Mercan Dede has recently focused on his career as a DJ with the new electronic songs and remixes he produces. Are we ready to dance together to his high-rhythm live DJ performance for electronic music lovers?
Mercan Dede believes that we can create a universal language capable of uniting ancient and modern, East and West by combining digital and electronic sounds with hand-made music and human voices. That’s a bold claim, yes, but Turkish-born, Montreal-based musician/producer/DJ Mercan Dede has the career and sound palette to back up this argument. When he performs with his band Secret Tribe, he hovers by his record players and electronic devices and glamorizes his rhythms and magical trans melodies with the instruments he spontaneously decides to include. The opening performance of the 33rd Akbank Jazz Festival, Mercan Dede’s Live DJ Set with Secret Tribe will be on stage at Müze Gazhane on September 23.
Mercan Dede: DJ
Burak Malçok: Ney
Mert Elmas: Percussion
Özdemir Güz: Oud, Violin
* For the opening night of the 33rd Akbank Jazz Festival, Mercan Dede "Live DJ Set with Secret Tribe" will greet us on the night of the 23rd of September at 20:30 on the Müze Gazhane Stage. The event is free of charge. You could aquire a free of charge ticket on Biletix by clicking here or come directly to the Müze Gazhane on the day of the event and enter free of charge.
23 September 2023 Saturday 20:30
Müze Gazhane
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18:30
Conversation Akbank 41st Contemporary Artists Prize Exhibition Exhibition Talks: "Spinoza'ya Saygı"
Akbank Sanat
20:30
Concert Mercan Dede Live DJ Set with Secret Tribe
11:00
Concert Yarkın Duo (Nağme Yarkın & Baturay Yarkın)
Sakıp Sabancı Müzesi
14:00
Conversation fugamundi x Mert Pekduraner Jazz Listening Club
Bant Mag. Havuz / Bina
19:00
Workshop Jazz-hop Junction: Beatmaking Workshop with Da Poet
Kolektif House Moda
21:00
Concert Al Di Meola
AKM Theatre Hall
Concert Kâmil Özler Trio & Yasemin Özler
20:00
Concert Sub-Rehavi
Yeldeğirmeni Arts Center
Concert Yumi Ito
Concert Neşet Ruacan, Cem Tuncer, Yarkın Tuncer
Concert Mert Pekduraner
Çevre Tiyatrosu / Semaver Kumpanya
22:00
Concert KAM x Yasemin Mori
Bova
Concert Onur Çalışkan
CoBAC Workspace Terrace Garden
Concert All Night Jazz: BOSQ, Zeynep Erbay, Recep Şencan
Frankhan
Zorlu PSM, Turkcell Platinum Stage
Babylon
Workshop Wild Child Orchestra
16:00
Conversation Turkey Jazz Network: Understanding the Venue through Music
Concert Hend
North Studio
Conversation Continents of Jazz
Outro Record Store
Concert LoftCaz Record Selection
Concert İdil Naz Dönmez & Rüzgar Yıldırım
Alan Kadıköy Amphitheater
Concert Ozan Musluoğlu Quartet ft. Kerem Görsev
Alan Kadıköy
Ses Tiyatrosu
Concert Şevket Akıncı, Mehmet Korkmaz, İlhami Tunç Gençer
Arter
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21:30
Nardis Jazz Club
Concert Bulut Gülen “Bosphorus Train”
Concert Ladies and New Standards
15:00
Conversation Afro-Cuban Jazz: Past and Present
Concert Erik Truffaz "Rollin’ & Clap!"
11:30
Concert Cazlı Brunch
Serenita, SES Eşitlik ve Dayanışma Derneği Lokali
Concert Alara Tütüncü Duo
MSGSÜ Tophane-i Amire Kültür ve Sanat Merkezi
Concert Seçil Akmirza & Alp Ersönmez Band
Bizim Tepe
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