people-around

People Around

United Arab Emirates

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Biography

People Around have been on a stage for seven years, which created by Zafer Ozkan and Ahmet Oral Sargin with 21 years friendship. Nowadays they are working for Emaar’s latest project Arabic Music Institute as a music ambassador artists from Turkey.

People Around is unlike any other electronic music band. They bring in lively ethnic tunes with instruments like the Turkish G-Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, and Electric Guitar. Each member is a soloist pro, playing their instrument for over 10 years.

Their music takes you on a journey, mixing electronic beats with real instruments, slowly building up catchy tunes that get stuck in your head.
What makes People Around special is how they use the Ableton Live Controller during their shows. It feels like you're listening to a whole orchestra playing live. Thanks to Ableton-Live they can also perform live looping and it allows them to control every single element in music in that second!

In short, when you listen to People Around, you get a mix of ethnic and contemporary melodic lines in electronic music. The Saxophone ,G-Clarinet, and Electric Guitar shine brightly, showing off their amazing skills.

People Around seamlessly blend elements of electronica, ethnic electronic, melodic-indie techno, neo-folk, downtempo, chill hop,
and lo-fi with the rich textures of clarinet, saxophone, and electric guitar.

Until this moment, People Around have composed 34 songs, sharing 15 of them across all digital platforms. They are performing their own songs as 7 years old band with the experience of over 500 gigs.

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Talent Card

Art Type:

Musician

Location:

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Speciality:

Band, Duo

Genres:

Arabic, Blues, Electronic, Experimental, Funk, Fusion, Indie, Instrumental, Melodic, Middle Eastern, Multi Genre, Neo Soul, Oriental, Turkish

Events Type:

Hotels & Restaurants, Clubs & Pubs, Festival, Public Event, Private Party, Bachelor Party

Languages:

English

Awards and Recognition

Roxy Music Competition 3rd place among 340 music band
2021

Group Members

Zafer Ozkan

Saxophonist, Clarinetist

Ahmet Oral Sargin

Electric Guitarist, Ableton Live Controller (live looping)

Experience

Antalya, Fethiye, Istanbul (gigs over 500)
2020-2024

Rixos Deluxe Antalya
2021

Roxy Music Competition (over 720songs got 3rd)
2021

Ankara Cocktail Fest
2022

Kas Jazz Fest.
2021

Requirements

  • Tech Rider
  • 10 x mono line jack to jack cable
  • 10 x XLR kablo
  • 6 x Power outlets
  • Not: Elegant table that is going to hold pc, audio interface and midi controllers.

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Is it unique?

Every band who compose a song has a different taste for sure. In our situation we consider ourselves one and only. Because in electronic music genre you can not hear acoustic instruments as a soloist playing style this much. Besides ethnic tunes are in it with a g clarinet, it has never been done before! Every song we composed has a story and we are capable of telling those stories with our instruments. We certainly know that we will put a milestone to electronic music genre in following years.

Is it something like DJ’ing?

It is totally different from DJ’ing. In our computer we have sets with our own songs arranged by us and we are controlling every single element of music in that second on a stage by using Ableton Live. Which allows us to make lots of changes and makes music sounds live like a orchestra. Moreover we use our instruments more than anybody, because all each songs has a melody has to be played, it makes those songs what they are.

Is there somebody similiar to your work that i can listen?

Yes we can say, Stavroz, Mercan Dede, Ash…

How do you perform?

We use Ableton Live Controller to make live arrangement for background. Which are bass, rhythm, keyboard, pads, percussions and all the elements of music you can think of. While doing that we slowly build up the song with our instruments by using melodic lines according to the passage. It is totally like listening a concert because this melodic lines includes catchy riffs and arranges tension for the songs.

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