Background
Yağmur “yamyam” Sarıgül was born in Antalya, Turkey on August 26, 1979 but grew up, caused chaos and discovered music in Ankara.
Yağmur “yamyam” Sarıgül was born in Antalya, Turkey on August 26, 1979 but grew up, caused chaos and discovered music in Ankara.
He chose music and so his journey began.
He writes both lyrics and music Hailing from a musical family (father plays Ney, mother plays Oud) Yagmur was accepted into "Hacettepe University State Conservatory" at the age of 10 for both classical dance and music After studies in violin through Bilkent University Stage Arts Faculty and continued education in piano and guitar through the Conservatory, Yagmur applied to Ankara Anatolian Arts High School.
lieutenant was here that the guitar became his main musical obsession.
After graduation Yagmur applied and was accepted to the Gazi University music program During these years he played with Ankara bands “Laterna” and “6/8” then eventually envisioned, founded and created his most successful band "maNga" in 2001.
He was awarded the "Best Musician" title at "Sing Your Song" music contest in 2001 where maNga finished second. The band would go on to created two hit albums and catapult to fame in Turkey.
Yagmur was Assistant Producer for maNga’s debut album maNga and second album Sehr-i Huzun.
He is the sole Producer for maNga’s new acoustic album project During concerts he uses seven string guitars and keyboards.