Who is Gülseren ? Simply herself. This young artist, fresh as a rose, gave her name to her first self-produced album. Born in Istanbul and living in Paris since the age of 7, she hates being labelled. Her choice of songs proves this : " Sarabande " with a Haendel prelude as an opening, shows her lyric training, " Ayrilik ", her theme tune, accentuates the clarity of her voice " Habibi " would get the most reluctant dancing. From classical to techno, via rock and roll, from groove to traditional songs, this album has multiple facets, eclectic of course but also generous and open to the world as proved in her song " Deprem " which she composed after the earthquake which shook Turkey in 1999.
Gülseren who writes all her own lyrics, was helped by Luis Ernesto Gomez for the arrangements. They will appear together on stage during her French tour in September where their combined talents as percussionnists complement each other perfectly. A chance not to be missed to witness the complicity that unites these two performers and which will bring a smile to the audience when Luis sings to Gülseren in the opening chorus of " Sinanay ". Her creative energy and charisma, linked not only with the artist but also with the album has rendered Gülseren a name that is on everyone’s lips and in everyone’s hearts.

S.B. - 27/08/01 - www.net-up.com - Le Mag

Gülseren at "La Guinguette Pirate"

"French but born in Istanbul, Gülseren is a young singer with a warm and strong voice. Her musicians mix traditional music and rock. With a classic background, she's been mixing singing and dancing for a growing audience since her album has come out at the beginning of this year. Even, she's played her own character in a dutch-turkish film, "Roos and Rana". Today, her career is going on with "Sev Beni". If you miss her tonight, 8 pm, at "La Guinguette Pirate", you can make up for it watching a special coverage about Gülseren on France 2 and La Cinquième, next september."

Le Parisien - 07/07/01 - "Good plans for your saturday night"  

Interview of Gülseren on SBS, Australian radio. 
One hour live broadcast with Ozen Ozuner who discovered Gülseren performing a concert in Paris and wanted to introduce her huge talent and great album to the australian audience. 

"Gülseren is a star shining in France. Don't miss the interview with the one who has fans in Australia and all over the world. In the second part of our interview, you will discover that Gülseren has also huge knowledge and qualities in turkish classical music."

Ozen Ozuner, SBS Radio (the interview is in turkish but at least for the a capella songs it's a great pleasure to listen !)