Orientation(band)

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A Turkish-German project from Berlin.

Orientation are:

Bekir Karaoglan (Istanbul/Berlin): Bekir is a breath-taking musician; he is frontman of the band, plays brilliant piano, keyboards, violin and Ney (Arabian flute). His stunning voice hypnotizes the audience and drives the music into mystical fields.

Babak Akhoondi (Teheran/Berlin): Guitar player of the cult band “Rumi Music” from Teheran, Specialist for Persian music.

Enno Kuck (Berlin): Drummer from the German band Rosenstolz, Beat’n Blow and other successful bands “Made in Berlin“.

Suleyman Celik (Istanbul/Berlin): Expert for Turkish and Arabian Percussion, also well known in the Berlin Jazz scene around Hans Hartmann, Jan von Klewitz and others.

Andreas Advocado (Berlin): Bass player and Mr. Funk himself. Played and still plays in countless bands abroad and in Germany like Zsa Zsa Buschkow, Shank, Tanmoy Bose, Richard Howell, Sultana, Aziza-A. and many more.

Serkan Kaynarcali (Istanbul/Berlin): Master of Kanon (Turkish Zither), Also master of traditional Turkish wedding and classical music.

Ümit Ürgen (Berlin): Kuru Baglama and electric Baglama, backing vocals, a young talent from a very special suburb of Berlin – Kreuzberg.

TRIVIA:

In 2003, the critically acclaimed film director Fatih Akin used ORIENTATION as the Soundtrack for his awarded Movie „Head on “ (Gegen die Wand)
Currently ORIENTATION is collaborating with Shooting-Star MUHABBET, live as well as in the Studio

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