Baris Akarsu is a Turkish rock musician who was born and raised in Amasra in the north of Turkey’s Black Sea region. There he formed his early ties with singing and playing instruments. Akarsu was a huge fan of rock music in general, listening to music from Cem Karaca and Barış Manço as well as Western acts like Led Zeppelin or U2.
He temporarily worked as an animator and musician before reaching his fame and gave concerts in a number of bars, television and radio shows. Baris became a celebrity shortly after winning the title on Academy Turkiye, a singing contest on a private TV station. He released his first album “Islak Islak” and on August 2006. He has music videos for his songs “Islak Islak”, “Kimdir O”, “Mavi” and “Amasra” from his first album.
After releasing his first album, producers decided to use his fame on a TV series called “Yalanci Yarim”, where he successfully starred in a leading role. He also has music videos for his songs “Vurdum En Dibine Kadar” and “Yaz Demedim” from his second album “Dusmeden Bulutlarda Kosmam Gerek”. “Ben” and “Yeter Be” from his second album were both written and composed by him. On 2007 along with the rest of the filming crew, he went to Bodrum, Turkey, to shoot some episodes for his show “Yalanci Yarim”.
Following one of the aforementioned non-profit concerts he gave in Bodrum, Akarsu took off to a hotel to attend his birthday party on the 28th of June 2007 organized by his friends, and to announce the winner of a contest he ran in order to discover talented singers the same way he was discovered. On their way to the hotel, Akarsu and two of his friends were involved in a serious car accident by crashing into a fully loaded truck. The driver of the car and his other friend died on the day of the accident. Barış Akarsu was also working on his third album at that time. He won several awards including Academy Türkiye Music Contest First Prize in June 2004, |Survey of Future Magazine “The Best Loved Rock Star of 2005” in 2005, İstanbul University Informatics Awards Ceremony Cem Karaca Special Prize in April 2007 and “The Best ROCK STAR” prize during 13th Kral TV Video Music Awards in the same year.
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