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Ummet Ozcan iUmmet Ozcan, originally from Turkish descent but rooted in The Netherlands, is best known for the production of grand Trance records. His releases can mostly be found in the highest regions of the Beatport trance charts and are supported by A-list DJs like Sander van Doorn, Armin van Buuren, Tiësto and Markus Schulz. Hits include 'TimeWave Zero¹ (Doorn Records), Arcadia (Doorn Records), Shamballa (Reset) and many more. Ummet is also known for his softsynth and soundbank design for well established music software houses like Rob Papen (Albino, Predator) and Acces Music (Virus). www.ummetozcan.com .

A very successful turkish popular singer and actor, who has roots in traditional folk music with arabesque influences but also uses international popular sounds and rythms and, according to his official web page, aims to 'bring together universal and local textures' in his music. Born in 1972 in Ankara, the capital of Turkey. His family moved to Aydin, a small city near the Aegean Sea, in 1977, where he would begin performing with local bands in 1985. Founded his own band in 1987 and won a local singing contest, after which he found the courage to come to Istanbul in...

Cengiz Özkan (b. 1967 in Divrigi) is a Turkish musician and singer, playing baglama, and specialising in Anatolian traditional music. He completed his primary education in Istanbul, and went on to graduate from Istanbul Technical University State Musical Conservatory. He completed his M.Sc. at the Istanbul Technical University Institute of Social Sciences, in the Turkish Folk Music Department. He played baglama in the Istanbul University Turkish Folk Music Group between 1988 and 1991. In 1989 he started to work in TRT (Turkish Radio and Television) Istanbul Radio. Cengiz Özkan covers different regional varieties of Anatolian Folk Music. He has produced...