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Demirhan Baylan

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Singer, songwriter, bass and guitar player, sound engineer... He is mainly a storyteller, using almost all kinds of popular music styles. As a professional bass player he performs in mostly electronic, groove oriented and free jazz styles... He is also author of a strange music philosophy book named "Wolpadinga". He has been and still is one of the most influential figures in Istanbul's modern music scene, both in Rock and modern Jazz.

Songwriter-wise he preferes not to favor a distinct musical style and sound approach. Lyrically the themes he's chosen ranges from love and faith to more aggressive dreams (nightmares).

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Maybe not stylisticly but philosophically his approach might be called under the influence of Frank Zappa. Bass style resembles Bill Laswell. As an established studio musician and a sight reader he's played on numerous albums aswell. An alumnus of Berklee College of Music, Music Production and Sound Engineering.

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