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 daddy’s satellite-tv. Reworking Turkish folk music with his energetic liveband, while playing the bağlama 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 presents…
Elektronık ınterpretatıons
of orıental ınspırations
Out: September 9th 2022 on Hasret Records -Turkish folkmusic electronically reinterpreted- Merdan Taplak Orkestar’s debut album – oriental beatbrassband
Finally, it’s here! Merdan Taplak Orkestar’s 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
– Gödör, 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
– L’Alimentation Générale, Paris
– Cargo, London
– Bataplan, San Sebastiàn
– Terrabeats, Berlin
– Fusion festival, Berlin
– Stuk, Maribor
– Amsterdam Dance Event, Amsterdam
– …
UPcoming shows
