ANALOG SUICIDE was founded by Batur Sönmez in 1998. When I founded "Atom Music - Atom Media" in Istanbul, I already have started some experimental, industrial, electronic, noise & audio-visual projects in early 1998. One of them is Analog Suicide that is about "analog electronic music". I released my first cd called "Alpha". I played a lot of live performances in Istanbul. Analog Suicide participated Phonem international electronic music festival in Istanbul, 2004. In 2005, I released a split cd with "Kazuya Ishigami a.k.a Daruin" from Japan. One track from Alpha cd released by "Mothers Against Noise" compilation series.
I released a video cd "Analog Suicide - live istanbul 2006" .
I was on tour in 2006 Japan & Russia Both of them are great
TRansmit// Recs released "Analog suicide & Astro - live in tokyo" colloboration cd. Then "Analog Suicide / Error - live in istanbul" split video was released. And now,
"Analog Suicide / Fire In The Head - live in istanbul" split cd was released.
I was on tour in Europe two times in 2007, April (Slovenia, Italy,Germany, Austria) and November-December (Spain, France, Belgium, Germany).
I was on tour in Baltic in 2008, May ( Latvia & Lithuania). Analog Suicide was on tour in Europe in 2008, November ( Holland, Poland, Austria, Czech Rep, Germany). more info at tour reports.
BTR (a.k.a BATUR SONMEZ) "The blue code waveform" track on Beyond Ignorance And Borders compilation CD was released by Syrphe Recs.
Mattin/ Gen 26/ Batur Sonmez 3 way split 3"cd was released by [&] Recs.
Analog Suicide "Seconds of a suicide" track on V/A: (Triskaidekaphobia) 13,000.00 MilliSeconds compilation CD with 215 bands/artists from all over the world was released by Ratskin Recs.
Analog Suicide - Beta cd was released in 2008. More info : www.myspace.com/transmitrecords
February - March 2009, I was on tour in Japan. I performed Analog Suicide
(in Fukuoka, Kobe, Kyoto, Nagoya, Hamamatsu & Tokyo )
and Noiseistanbul project (in Hiroshima) . It was Analog Suicide 10th Anniversary tour.
August 2009, I was on tour in Germany. I performed Analog Suicide (in Berlin, Leverkusen, Antwerp, Hamburg) and Noiseistanbul (in Cologne, Schiphorst).
June 2010, I was in Lebanon. I performed Analog Suicide and Noiseistanbul live in Beirut.
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Hiroshi Hasegawa (Astro) & Batur Sonmez in Le Placard JP festival / Tokyo July 2006
Steven Stapleton & Batur in Istanbul, March 2008
Robert Goerl & Batur in Berlin, October 2008
Toshiji Mikawa & Batur & Fumio Kosakai in Fukuoka, February 2009
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