Hey! Douglas

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Hey! Douglas
Birth nameEmin Yasin Vural
Born (1984-11-17) 17 November 1984 (age 39)
Ankara, Turkey
OriginAnkara, Turkey
Genres
Years active2015-
Labels
  • Kamp Records
  • Basemode Records
  • EMI - Kent
Website www.veyasin.com/HeyDouglas heydouglas.com

Emin Yasin Vural (born November 17, 1984, Ankara), best known by his stage names Hey! Douglas or VEYasin, is a Istanbul-based DJ and sound artist. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Career

VEYasin produced his first album at 18 and has produced many more inside and outside Turkey. [6] In this project he recreates and remixes 1970s psychedelic, funk and soul songs from Anatolia and other Turkish regions.

1970s popular music of Turkey fused East and West. Rock and pop groups combined Eastern and Western instruments for the first time. VEYasin discovered this "old hip music" and "polishes with today's technology". [7]

A YouTube channel is one outlet for his tracks, with plays surpassing 3.9 million for one track, Ölem Ben (February 2022). [8]

Other projects include Mode XL, with some of those tracks attracting over 7.7 million YouTube views (February 2019). [9]

Popular tracks include "Duruyor Dünya", featuring Göksel.

Selected discography

Albums

Mini and Compilation albums

Singles

Award

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