Turkish guitar heroes were never as lucky as their colleagues abroad. Solo record deals are very hard to obtain, label managers are clueless enough to tell them what to play, because of financial problems they cannot find appropriate opportunities to record and side-projects are inevitable. In such a harsh environment, only few survive thanks to their unmistakable talent. Akin Eldes is one of them and even bolder as he left the huge modern rock band Bulutsuzluk Özlemi and chose his own way in a more jazzy sound.
Born in Frankfurt, Akin Eldes is a resident of Istanbul. He started playing the guitar when he was attending the high school and later he joined E-5 in 1980. After couple of months with another guitarist-songwriter Asim Can Gunduz, Eldes found himself in Bulutsuzluk Özlemi in 1986. Along with mastermind Nejat Yavasogullari, Akin Eldes was one of the main reasons the band got that big.