Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek

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Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek is a fresh and modern pop-group which combines Anatolian Folk and contemporary grooves, often contaminated by Psychedelia and progressive rock flavours. Led by Derya Yıldırım’s hypnotizing bağlama and vocals, the group draw a meaningful continuity from the Turkish folk repertoire to their original songwriting, with a strong sound identity and a dancefloor- friendly energy. Born in 2014, Grup Şimşek is an "outernational" band with members hailing from several countries – Turkey, Germany, UK, France. The line-up: DERYA YILDIRIM, talented Turkish singer and bağlama (a.k.a. saz) player ; GRETA EACOTT, British composer and drummer (G-Bop Orchestra, One Take Records) ; GRAHAM MUSHNIK and ANTONIN VOYANT, both multi-instrumentists and music wizards from French collective Catapulte Records ( Orchestre du Montplaisant, Guess What, Phat Dat). Following the release of Nem Kaldı (2017) and their first full-length album "Kar Yağar" (2019) , the band toured Europe, from small clubs to prestigious festival stages in over 10 countries, and appeared live on BBC Radio 3, France Inter, Euronews and German-French TV channel Arte's concert program. They shared the stage with artists such as Selda Bağcan or Turkish psych legends Baba Zula, and also performed at Istanbul's renowned Zorlu Club. The band is now ready to launch the first part of their upcoming double-LP « DOST », and are eager to hit the stage !