umutakalin

umut akalin
istanbul, turkey

http://www.myspace.com/umutakalin

Born in Ankara and raised in Istanbul in Turkey. Umut got his first interest in music at the age of 14 when he started to play guitar. In 1995 he focused house music when he went to Northern Cyprus to complete his university education. He started buying vinyl and learns the mixing techniques. In a short time he began to work as a resident DJ in "Tropix" which is the biggest Dance Hall in the same country. In 1997 he started to make production. He began to work as a DJ in Dance FM, which is the only one electronic music radio station in Northern Cyprus in 1999. He continued to work as a DJ in Northern Cyprus until the year of 2001. He came back to Turkey in 2001 and begun to work as a DJ in Radio Le Chic. He played lots of electronic radios like Radio FG, Radio Cool, Radio Plus, Kiss, Frisky and more. In the summers of 2004 and 2005 Umut Akalin worked as a resident dj in Halikarnas and Hadigari, Bodrum. He played with Main Element aka Gwill Morris, VinylGroover, Disco Brothers, Dave Randall, Nick Sentience, Quicksilver, Mr. Phillips, Greece 2000 aka Ton TB, V-sag, Tommy Boy, Manic Mike, DJ Amadeus, The Biz, Fitalic, Nadia Ali, Lucien Foort, Gilbert Van Haasen and Tom Novy to name a few. He has a radio show,Natural High, in Frisky Radio www.friskyradio.com. He has a live project under the name of "Dubgun,www.myspace.com/dubgun" with Ortan. Umut Akalin is currently available for DJ and remix productions. Organizations he played: :Kiss FM Org. @ Uludag (Groove FX party) :CN 1. Birthday Party @ Parkorman(with Main Element aka Gwill Morris) :Bahçesehir Universty Party @ Underground, BPM NYE (with Oli Fowles) :CN Dj Rooster Party @ Cream, 7tepe University Party @ Maksim :Izmit (Kocaeli University Party) :DJ Fund'03 @ JukeBox :Nukleuz @ Istanbul (with VinylGroover :Disco Brothers Dave Randall, Nick Sentience) :DJ Fest 2003 Famagusta @ Othello Castle (N. Cyprus) :Eastern Mediterranean University Spring Fest'05 :OCB 5. Birthday Party @ Venue :Magic Mountain @ Antalya (Magic Mountain Clubbers Night)(with Quicksilver & Mr. Phillips) :BugHole'03 @ Solar Beach :Greece 2000 @ Halikarnas :No Other Man (with V-sag) :DjFest'05 @ N. Cyprus (with Tommy Boy, V-sag) :Progression@Nightpark (with Manic Mike from Cyprus) :X (with Gil') :You Make Me Feel @ Zeta (with Tommy Boy, Manic Mike) :Artwiev pr. The Biz @ Nightpark (with The Biz & Amadeus from Beirut) :That's IT (with Amadeus from Beirut) :Fitalic Music (with Fitalic) :Ladies First @ Hadigari (with Miss Glamour from Switzerland, Niki Belucci from Hungary, Nadja & Melanie from Germany, Miss Glamour from Switzerland) :Unistartfest @ Venus Izmit (with Miss Glamour from Switzerland) :Home (with Luke Dzierzek from UK) :Home (with Len Faki from Germany) :Balans/Istanbul (with Yahel from Israel) :Arena/Kemer (with Lucien Foort, Chris Rox) :Scala Beach/Bodrum (with Cutee B from France) :Hadigari/Bodrum (with DJ Dolls, Ellis Sexton from Russia) :Dutch Delight Tour 2007 @ Hadigari/Bodrum (with Chris Rox, Franklin Rodriques, Monica Electronica, D'Juice Le Sweet, Marcella, Nour Casablanca from Netherlands) :Hadigari/Bodrum (with Nadia Ali from IIO)

Style: Minimal Techno -
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Shows / Residencies: Natural High@Frisky Radio
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