Kaan_Güneşberk

Kaan Güneşberk

Kaan Güneşberk

Canadian musician, songwriter, and composer


Kaan Güneşberk, commonly anglicized Kaan Gunesberk, is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and composer. He is best known as a close collaborator of producer Frank Dukes, with whom he has penned hits for Post Malone ("Better Now," "Circles") and Camila Cabello ("Havana"). Among other awards, he was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 2020 for co-writing "Circles".[1]

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Biography

Güneşberk was raised in Ottawa, Ontario and attended the arts magnet school Canterbury High School.[2][3] He attended the jazz program at University of Toronto.[4][5][6] In Toronto, he formed the experimental electronic band Kilmanjaro.[7][2] The band was active between 2012 and 2018, releasing their debut album in 2017.[8] He is part of a number of other Toronto-based music projects.[9]

Güneşberk began collaborating with Frank Dukes early in his professional career. His first major songwriting placement was on the 2015 Drake single "Right Hand" on which Güneşberk also sings background vocals.[7] During the rest of the decade, Güneşberk would closely collaborate with Dukes,[10] working in the studio with him and artists Post Malone and Camila Cabello, among others. He has also contributed to tracks for Frank Ocean, Zayn Malik, Aminé, and Lorde.[9]

Discography

Solo discography

  • Selina/Pull Start Push Stop (A/B) (2019)
  • The Realist (Single) (2020)
  • Does Anybody Really Know (2020)
  • New World Volition [still dope in 2046] (Mixtape) (2020)

With Kilmanjaro

  • Kilmanjaro EP (2014)
  • A Place Unknown To All You Ever Say (2017)

With Owen Wilson

  • EP (2015)
  • EP II (2016)
  • Computor EP (2017)

With Elegance

Songwriting discography

Selected credits, sourced from SOCAN and Jaxsta.[12] Songwriting credit unless otherwise noted.

Awards and nominations

Grammy Awards

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References

  1. "Kaan Gunesberk". GRAMMY.com. 2021-02-09. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  2. "2019-20 NACJB Roster". Nepean All-City Jazz Band. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  3. "Kilmanjaro: 40 (Without Her Love)". FYIMusicNews. 2017-05-15. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  4. Jazz, All About (11 January 2014). "University of Toronto 12TET: Rebirth album review @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  5. "EP, by Elegance". Elegance. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  6. "Public Repertoire | SOCAN null". www.socan.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  7. "Good Night E.P, by Beachtown Exile". Beachtown Exile. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  8. "Motorcycle Patches". www.umusicpub.com. Retrieved 2021-06-02.
  9. "Highway Dancer, by Calvin Love". CALVIN LOVE. Retrieved 2021-02-18.

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