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Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek

***Final tickets remain on the Deaf Institute website via Eventim.***

The critically acclaimed modern super-quintet and their electrified, highly danceable Turkish psych sound comes to Manchester.

Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek's fresh approach combines Anatolian folk and contemporary grooves alongside a sprinkling of psychedelia and progressive rock flavours.

Led by Derya Yıldırım’s hypnotizing bağlama and vocals, her international band of brothers and sisters draws a meaningful continuity between Turkish folk traditions and their original songwriting to create a strong, dancefloor-friendly sonic identity and irresistible energy.

This is an 16+ event

Columbo Music

Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek

Gigs

Manchester

The Deaf Institute

The critically acclaimed modern super-quintet and their electrified, highly danceable Turkish psych sound comes to Bristol.

Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek's fresh approach combines Anatolian folk and contemporary grooves alongside a sprinkling of psychedelia and progressive rock flavours.

Led by Derya Yıldırım’s hypnotizing bağlama and vocals, her international band of brothers and sisters draws a meaningful continuity between Turkish folk traditions and their original songwriting to create a strong, dancefloor-friendly sonic identity and irresistible energy.

This is an 18+ event

Grey Area

Bristol

The Jam Jar

The critically acclaimed modern super-quintet and their electrified, highly danceable Turkish psych sound comes to London.

Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek's fresh approach combines Anatolian folk and contemporary grooves alongside a sprinkling of psychedelia and progressive rock flavours.

Led by Derya Yıldırım’s hypnotizing bağlama and vocals, her international band of brothers and sisters draws a meaningful continuity between Turkish folk traditions and their original songwriting to create a strong, dancefloor-friendly sonic identity and irresistible energy.

This is a 16+ event

Scala

Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek 

SHOLTO

London

Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek is a fresh and modern pop group which combines Anatolian Folk and contemporary grooves, often infused with psychedelic and progressive rock flavours. Led by Derya Yıldırım’s hypnotizing bağlama and vocals, the group draw a meaningful continuity from the Anatolian folk repertoire to their original song.

This is a 14+ event

Norwich Arts Centre

Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek - Cool Hand

Derya Yildirim & Grup Simsek - Bal

Norwich

This is a 21+ event w/ valid ID at Soda Bar - San Diego.

Derya Yıldırım and Grup Şimşek are internationally recognized for their unique and infectious sound that combines Anatolian folk with psychedelia, pop and soul influences. They have released two albums and one EP since their start in 2014 and have been touring extensively throughout Europe.

The band is fronted by Hamburg-born singer and bağlama player Derya Yıldırım. Despite being multilingual, Yıldırım exclusively sings in Turkish: “It’s really important to me because that’s the language I can really express myself in, it’s my emotional language” she explains.

Graham Mushnik (organ, synthesizers) and Antonin Voyant (guitar, bass, and flute) are both members of outer-national collective Catapulte Records, known for their cinematic, groovy atmospheres — a clear influence on Grup Şimsek’s sprawling, vintage-tinged compositions.

Capetonian drummer Helen Wells has introduced her own style and sensibilities from the South African DIY and psychedelic scenes into the live set since 2022.

Newly signed to Big Crown Records, with their third full length being produced by Leon Michels (El Michels Affair) and extensive worldwide tour plans on the books, Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek will soon be reaching new ears around the globe.

This is a 21+ event

Soda Bar

San Diego

**Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek**

Derya Yıldırım and Grup Şimşek are internationally recognized for their unique and infectious sound that combines Anatolian folk with psychedelia, pop and soul influences. They have released two albums and one EP since their start in 2014 and have been touring extensively throughout Europe.

The band is fronted by Hamburg-born singer and bağlama player Derya Yıldırım. Despite being multilingual, Yıldırım exclusively sings in Turkish: “It’s really important to me because that’s the language I can really express myself in, it’s my emotional language” she explains.

Graham Mushnik (organ, synthesizers) and Antonin Voyant (guitar, bass, and flute) are both members of outer-national collective Catapulte Records, known for their cinematic, groovy atmospheres — a clear influence on Grup Şimsek’s sprawling, vintage-tinged compositions.

Capetonian drummer Helen Wells has introduced her own style and sensibilities from the South African DIY and psychedelic scenes into the live set since 2022.

Newly signed to Big Crown Records, with their third full length being produced by Leon Michels (El Michels Affair) and extensive worldwide tour plans on the books, Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek will soon be reaching new ears around the globe.

Zebulon

Los Angeles

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