Indigineous Medicine Music
Mariana Root
The Portuguese singer, brings a very strong link to her roots with the tradicional square drum of Portugal named Adufe, accompanying her ancestors melodies, weaved together with the sounds she recollected in her song research journeys.
As a multi-instrumentalist, Mariana in concert is surrounded by different percussions, chimes, guitar and the ronroco, a string instrument that invites the spirit of the water. With a very performatic presence, Mariana’s main instrument is the voice, bringing the listener to visit the landscapes she as crossed.
Israeli Songwriter, Singer and Composer
Sheffy Oren Bach
In her own rhyme -
Through the music I’m opening and growing parts in myself, I connect to the nature force and by that bring in peace and clearance. as a conscious being and a mother
I sing and compose songs in Hebrew Arabic Spanish and English
Perform in festivals and ceremonies around the world.
Medicine DJ
Ori Bankhalter
Ori Is one of the pioneers in conscience music in Israel, always changing and bringing the music that the now is asking for.
He was one of the creators and main editorof the first alternative Israeli radio stations in Israel 106fm. Bringing message of music with heart and soul,. spreading all over love thru music. Now he has a very popular daily radio show call "olam katan"(small world) bringing lot of good music from the heartists all over the world. Keeping an high frequency for the tribe.
He is djing for almost 20 years, and started creating sacred spaced of music gathering.. treating the music as tool for conscience explorations, and high frequencies collaborations.. his spaces are the most deep journeys, taking the people as one into other dimensions.. He has a lot of passion to music and reveal new artists to the community. he is an inventor of styles and new way of treating playing music.
Healing Frequencies and Sufi Poetry Musician
Tuncay Korkmaz
Tuncay is a contemporary Sufi poet, reserhing the golden ratio and the healing frequencies of Nature and in all living beings including birds and flowers.
He was born in 1978 in Istanbul. Studied at Yıldız Technical University of Faculty of Art Design. He graduated from the Composition department.
Bands he played with and their albums, from Anima/ Musician Melodies / Andan içeri Tuncay, who filled the hearts with hymns, to the sacred instruments he played; He gives life to the harmonica, guitar and oud with his voice.
Lover Tuncay, whose deepest musical pursuit is to express Yunus Emre's poems through music, gives workshops on music and harmonica, touches the spirit of music in every being, gives pentatonic music concerts to pregnant and baby mothers.
Rainbow Portal Sufi Musician
Özgür Baba
Meet the wise white bird we call him free baba :)
His heart rhymes and sound of his cura
Invites heaven on earth
With rainbow bridges
Sufi Musicians
Verda & Orhan
Making Ethnic and Sufi music and playing together is our biggest inspiration. Through music we share, heal, connect and create a strong bond. Our second inspiration is designing ecological clothing.
Through our collection we aim to create awareness about protecting our planet and conscious human choices. We have been living a simple life for couple of years in a village called Beycik in south of Turkey. We are so happy to be a part of this amazing gathering! See you soon there birds:)
Singer Songwriter Poet
Batuhan Polat
The one who whistles his words harmoniously to the strings of love Batuhan, the bird that lands on our ear.
Born into a musical family, he started playing the guitar when he was 9 years old. he started singing in high school and never stopped. Polat, who is still continuing his education at the Music Department of Bilgi University, gives concerts with his different poetic music where he sings the songs he has written for the last eight years, and released some albums.
Dancing violin
Aslı Büyükköksal
Born in 1980 in Istanbul, Aslı started his violin education in secondary school with the violin lessons she took from Istanbul State Orchestra chief violinist Gülden Turalı and played the violin for six years in the Istanbul German High School Orchestra.
She graduated from METU Sociology Department in 2005. She met the music of Klezmer and Roma-Sinti in Germany, where he went to live in an ecovillage. She studied zarb (tombak) with the Iranian santuri Manouchehr Fouladvand in Berlin.
She studied maqam music with İhsan Aslan, Hasan Esen, Baki Kemancı, Elif Ahıs, Serhat Sarpel and Sinan Erdemsel. She worked with many ethnic music groups in Turkey and participated in concerts. He followed the music therapy seminars organized by Tümata and took an active part in the sema meetings.
In 2017, She traveled to Varanasi, India, where Dr. He started studying classical Indian music with V. Balaji. In 2018, Assoc. Dr. Robert Reigle and Assoc. Dr. She graduated from ITU MİAM ethnomusicology department with her graduation thesis on "Transmission of Knowledge and Embodiment Processes in Classical Indian Music", Living in Heybeliada, Aslı continues her musical studies and performance.
Etnic Fusion Jazz Band
Develer
Develer got together in Istanbul and their journey started in common base of unifying power of different musical elements in these lands. They have a plethora of influences, from ethnic inspirations to jazz, fusion and ambient music, although it may seem like a recipe matched with chaos, Develer always seeks the intuitive subtleness within that chaos and they continue their journey by offering the music of the moment with their own perspective.
Develer: Tanbur: Muaz Ceyhan Handpan: Niko Dogu Perküsyon | Percussion: Esmani Kılıç Perdesiz Gitar | Fretless Guitar: Naci Oguz Kontrbas | Double Bass : Anıl Deniz Davul | Drums: Mehmet Ali Simayli
Healing Musician, Instruments Maker
Yar & Pegah
YAR (Yazdanyar & Pegah) are exquisite musicians and sound therapists from Iran. Combining the different healing power and energy techniques of shamanism and sufism, they use a wide variety of musical instruments with power of sound and voice to open and hold a safe space for deep inner work and journeying , providing a transformative time to explore and find your center . They have been holding sound healer training courses & events globally and making different types of instruments since 2005
Since 2015, they have expanded their activities in the field of making therapeutic instruments and performing music therapy and international workshops.
One Man Band of Magical Sounds
Hasan Orak Ekinci
He started his active music life at the age of 25. He traveled to india at 2009 to practice indian classical music, then he started to play Bansuri (indian flute). He played with the band "tree panda on the moon" for many years and he has been playing with his band "sunshine" for the last 10 years. Also doing many special projects.
He playes amazing Guitar, Percussion and Bansuri and considered as a one man band of magical sounds.