by Nazım Hikmet.

Mori prefers to live as a vegetarian, because of a memory about a fish restaurant in her childhood. She occasionally shares her works and announcements via her own Tumblr page since August 2009, as a former student of the Department of Graphic Design at Bilkent University.

Discography

Studio albums

• Hayvanlar (2008)
• Deli Bando (2012)
• Finnari Kakaraska (2015)

Other works

Yasemin Mori features most of these works at her concerts, but she did not intend to release them on a new album, as she stated on MTV Turkey's talk show BeniMTV broadcast on October 2009, until she started working on development of Deli Bando in 2010.

• Bir Beyaz Balina (A white whale)
• Can Cambaz (Glass junglor)
• Dünya Her Gün Caz Yapar (The world makes jazz everyday)
• Hey Baksana (Hey let you look)
• Karamel (Caramel)
• Mutsuz Böcek (Sad bug)
• Uzay Kuşu (Space Bird)

Music videos

Mori received mainstream attention with her first video "Aslında Bir Konu Var" posted from her MySpace account on May 2008. It was featured after the launch of MySpace's Turkish version. Her second video, "Mutsuz Punk," was released on Yasemin Mori's multiple social network accounts on 27 August 2009. Her third video, "Nolur Nolur Nolur," was released in November 2009.

As a part of Deli Bando, she first released "Dünya" as video single on 5 July 2012, which features short clips during her trip in Brazil. After the official release of the 2nd album in October 2012, the second video released to naming track "Deli Bando" on 11 January 2013, features the band working with Mori herself. Third video Uçurumlar released in October 14, 2013 taken on Kaş. The fourth video Işığa Geldi Çocuklar released on 8 January 2014 animated by Mori's school friend Seha Can.

During the release of Finnari Kakaraska, Oyna was released on 4 March 2015 which is also 33rd birthday of Mori. Second video is planned to released as Kanatları Gümüş Yavru Bir Kuş features a video still that Mori runs on a vehicular underpass on reverse way.

References

• (Turkish) Official fan blog
• (Turkish) Official Tumblog