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DJ Ipek Ipekcioglu was born in Munich, Germany, as the daughter of Turkish immigrants. She grew up in the Diaspora where her identity took shape from both an oriental and occidental lifestyle. During this time Indian Musicals was extremely popular within the Turkish community to which Ipek belonged.
With the tunes and imaginary repertoire of so called Bollywood productions, the mixing of musical and cultural input was introduced to her at an early age.
Basically, as a DJ, Ipek has continued this trip, moving across musical and cultural borders and taboos, bringing her audiences dancing along.
In the 90’s, the turkish DJ Ipek Ipekcioglu hybrid & eclectic mixes, full of surprising breaks to the steady course of club music, turned into the foundation of a new style emerging in the nightlife of the multiple Berlin club scene.
DJ Ipek Ipekçioglu has developed herself into an exclusive Berlin export article, visiting festivals & clubs all over the world.
"Eklektik BerlinIstan" is hyrid and eclectic mix of Middle Eastern, OrAsian Balkan FolkElektroFusion , Anatolian & Oriental DubInElektro, Minimals, Gypsy Funk & Break Beats & Pop and Berlin Elektro & Minimal.
Daniel Bax, the music critician called her, “the Master of Ceremony of the transcultural understanding and has set important milestones”.
In 2006 the Berlin-based DJ published her album “Beyond Istanbul” which received nationally and internationally very positive feed-back. The Süddeutsche Zeitung called her a musical and political “visionary”, whose eclectic adventure journey leads immediately into a country of radical social change, far beyond the clichés and known Pop exports.
The Hamburger Abendblatt spoke of “highly sophisticated musical enlightenment”.” Her CD “which is a cross-section, free of blinkers and ideology” (Rolling Stone) and was voted as the album of the month by the Bavarian Radio Broadcasting’s program “World Receiver.”
OUT NOW!!! - includes Istanbul Cocuklari - Baba Zula vs. DJs Ipek Ipekcioglu & Pasha
After 10 years of releases, Doublemoon Records, an award-winning label, reaches out to world class DJs and artists such as DJ Spooky, Plaid, Makossa &Megablast, Swayzak, Unai and more, presenting them with tracks from the Doublemoon catalogue, which are indicative of the sounds mingling in the spice bazaars and nightclubs of Istanbul so that they may infuse their own style in a true, new spin on East meets West collaborations.
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