We talked about the cities she takes inspiration from and lives in, Istanbul and Berlin, her eclectic music and how she fills the dance floors around the globe with electronic sets, also playing songs with Turkish lyrics.<a data-type="embed" fr-original-style="" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYne_kw9fo8&t=4s&utm_source=aposto" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank"><img src="https://embed.apos.to/assets/2022/2/2022-03-08T08:56:38.213Z.png" style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" fr-original-style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"></a><blockquote fr-original-style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-width: 4px; font-style: italic; padding-left: 10px;" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-width: 4px; font-style: italic; padding-left: 10px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; border-left-style: solid; box-sizing: border-box;">Electronic music indeed is cold. Always 4/4, always four on the floor, a music that does not embrace any cultural elements. I thought, 'we live as so many immigrants in Germany, we love electronic music so much but why can we not hear our languages, why can we not write our own songs, lyrics and hear our poems?'</blockquote><blockquote fr-original-style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-width: 4px; font-style: italic; padding-left: 10px;" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); border-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-width: 4px; font-style: italic; padding-left: 10px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; border-left-style: solid; box-sizing: border-box;"><img loading="lazy" src="https://images.aposto.com/1200xauto/2022/2/2/1646729830164.jpeg" style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" ratio="1.82" width="550" fr-original-style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"></blockquote>

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An istanbulberlin Encounter with DJ İpek İpekçioğlu, Ayşe Erkmen's "Insistency" and March suggestions

15: Berlin's Techno Embraced by Culture

The fifth of istanbulberlin Encounters is with DJ, producer, and curator İpek İpekçioğlu aka DJ İpek who embodies the colorfullness of the two cities she lives, İstanbul and Berlin within herself and brightens them with her music.

Why Are We Not Hearing Our Languages in Electronic Music?