Faruk Sabancı

Faruk Sabancı
Born June 18, 1992 (1992-06-18) (age 19)
Istanbul, Turkey
Residence Istanbul
Nationality Turkish
Citizenship Turkish
Occupation DJ, music producer, label owner
Organization Armada Music (as of 2010)
Home town Istanbul
Religion Islam
Parents Mehmet Sabancı, Zeynep Sabancı
Website
www.faruksabanci.com

Faruk Sabancı (born June 18, 1992), a fourth generation member of the renowned Sabancı family in Turkey, is a DJ, producer and label chairman. Currently residing in Istanbul, he is known for expanding Trance music popularity in Turkey.

At the age of 16, Faruk Sabancı signed with Vandit Records owned by Paul van Dyk and has a number of successful releases that received support by the likes of Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, Paul van Dyk, Above & Beyond and Sander van Doorn. In 2010, Sabancı established the Arisa Audio label group with sublabel Harmonic Breeze Recordings.

At the age of 18, he had already appeared as the guest act of Tiësto and Paul van Dyk's radio shows. Faruk Sabancı was voted Turkey's #2 dance music act on the world's most notable DJ poll, DJ Magazine's Top 100 in 2011.

The start of 2011 saw Faruk Sabancı's signing with Armada Music owned by Armin van Buuren. He hosts a bi-weekly radio show on leading Trance music station Afterhours FM named "Cold Harmonies" and his monthly radio show named "Turkish Delight" that broadcasts on ten radio stations in over eight countries. The teenager still remains the only Turkish trance act to perform abroad as well as sign and perform alongside the most notable trance DJ's in the world.

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Sabanci family member

Faruk Sabanci is a fourth generation member of the wealthy and highly influential Sabanci Family. The Sabanci family through Sabanci Holding controls one of the largest industrial conglomerates in Europe with an annual turnover of $35 billion.

Discography

Singles

2009
2010
2011
2012

Remixes

2007
2009
2010
2011
2012

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