Turkish Latin music genius unveils his latest project 'Rockuba'

One of the dying breed of passionate musicians, Emir Ersoy, has unveiled his latest music album "Rockuba," which is his fourth studio work. He mixes the essential tunes of Latin music and rock timbres for his new project that is featuring a number of famous Turkish actors and actresses including Cem Yılmaz, Sarp Apak, Hande Subaşı and Leyla Lydia Tuğutlu.

Ersoy spoke to Hürriyet Daily News about the details of his new project, his passion for music and future plans.

He said he has been influenced significantly by his father Metin Ersoy, who was renowned as the "Calypso King" and who left a mark on Turkish music in the 1970's with his songs.

"This project is very special to me because I added my personal music taste to this project for the first time. So, I am comfortable with this project. My previous projects sounded more like Latin music. With this album, I had the chance to add electric guitars and drums to the backing track," he said.

Ersoy is credited for featuring famous actors and actresses to sing songs for his project, saying that almost all Turkish signers had been featured in his previous projects, but there were no actors until now.

 "I worked with many singers, including Ajda Pekkan, until today.  Almost all Turkish singers took part in my albums. I wanted to make a difference, so I made actors sing in this album. They were also very eager to sing," he said, laughing. 

'Latin music is like a part of my family'

He also said there was a large number of fans of actors and actresses who were eagerly waiting to hear their voices from the album.

"After all, there is a huge base of fans of these actors and actresses. If the actor has 100,000 fans, 10,000...