Gevende

Bio:

Gevende is a distinguished music band from the recently evolving music scene of Turkey, also grabbing the attention of music lovers and professionals abroad.

On stage Gevende makes a music which has no boundaries. They build up a context, start “playing” around it and end up with an inconceivable performance constructed with simple musical elements. It is hard to insert such a musical approach into a musical genre but ‘folk rock’ or ‘psychedelic folk’ would be convenient to define their music.

Gevende’s musical taste consists of collected pieces from every place they go, every music they listen, every culture they touched and make a fusion which can be loved by the people of all lands. In September 2006 they hit the road for a musical journey which influenced their music and affected their lives forever. They took a route through Iran, Pakistan, India, to Nepal where they shared their music with local artists and experienced a musical interaction with those lands which was a lifetime experience for sure.

In their songs Gevende uses a language which belongs to nowhere. It is an imaginary mixture or phonetic imitation of the world languages so that everyone could find a word or a sound of his/her own. ‘The spontaneous tongue of world’ we call..

Since their formation in 2000, the band has performed at several prestigious festivals around the world, has been awarded for their works many times. The interest to their music is growing rapidly. Followed by international musicians, Gevende has projects with acclaimed bass clarinet player Tobias Klein and French guitar player Damien Cluzel. In 2008, the band has started another project with Paris based “soundpainting” band called Balbazar, on the improvisation of large number of musicians on stage.


FESTIVALS

Festivals Abroad:
- Istanbul Express Festival, Belgium, December 2010
- 0090 Festival, Belgium, December 2010
- Earth Festival, Greece, July 2010
- Europa Festival Utrecht, Holland, 2010
- BABELMED Music Fair & Festival - SHOWCASE, France, 2010
- Les Nuit Européennes Festival, France, 2009
- MIMI Festival, France, 2009
- Sous La Plage Festival, France, 2009
- Aux Heures d’ été, France, 2009
- Viva Fiesta, Holland, 2008
- POPKOMM Music Fair - SHOWCASE, Berlin Germany, 2008
- Planicie Mediterranica Festival, Portugal, 2007
- Terschelling Oerol Festival, Holland, 2007
- Amsterdam Roots Festival, Holland, 2007
- London, Orient Express Sessions, UK, 2007
- London Pulse Music Festival, UK, 2007
- Beyond the Music, Athens-Greece, 2003

Festivals Turkey:
- Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University Spring Festival, June 2010
- Istanbul Technical University Spring Festival, 2010
- Eskişehir Jazz Festival, opening concert, 2010
- Çanakkale Festival, Çanakkale, 2008
- Barışarock, Rock for Peace Festival, Istanbul, 2008
- Efes One Love Festival, İstanbul, 2008
- Olympos Music Festival, Antalya, 2008
- Gepgençfestival, Youth Festival, 2008
- Second Hand Short Film Festival, Closing Ceremony, 2008
- Ankara Theatre Festival, Closing Ceremony, Ankara, 2007
- Ankara Jazz Festival, Ankara, 2007
- Festival on Wheels, Kars, 2007
- Akbank Jazz Festival, Istanbul, 2007
- Radar Live Festival, Istanbul, 2007
- Arnavutkoy Festival, 2007
- Galatasaray High School Music Festival, 2007
- 1st Improvisation Festival, 2007
- 13th International Istanbul Jazz Festival, 2006
- Tuborg Alive 3rd Festival, Istanbul, 2006
- Live Pakistan Live in Istanbul, Balans Music Hall, Istanbul 2006
- 4th International Ankara Jazz Festival, 2005
- Barsışarock, Istanbul, 2005
- Edremit Zeytinli Music Festival, 2005
- 10th Roxy Music Contest – First Prize, and Tuborg Special Prize, 2005
- Eskişehir Jazz Dayz, 2005
- 4th Samsun Jazz Festival, 2005
- Eskişehir 2nd Amateur Jazz Festival, 2004
- Fethiye Kayafest Music Festival, 2003
- H2000 ' 03 Music Festival, Istanbul, 2003

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Member Since:

July 05, 2006

Members:

Ahmet K. Bilgic Voice & Guitar
Omer Oztuyen Viola
Okan Kaya Bass Guitar,Voice
Gokce Gurcay Drums
Serkan Emre Ciftci Trumpet

web designers: Naim Cinar & Oktay Dursun

Booking and management

band@gevende.com

Distribution :
Turkey: EMI Turkey
www.emikent.com.tr
Tel: +90 212 244 58 44

Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg: Xango Music
www.xmd.nl
Tel: +31 6 52 36 44 00

Influences:.. Turkiye, Eskisehir, Lahore, Istanbul, Pokhara, Carpe Diem Pub, Love, Respect & Truth