Rap is everywhere. In the clubs, in the radio and in our Spotify and Itunes lists. No other music genre is dominating the charts and Youtube-world more than Hip Hop. There is a global hype of Rap, for true. And this trend hit also Turkey. Ben Fero, Reynmen, Ezhel, Norm Ender or Fuat Ergin just…
We met Lin Pesto for the first time with her different interpretations of Turkish pop songs.With her mask and mystery, she quickly drew attention upon herself. But she's not just a mysterious cover musician. Lin Pesto has released her debut EP "Son" (End) recent month and is now excited to be giving her first concert.…
Today, about eight hundred thousand photos on Instagram are saddened to the end of the summer with a hashtag of the title of her song. Don't worry if you don't have a summer-themed photo that you share with a sepia filter and lyrics of Summertime Sadness yet. With her sixth studio album, Norman Fucking Rockwell,…
A few days ago Turkish rapper Ezhel droped a bombshell: His new music video „Olay“ (English for incident) deals with political and societal happenings in Turkey and the world from which people were suffering. While Ezhel who is born and raised up in Turkey‘s capital and political center Ankara talks about how people get used…
Micheal League is one of the people that you are having trouble deciding where to start talking about him. He is a musician, an owner of a record company and a music festival and also a producer who works with pioneers of jazz, rock and funk industry. We will be seeing him this year, in…
M Music Presents will meet with Istanbul audience for the first time with activities covering different areas of art, and will bring together musicians who reinterpret electronic music with their innovative perspectives. During the events to be hold between 25-28 April, Rebolledo, Superpitcher, Terr, Fantastic Twins, Frankey & Sandrino, Sasse, ORDA, Terranova, ANII and Mind…
Think of a structure that instinctively explores your essence of emotions. Imagine a simple yet profound melody which creates a comfort zone for you to close your eyes, embrace each beat. We all know, it needs to be happening naturally. It needs to be produced sincerely. French musical duo, cousins Jonathan and Guillaume started to…
The day after his performance at Sonar Istanbul, I set off for Karaköy to meet Ben Frost. When I come to the tiny park across from the Tophane tram stop, I find him sitting on a bench all by himself, enjoying this first sunshine of spring. Nobody around is probably aware of what this man…
Using the power of vibrations to protest the current situations, while traveling around boundaries of dark humor is something we don’t witness in our everyday life. Finding the strength to maintain this particular concept as a musician, how much you need to be yourself? How raw you need to be? British musician, composer, and producer…
“Being me is like constantly triggered by different stuff,” says Alex Callier. His consciousness and versatility for the music identify him as an artist and with this force, he never stopped exploring new ways of music making. Inspired by melancholy, Callier becomes main composer, producer and musical force of the Hooverphonic. Besides cult hits such…