Merdan Taplak, Belgian-Turkish hybrid deejay and producer, playing live with his oriental beatbrassband Merdan Taplak Orkestar.
Born in Antwerp, infused with Turkish folkmusic through daddyโs satellite-tv. Reworking Turkish folk music with his energetic liveband, while playing the baฤlama onstage. Deejaying since 1998, pimping folkmusic since 2008.
Merdan Taplak & his Orkestar are quite the versatile bunch, from hosting a stage at Tomorrowland 2022 and cranking up clubs in Belgium and Europe, to performing on radioshows and composing movie themes.
Debutalbum Haydi (elektronik interpretations of oriental inspirations) is a selection of 10 reworked classical Turkish folktracks and will be released spring 2023.
Merdan Taplak presentsโฆ
Elektronฤฑk ฤฑnterpretatฤฑons
of orฤฑental ฤฑnspฤฑrations
Out: September 9th 2022 on Hasret Records -Turkish folkmusic electronically reinterpreted- Merdan Taplak Orkestarโs debut album – oriental beatbrassband
Finally, itโs here! Merdan Taplak Orkestarโs debut album is out there, reworking 10 Turkish folk classics into electronic dancefloor swaggers. It took Antwerp based dj Merdan Taplak five years to finalize this modern interpretation of mostly Anatolian sounds that surrounded him while growing up.
Past shows
– Tomorrowland (2022, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2009)
– curator HAYDI stage at Tomorrowland 2022
– AB, Brussels
– Ost Klub, Vienna
– Gรถdรถr, Budapest
– A38, Budapest
– Club Bronx, Istanbul
– Eskiyeni, Ankara
– Mocha, Ankara
– Mehanata, New York
– Drom Club, New York
– Nublu, New York
– Batofar, Paris
– La Dame Du Canton, Paris
– LโAlimentation Gรฉnรฉrale, Paris
– Cargo, London
– Bataplan, San Sebastiร n
– Terrabeats, Berlin
– Fusion festival, Berlin
– Stuk, Maribor
– Amsterdam Dance Event, Amsterdam
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UPcoming shows
