DJ IPEK

• country:Germany
• region:Central Europe
• style(s):Electronic, Ethnic
• label:not signed
• type:DJ/Remixer
• gender:female
• artist posted by:DJ Ipek Soundmanagement

Line up

• Ipek Ipekcioglu (DJ Producer)

Links

• DJ IPEK Website

DJ IPEK IPEKCIOGLU - BerlinIstan


STORY
It was the mid-nineties as DJ Ipek Ipekcioglu changed the multilayered Berlin club scene. Gradually her eclectic music and characteristic mixes turned into a foundation of the new style emerging in the clubs and nightlife of the city at that time. Widespread magazine Zitty acknowledged exactly this when they ranked DJ Ipek Ipekcioglu as one of Berlin's most important cultural contributors. Berlin based queer DJ has developed herself into an exclusive Berlin export article, visiting festivals and clubs all over the world: New York, the desert Sahara of Mali, Salvador de Bahia, Istanbul, Glasgow, Shanghai, Los Angeles, Peking and Cairo. She has toured in Spain with Ojos de Brujos and has made exclusive tours throughout China twice. In Stockholm, Ipek is much longed for as annual host DJ at the RE:Orient festival. The Swedish queer magazine QX selected her hippest DJ in Europe, and the Londeners seems to agree, 'cause in the World Beat DJ Competition at Electrowerk in 2005 they voted her the winner. Undisputedly, DJ Ipek Ipekcioglu has earned herself a reputation in the heterogeneous landscape of international nightlife. Her first own album, a compilation named "Beyond &304;stanbul Underground Grooves of Turkey", was awarded by The German Record Critics. The press was enthralled and called DJ Ipek Ipekcioglu a musical and political "visionary", whose eclectic adventure journey leads immediately into a country of radical social change, far beyond the cliches and known Pop exports. The music critician Daniel Bax called her, "the Master of Ceremony of the transcultural understanding and has set important milestones".
STYLE
The turkish SHE-J Ipek Ipekcioglu takes the crowd its senses on a flight through the night, serving hybrid and eclectic mix of Middle Eastern, OrAsian Balkan FolkElektroFusion , Anatolian & Oriental DubInElektro, Gypsy Funk & Break Beats & Pop and Berlin Elektro & Minimal, interwoven with electronic tunes from Break Beat, Drum'n Bass, House and Dancehall. Through one set, she takes the audience on an aural journey through the cultures and music of Turkey, North-Africa, Israel, Persia, the Balkans, Greece and Bollywood, as well as carefully planned escapades to the UK and USA. DJ Ipek Ipekcioglu is also known for her Berlin style Electro and Minimal sets. Her sound "Eklektik Berlin&304;stan" provides surprising breaks to the steady course of club music. Her emphasis clearly on kicking beats and dramatic baselines, DJ Ipek Ipekcioglu offers a dj act out of the ordinary.
Photo by Nicolas Tchegloff @ Multikulti Voellkerball

RESIDENT CLUBBING
In Berlin, the queer-living DJ Ipek Ipekcioglu is resident DJ at a row of popular clubs and festivals: SO36, Absolut Balkanizm, Kanakwood-PostMigrantSounds, Popdeurope and Berlinale. She is one of the masterminds behind the Berlin cult club night "Gayhane House of Halay" and she hosts the "Re: Orient Club Night" in Stockholm / Sweden regularly since eight years. Apart from djaying, Ipekhas been the club curator of the InTransit Festival Berlin. For many years she organized the Orient Bazaar stage at the Carnival of Cultures together with Kokona Productions. Ipekorganized the turkish Alternativ-Electro-Night at Popkomm 2008, where great musicians held there showcase, such as Norrda and Gevende. She designs her own stage during the Berlin-Kreuzberg 1. May event MyFest and invites Bands to perform at her stage. She works also as music director of the prestigious post-migrant Theater and performing Art Space Ballhaus Naunystr. in Berlin Kreuzberg and of the Berliner Diyalog Theaterfestival.

DISCOGRAPHY & PRODUCTIONS
ALBUMS
Compilation Beyond &304;stanbul Underground grooves of Turkey Trikont 2006
Awarded by The German Record Critics
"highly sophisticated musical enlightenment" (Hamburger Abendblatt")
"a cross-section, free of blinkers and ideology" (Rolling Stone)
"Album of the month" (Bavarian Radio Broadcasting's program "World Receiver")

Import Export a la Turka Turkish sounds from Germany Trikont 2007

OTHER RELEASES -
Tracks of DJ Ipek Ipekcioglu appears on several albums:

FESTIVALS:
Jingle for the &350;imdi Now Festival Berlin
Jingles for the Dolmush X-Press Festival Berlin
FILM:
Filmmusic for the Best of the Wurst by Grace Lee Berlinale Talent Campus, 2003
At Berlinale, Zuercher & Berner Filmfestivals Awardwinning Documentary "Katzenball" by Veronika Minder, 2005
Halbes Leben-Yar&305;m Hayatlar Claudia Laszczak and Kay Wishoeth, 2006
Blind Date Istanbul Habersiz Bulu&351;ma &304;stanbul by Daniela Herneth, 2007
Zisternen &304;stanbuls versunkene Palaeste by Elfi Mikesch, 2007
THEATER:
Die Bodenkosmetikerinnen Kabarett 2004-2007
Mozartmuezik Eine tuerkische Hochzeit by Susanne Frey 2006
Faked Identities at Beyond Belonging Festival by Nurkan Erpulat 2007
Universal : Seoul Istanbul New York by Janina Janke, 2008
EVENT / LOCATIONCITY
Athena / Kulturhaus ARENAStuttgart / Germany
Baba Zula /Venice Biennale 2007Venice / Italy
GeyHane & HomeNotHome Festival / Babylon &304;stanbul &304;stanbul / Turkey
BalkanBeatBox / Postbahnhof Berlin / Germany
B-clubRiga / Latvia
Beauty BarSan Diego / US
Boban MarkovicBerlin / Germany
BonnBiennale &304;stanbulBonn / Germany
DJ HellBerlin / Germany
DJ Ipek exclusive Chinatour 2006Jinan Beijing Shanghai
DJ Ipek exclusive Chinatour 2007 Beijing Shanghai
Duman / Diyalog FestivalBerlin / Germany
dZihan & Kamien / LabyrinthAmsterdam / Netherlands
Etnosur Festival in 2006 & 2007Alcala / Spain
Pink Istanbul / ParadisoAmsterdam
Pink Amsterdam / Ghetto Istanbul&304;stanbul
Festival City of WomenLjubljana / Slovenia
Festival QueersichtBern / Switzerland
Festival QueerZagreb Zagreb / Croatia
French Culture House / The German Embassy San'a & Aden / Yemen
FunDeMentals, Boom Pam, Amsterdam Klezmer Band / PopdeuropeBerlin / Germany
Garaj &304;stanbul&304;stanbul / Turkey
Glastonburry Festival 2008Somerset / UK
Goran Bregovic / Gentsee FeestenGent / Belgium
Huesnue Senlendirici & Niyaz / Re:Orient Festival Stockholm / Sweden
IF &304;stanbul 2008 / The Hall&304;stanbul / Turkey
La Ferme du Buisson / Noisel Noisel / France
La Mar de MusicasCartagena / Spain
Manu Chao / Festival au DesertEssekane / Mali
Mercan DedeBerlin / Amsterdam / Belgium
MFOe / &304;stanbul Vibes / Paradiso Amsterdam / Netherlands
Mor ve Oetesi / SO 36 Berlin / Germany
New Moves Arts FestivalGlasgow / Scottland
Nitin Sawhney / ParadisoAmsterdam / Netherlands
Off-Club & QuixebeiraSalvador de Bahia / Brazil
Ojos de Brujos & DJ Ipek on tourAndalucien / Spain
Oslo World Music FestivalOslo / Norway
Oufest / Boom / Club NoorLos Angeles / US
The Cooler & Desilicious & NubluNew York / US
Pride FestivalStockholm / Sweden
Public Service electronic music festivalCopenhagen / Denmark
Sertap Erener / Live for Life Festival Arnheim / Germany
Soap Kills / Sfinks Festival Antwerp / Belgium
Winner of the World Beat DJ Award at ElectrowerkzLondon / UK
SELECTED REFERENCES



A FEW SELECTED PRESS VOICES

"...first and foremost, the Berlin nightlife can't do without her anymore." EMMA

"You have to point it out, that Ipek belongs to one of few DJ's who knows how to dj FOR the audience. She is able to build up a temporal frame, in which she surprises and challenges her audience, thereafter bringing them back to familiar territories..." Feedback at www.crashhelmet.ch

"...an artistic compass needle, (...) whom since 7 years goes her own way: the Berlin export article DJ &304;pek." Bjoern Doering, Radio Multikulti & Zitty Berlin

"In the Kaegelbanans club environment: DJ &304;pek, directly from the Berlin underground scene. She is incredible. Absorbed in her headphones, wildly turning the pages of her record folders, lashes the cd-player, looks up a second to check that the dance floor is packed and ready to spin loose. DJ Ipeksmiles, puts down the speakers. Dances (extremely cool), mimes to the techno worked Turkish schlager songs like a drag queen. She plays a strictly folkloric drum and clarinet song, she plays belly dance music and Darbuka solos, she manages to get a folkdance ring going on the dance floor, and some hard mixings later the whole ring is jumping like sweaty club monsters. DJ Ipeklooks like a modern dancing dervish, when she, full of satisfaction, swirls around and watches the mess she made." Per Andersson, Expressen

"This night, that which Ipek plays is the collision of the Orient and the Occident. She mixes the oriental musical heritage with electronic House and Techno sequences. This event was the first one to put oriental House and Pop music on the German club landscape (...) Turks, Arabs, Greeks, Israelis, Irans, Germans, Americans and people from other culture celebrates. They are gays, heteros, they are christians, muslims, jews, atheists and everything in between..." Ulf Schubert, Berliner Zeitung

"...onwards there is DJ &304;pek's music. She is famous for her seductive fusion of Oriental, Asian and Balkan dance music, mixed with Break Beats, electronic sounds and Pop. Ipek Ipekcioglu, who is also a resident DJ at the SO36, is seen in Europe as one of the trend-setting Djanes and extremely popular with dancers. She herself is an energy miracle. Those who have experienced her behind the recordplayer or during her speedy dives onto the dance floor know this. With DJ Ipek you can cross borders and reach ecstasy through dancing" Sandra Luzina, Tagesspiegel

Contact:
IPEK Sounddesign - Booking - Artist Management
Lenaustr.8-9, 12047 Berlin / Germany-
Tel:+49 (0)30 612 86 840 fax:+49 (0)30 612 86 841 mobil: +49(0)177 454 72 68
mail@djipek.com ; www.djipek.com www.myspace.com/djipek For electronic press-kit www.sonicbids.com/DJIpek