Sinem Saniye

Pop, Bossa Nova, and flavors of Jazz and World to melt your heart. Songs about sex, longing, forbidden love, death, dreams, loss of identity, and missing daddy. (Grammy-nominated collaborators) The highly-anticipated DEBUT album, "WHEN I DON'T SLEEP.." by Sinem Saniye ("See-nem" "Sahh-nee-yeh") may be more than what you can handle. Then again, it may just be what you've been looking for. It's what can happen to one person when they are more than just tossing and turning in the night!

"When I Don't Sleep" is a mixture of heartfelt songs as honest as a diary about a troubled youth, vulnerability, the search for identity, celebrating the mystery of the afterlife, finding love the most unlikely places, discovering a second sexual coming of age, restlessness and fear, and all the thoughts that may race through any person's mind when they are up at night, unable to sleep, and searching for answers...
With this kind of captivating subject matter, it's no surprise Sinem's voice comes through with such raw honesty, smooth, strong, and soaring at times, shy, gritty, and vulnerable at others. The songs on the album are deliciously wrapped up in Pop Americana with Bossa Nova, Jazz, combining Sinem's love of Pop beats and song structure with hints of World music influences.
"When I Don't Sleep.." is an album that is sure to stay in your collection forever, never aging over time, but staying young in its childlike and innocent nature, always restless, never weary, and brewing with a secret sensuality that is begging to be released.


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"Intoxicating...captivating vocal style" -Global Rhythm Magazine, 2007 "Her sound is sweet" -The Village Voice "Crafting a sound that defies genre" -Washington Square News, 2007 "Potentially the biggest break-out act of the entire festival season" -Saratoga Journal "Sinem writes from the heart, enticing the listener into her world." -Skope Magazine "Great singing, strumming, and songwriting!" -The Bulletin, 2007 Every song and lyric in Sinem Saniye's (pronounced SEE-nem SAH-nee-yeh, A Turkish Girl who lives in NY) debut album, "When I Don't Sleep.." comes from the most honest and passionate place in her heart. "When I Don't Sleep" is a mixture of heartfelt songs as honest as a diary about a troubled youth, vulnerability, the search for identity, celebrating the afterlife, finding love the most unlikely places, sexual discoveries, restlessness, anxiety, fear and all thoughts that race through a person's mind when they lie awake ... What keeps YOU up a night? Exploring these captivating subjects, Sinem's voice comes through as honest, smooth, strong, and soaring while alternatingly shy, gritty, and vulnerable.