“So come with me, where dreams are born, and time is never planned. Just think of happy things, and your heart will fly on wings, forever, in Never Never Land!”(Peter Pan)
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.
Selected festivals:
- MIMI Festival, France
- Aux Heures d'Ete Festival, France
- Sous La Plage Festival, France
- Popkomm Music Fair & Festival, Germany
- Viva Fiesta Festival, Holland
- Efes Pilsen One Love Festival, Turkey
- Gepgenc Youth Festival, Turkey
- 10. Amsterdam Roots Music Festival, Holland
- 2007 Oerol Music & Theatre Festival, Holland
- London Pulse Fesitval 07, United Kingdom
- Mediterrane Planice Music Festival, Portugal
- Radar Live Festival, Turkey
- 17. Akbank International Jazz Festival, Istanbul
- H2000 ' 03 Music Festival, Istanbul
- Kayafest Music Festival 2003, Fethiye,Turkey
- Beyond The Music, Athens 2003 - Greece
- 2. Amateur Jazz Festival 2004,Ekisehir, Turkey
- IV. Samsun Jazz Festival 2005,Samsun, Turkey
- Eskisehir Jazz days - Jazz Pub,Turkey
- 10. Roxy Muzik Days ,Istanbul
- Zeytinli Music Festival 2005, Edremit, Turkey
- Barisarock 2005, Istanbul
- 4. International Ankara Jazz Festival ,Ankara, Turkey
- Live Pakistan Live in Istanbul , Turkey
- Tuborg Alive 3 Festival,Istanbul
- 13. International Istanbul Jazz Festival, Istanbul
strasbourg dogaclamasi ne güzel olmus. ahmet' in vokali de kaymakli ekmek kadayifi ve yahut nargile/serbet kivaminda vesselam. bu hat cok iyi arkadaslar.. saglicakla !
askerden döndüğünüzden beridir canlı gevende dinleyemedik bi türlü ki bi de hayal kahvesindeki konseri unuttuk... babylon konserine kadar başımızı saçımızı yolcaz artık... 11ini iple çekiyoruz=)
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