RECENT NEWS
28.03.2011 | NEW OST: ADDER
The dev. guys of To Hell With Johnny asked me if I can work on their new puzzle game and I gladly said yes! Adder, which will have a name change I believe, is a puzzle game with numbers. I am currently working on its music.
I know I was a bit silent recently but we were VERY busy with recording new Dreamtone demos for our label contacts. I will try to keep the site updated in a more regular fashion, I promise =).
22.02.2011 | AUDIOJUNGLE PROFILE
After some consideration, I decided to setup an Audiojungle profile for some of my side music. Tracks that do not belong to any specific project will be featured there. These tracks will be open to buy for really good prices. As you may know, Audiojungle is a music, video, graphics library where you can purchase stuff.
If you are willing to check my portfolio there and shop for some quick tracks rather than full scale contract work, please check my profile at;
http://audiojungle.net/user/oganalp/portfolio
Please note that all my tracks featured at Audiojungle are EXCLUSIVE to Audiojungle, so its the only place to track them. Thank you for your interest!
28.01.2011 | NEW ILLARION TRACK
I decided to share something different today. Here is a track from the Illarion OST. The difference is that this is a tavern theme. We have an idea about this tavern band and some stuff. Here is a song from their playlist. I hope you like it!
28.01.2011 | NEW WEBSITE
I was planning to update the website design in December but due to workload and all, I had to do it with a month's delay. Anyway, I hope you like the new design. It features a better accessible player with track listing rather than playing random. I also manage a personal blog now. You can find the link at your left. Enjoy!
18.01.2011 | PROJECT NAME CHANGE
Dev team from WolfBite Games informed me that the name of "Bottoms Up" project has been changed to "Chester's Revenge". Just wanted to let you know to prevent any future confusion.
12.01.2011 | NEW TRACK FROM BOTTOMS UP
First of all, a happy new year to you all! Sorry for the late update but I was REALLY busy with stuff.
I am working on Bottoms Up title of WolfBite Games. It is planned for iPhone and Win 7. An arcade game to be exact. I wanted to share a track with you from the title. The track is from the Underwater level of the game. Enjoy!
16.12.2010 | AN UPDATE AND UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Lots of activity recently, didn't have the time to update the website. I will start working on a new Win 7 / iPhone game soundtrack next week and me and the Dreamtone mates are working on the new Dreamtone compositions to present the label in January. Lots of work but I promise to update some stuff real soon.
Keep an eye on here! =)
26.11.2010 | NEW ETERNAL CRISIS TRACK
Here comes another sample track from Eternal Crisis. It is a battle theme, possibly for a scripted encounter. Enjoy!
15.11.2010 | ETERNAL CRISIS PROJECT INFORMATION AND SAMPLE TRACK
Working on many things at the moment. Albums, soundtracks, websites... One of these things is a promising post-apocalypse setting game called Eternal Crisis. The team entrusted their music needs to my hands and so far, things are going on fine. I am also posting a track here from the game audio pool we are creating. You can check updates at www.eternalcrisis.net as well.
05.11.2010 | ANOTHER ILLARION TRACK ONLINE
Busy times. I just got permission to share another Illarion track with you. This one is a battle theme! Enjoy! You can learn more about Illarion at www.illarion.org
05.11.2010 | ETERNITY GAME MUSIC
Hi people, I have updated the project website with one of the latest works I have been busy with. The game is named Eternity, a Star Control like space game. You can check details at the project pages, as well link(s) provided there regarding the developer.
03.11.2010 | SOME PICTURES AND A NEW PROJECT
I have uploaded some photos to the "About" section. They are not much but showing some moments of my musical career. I will add more and more stuff in the near future.
I also started working on another indie project. A Star Control like game. I will soon add some info regarding that project as well.
01.11.2010 | TO HELL WITH JOHNNY RELEASED FOR PC!
It was a very much fun to work project and now you can enjoy it as well! "To Hell With Johnny" has been released and you can find it at www.michi.nu
22.09.2010 | A NEW PROJECT AND A NEW TRACK
Hello all, sorry for the gap in between my updates but due to the upcoming Neverland tour, I was VERY busy with paper work and all that stuff.
Anyway, I was working on a game called Poemoutron, some platformer arcade and the developer wanted me to produce some sci-fi like electronic music. I am adding the track for intense situations here at the player. I hope you like it. You can also find details at my projects page.
30.08.2010 | NEW TRACKS AND SOME UPDATES
Sorry people, I was on holiday and rested a bit before doing anything new. But I am back on track with new stuff and I am posting one Ophidia track and one new track from Eden's Rise project for your joy. I hope you like them!
I will be working on Eden's Rise and Illarion stuff mostly, until the end of 2010 and I will be on the road next month with Neverland, but I will try to post as many updates as I can, I promise!
Take care!
15.07.2010 | A SCI-FI SOUNDTRACK WITH AN IMPORTANT MISSION
I got a mail several days ago, from a VERY talented development team, working on a sci-fi movie, being based on a game engine. Well, you can call it a c-movie, anyway.
The project itself is very appealing as it being a sci-fi project and the team being very talented but what was more important that, the income, if the team can create any, will be donated to cancer foundations. I will try to update this project with as much info as possible.
What I am humbly asking is, please don't stay silent when it is released and perhaps we may be able to help a few people out there with this disease.
Thank you.
13.07.2010 | NEVERLAND LIVE @ TRT RADIO
Neverland will be the live guests of Son Durak show, hosted by Can Ozgun and Tamer Adanali @ TRT Radio on 15th of July, Thursday at 20.00 (GMT+2.00).
You can listen to the show at FM 105.6 or over the net, from www.trt.net.tr . The show will also accept phone calls and emails. +90 312 444 24 06, ankararadyosu@trt.net.tr
07.07.2010 | NEVERLAND LIVE @ BEYAZ TV POSTPONED
Due to some conflict with another live broadcast, the show has been postponed to next week, just to let you know...
05.07.2010 | NEVERLAND LIVE @ BEYAZ TV
My band, Neverland, will be on TV as guests at 00.00, GMT+2 - Wednesday at Beyaz TV (TR). Even though the program is in Turkish, we will perform several songs, if you want to check it out, you can find the Live Stream at http://www.beyaztv.com.tr .
03.07.2010 | BATTLE FOR EARTH
I was working on a Wii game for a while now and I have permission to share one song with you. You can listen to Battle for Earth Main Theme from my mp3 player now! Enjoy!
17.06.2010 | ILLARION FOREST THEME
As you may have read from my previous updates, I am working on Illarion soundtrack whenever I have some free time and I am uploading another song from the game. It is a background theme for one of the forest settings. I hope you like it.
www.illarion.org
04.06.2010 | ANOTHER SONG FROM OPHIDIA
Well, we seem to be visiting some places with Neverland this summer, one being Rhodes in 6 days. Therefore, I decided to add another track here.
It is called "Silence the Wolves" and one of my favorite singers, Urban breed performed it for us. This one is one of my compositions as you may have guessed, with some additional touch from Neverland guitarist Burak.
22.05.2010 | SOME NEWS UPDATES
Hey people! Sorry for not updating the website for some weeks, I was mainly busy with band stuff and some visa issues to clear for our Rhodes gig.
Of course, I am also working on soundtracks and after the NDA period ends and the developer allows, I will post news regarding some of the new projects I am working on. But first, need to submit all the work before project deadline heh... Keep tuned!
Also thank you all who post good stuff about my music over forums, I bumped into some by chance. You gamers rock!
07.05.2010 | ANOTHER THEME FROM ILLARION
Well, I decided to upload another theme from the Illarion game. This one is Illarion Knights, an ambient theme for one of the game locations. You can listen to it from the mp3 player. Enjoy!
06.05.2010 | MORE EUROPEAN TOURDATES
Hi People! We have added two more gigs to our European Tour with Neverland. Gigs are for September 28 in Berlin and September 29 in Prague. You can find venue details at the left column (scrolling a bit down) and at www.neverlandofficial.com . Hope to see you there!
02.05.2010 | METAL MANIA SHOW RADIO INTERVIEW
Hello people, you can listen to Metal Mania show on Wednesday 5th, May at 12.00 AM (GMT) over Ipswich Community Radio, hosted by DJ Metallic, which will feature an interview with me regarding Neverland stuff. You can reach the radio at www.icrfm.co.uk
29.04.2010 | MELODIC ROCK MAGAZINE INTERVIEW
Hey all, you can find a small interview conducted with me at Melodic Rock Magazine's website regarding the new release of Neverland, Ophidia.
29.04.2010 | ROCK IT! INTERVIEW
One of Germany's leading magazines, Rock It! has a featured Neverland interview conducted with me in their 57th issue (May 2010). Enjoy! www.rock-it-magazine.de
29.04.2010 | NEW WEBSITE
Decided to lighten it up a bit. There you go =). Oh and I also have a personal Facebook page now. I will add one of those "Like" widgets when Facebook widget page decides to work properly. So far, it was a wait in vain.
26.04.2010 | ILLARION MAIN THEME
Yo folks, I have uploaded the main theme for Illarion, a project that I agreed on helping with the music. Due to the development calendar, next of the tunes will not be worked on till late 2010 but I have completed the title theme for your enjoyment. So.. ermm.. enjoy! =).
Also, I will be working on a new website design when I am back from the Bursa gig this Wednesday. Spring is around so its time to lighten up the design =).
09.04.2010 | NEW PLAYER, MORE SONGS
Hello all! I have uploaded a new mp3 player which allows me to have higher quality mp3 files and more tracks. So, enjoy! Also, I changed some of the tracks and added some "never heard before" stuff.
29.03.2010 | BLUE JEAN MAGAZINE INTERVIEW
Turkey's biggest music magazine, Blue Jean has a Neverland interview, conducted with me in their upcoming April issue. Don't forget to check it out!
26.03.2010 | OPHIDIA RELEASED TODAY!!!
Our new album with Neverland, Ophidia, is out now! You can order both CD and mp3 versions from known retailers. Neverland website has some of those links provided for your ease of use. The link is www.neverlandofficial.com . Thank you all for your patience!
24.03.2010 | ICE VAJAL INTERVIEW
German e-zine Ice Vajal has conducted an interview with me regarding Neverland. You can read the interview by clicking on this link. The interview is in English.
19.03.2010 | OPHIDIA EUROPEAN TOUR
Neverland will be supporting Jon Oliva's Pain at their European tour. You can check the dates from the event calendar on the right.
16.03.2010 | UNCYCLIST GAME MUSIC
I have completed the in game track for Uncyclist, an online and addictive platform game. I will update the information pages with game info when the final product is out as well as the sample track to the player.
12.03.2010 | NEW PROJECT
You thought I abandoned my gaming desires with all the new album fuzz eh? If you did, you are wrong! Just started working on one arcade game project and one long term project that I am a part of its design as well. More news on both will be available in the near future. Stay tuned!
Also, some serious event updates are coming, be prepared. As well as some press updates. Busy weeks ahead...
08.03.2010 | MUSIC VIDEO PREMIER ON HEADBANGERS BALL, MTV
Headbangers Ball, hosted on MTV Greece, will have the TV premier of This Voice Inside music video on 16th of March, 2010!
08.03.2010 | THIS VOICE INSIDE MUSIC VIDEO
Here is our first music video from the album, Ophidia. This Voice Inside is the name of the song and it is about Rand Al'Thor, the famous protagonist of The Wheel of Time. As you know, I am a die hard fan, it would be impossible for me not to have a song about the book hehe.
03.03.2010 | OPHIDIA MP3 SAMPLER
You can now listen to a small sampler of Ophidia from the mp3 player. Enjoy!
23.02.2010 | GUEST NAMES OF OPHIDIA
Well, as it is becoming a tradition, we are working with guest names on each Neverland album.
Ophidia features the legendary Jon Oliva (Savatage, Trans Siberian Orchestra, JOP), Edu Falaschi of the famous Brazilian band Angra and powerful voice of Pyramaze and Bloodbound, Urban Breed. Some clips and updates will be available soon.
Also, don't forget to check the events as I am updating it with gigs and stuff all the time.
15.02.2010 | OPHIDIA ARTWORK, EXACT RELEASE DATE and TEASER
Now it is time for us to reveal the artwork for Ophidia. Enjoy!
Ophidia will be released on 26th of March, 2010 through AFM Records. It features guest names (first one will be announced somewhere next week!) and a quality prog-power metal music. You can also watch a "teaser" at Youtube (click meeee)
Artwork credits goes to Kyoung Hwan Kim.
29.01.2010 | NEW NEVERLAND ALBUM: OPHIDIA
Neverland's upcoming album title is "Ophidia" and the release date is currently set to March 2010. Album will be released by AFM Records and it features some great guest names again. I will announce them soon after AFM's promotional calendar is set.
26.01.2010 | TO HELL WITH JOHNNY
This was a very fun project! People at Michi.nu were working on this small project which turned out to be a full arcade game. The game was missing several level music as well as the intro track. I tried to create different tunes for each level I worked on as well as a dynamic music for the intro, similar to movie soundtracks. We didn't want to have the music as a heavy production since the game is a comedy horror themed arcade one. You can listen to a sample track over my crude but effective player.
08.01.2010 | MODDB MOD OF THE YEAR LIST
Good news! Two mods that I am composing for has made it into Top 100 lists of ModDB! Dead Bird mod of Crysis and long time praised Freelancer mod, Discovery is now featured as 2 of the Top 100 list. Lets hope one makes it into the Mod of the Year place!
08.01.2010 | NEW WEBSITE
First of all, a happy new year to you all! I hope you enjoy 2010 and be as healthy as you can get.
I decided to play a little with my photoshop and update the website to its new look since I got a day off from usual music workload. As my intentions were to keep everything as simple as possible, I designed the new lookout in a similar passion but with better artistic touches. Enjoy.
I am still working on Dead Bird mod soundtracks at this time, finalizing the final pieces. Then I will move on to some new projects. Also, new album of Neverland is coming out, just seen the music video for This Voice Inside and it rocks! I will be able to upload it soon, after AFM Records starts the promotional campaign.
29.12.2009 | GALLERY UPDATE
I promised to put some photos there but until now, I really couldn't work on anything. Now, even though the quality is somewhat poor, I have some images online at my gallery section. Enjoy and please note that I will update that section with high quality photos in the near future!
22.12.2009 | NEW SONG ONLINE
Here is another sample track from Discovery 4.86 Mod. Its a battle theme and its named as Demise of Hopes. Enjoy!
15.12.2009 | SOME UPDATES
Well, I am back from the first mixing session of Neverland's upcoming album and so far, its going on pretty good! We also have our artwork ready and soon it will be revealed.
Also, I have just completed working on a project that I will announce later on, probably in January due to on going NDA dialogue. Now I will continue working on finalizing two other projects that I was working on for some time now. Then... who knows, hopefuly more games hehe.
26.11.2009 | DEAD BIRD MOD SOUNDTRACK
As I have previously announced, I was working on some Crysis mods. One of them is Dead Bird and now you can hear the main theme, Tears of the Sun here as well as on my Myspace pages. Enjoy and keep tuned for more.
21.11.2009 | DT-TURKEY INTERVIEW
Dream Theater Fan Community of Turkey has an interview featuring me on their community website. We talked about Dreamtone / Neverland mostly. Hope you like it.
Here is the link:
http://www.dt-turkey.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=885
20.11.2009 | SOME UPDATES
Hello people, sorry for not updating in the last two weeks. However, first I went to Konya with the band for a gig and then I got swine flu and was in bed till now. I am fine now and will do some project updates in the following 2-3 days. I am working on some new Crysis Mods as you know and some new projects started to show up in the horizon. Keep tuned!
07.11.2009 | KORSAIR SONG ONLINE
As some of you may remember, I was invited to sing on Korsair's album, Mechopolis. Well, Korsair Myspace Pages now features the song I had appearance on. You can visit the pages at www.myspace.com/korsairprog and the song name is Prototype X.
06.11.2009 | NEW SOUNDTRACK PROJECTS
Well, today I have started working with two successful Crysis Mod teams. I will post some news and samples regarding these projects probably at the end of November, stay tuned!
29.10.2009 | MP3 PLAYER ONLINE
Sorry for the delay, I have uploaded an mp3 player to the main page for your reviewing and enjoyment. I will try to keep it updated with recent works as best as I can.
27.10.2009 | GUEST APPEARANCE ON KORSAIR ALBUM
I am invited to take part of a newly coming band's, Korsair, album to sing on two tracks and after listening to the demos, I fell in love with the songs and accepted. Project owner, Anders, is also a long time friend of mine so I think we will have a good synergy in the end. Well, I have already started recording one of the tracks, so I know that it will be good hehe. More info will be available soon.
25.10.2009 | NEW PROJECT: FUTURE ONLINE
I will be working on the main intro music for upcoming online browser game Future Online. More information will be available soon. Just stay tuned!
22.10.2009 | NEVERLAND TRACK FEATURED ON COMP. CD
“World Beyond These Walls” from the first Neverland album, “Reversing Time” will be featured on Heart Breakers II compilation CD. As some of you may remember, the track had Tom Englund of Evergrey as a guest singer.
19.10.2009 | NEW WEBSITE ONLINE
Finally, the new design of Blindhand.com is online. I hope you will enjoy the new look of my website as well as the uploaded project samples.
15.10.2009 | NEVERELAND II RECORDINGS COMPLETE
As Dreamtone & Iris Mavraki's NEVERLAND, we have completed the raw recordings of the new album and now moving on to the most tiresome part of things, the mixing. I will be in Istanbul, TR, for the mixing process in November. But don't worry, I will be around with my lovely EEE Netbook heh.
The album title and song names are decided now but since we have some more time regarding the release date, I won't be announcing them yet. Stay tuned for updates!
13.10.2009 | DISCOVERY 4.86 SOUNDTRACK
As you may have heard, I was working on Alexander Zalessky's Freelancer Discovery mod soundtrack for the upcoming 4.86 release. I will be submitting lots of tracks though how many of them will make it to the final release, we will decide on at the last check out. I hope you will enjoy what you hear, you can hear some samples at the Credits & Samples section as well as my Myspace pages.
