BIOGRAPHY

Levent, Şanser

Levent Gönenç was born in 1968 in Ankara.

He completed his primary and secondary education in Ankara. He graduated from Ankara University Faculty of Law in 1989. He is currently a faculty member at Ankara University Faculty of Law, Department of Constitutional Law. In addition to his publications in the field of constitutional law; Gönenç, who has been interested in cartoons since an early age, have the following books, published by several eminent publication houses in Turkey: Drawn History of Time (YKY, 1992), Opposition Book, Comics and Cartoons in Turkey (with Levent Cantek) (YKY, 2017), Right to the Eye (OT Kitap, 2018), Ivy (with Yekta Kopan) (Can, 2020). Levent Gönenç continues his works in the field of cartoons in OT magazine.

Levent Gönenç was introduced to music in middle school years. Between 1992-1994, he took part in the Raining Cats and Dogs, who took the stage at popular live music venues in Ankara. Gönenç, who started composing songs since the mid-1980s, never broke off from music even though he took a break from time to time. Especially within the framework of his studies with Şanser Kurt, he thought about the possibilities of pop-rock songs with Turkish lyrics, and conducted theoretical researches on this subject.

Şanser Kurt was born in 1968 in Ankara.

His adventure with music started in the first half of the eighties. He met Levent Gönenç when he was in high school and this friendship enabled him to establish strong ties with music. They played the guitar, sang, and over time, compositions followed. During their university years, they had to take a break from this musical association due to physical conditions.

Şanser Kurt, together with Burç Sözer (Bass guitar) and Volkan Öktem (Drum), founded the Progressive Rock band Depression during those years when he took a break from his musical partnership with Levent Gönenç. After four years of lively music activity, the band inevitably disintegrated when Şanser started as a government official and two of its friends entered professional music life. However, Şanser, who is still working as a primary school teacher, never cut his ties with songs and friends.

He thinks that it is a happy and pleasant coincidence that they reunite with friends in this project years later.
 

Levent, Şanser