Gevende

Since they were formed in the year 2000, ‘Gevende’ have focused on perfecting their unique ‘psychedelic folk’ sound .Improvisation plays a key role in each stage performance and this open attitude has meant they have played with many diverse musicians both in Turkey and internationally. Each live show is a ‘Jam Session’ and Gevende’s tracks are testament to this process of live composition.Every track is an expression of the band’s emotions on performance day and as a result, rehearsed and recorded songs take on new life and form when they are played live.The vocals are used instrumentally and words too are improvised, with meanings open to interpretation and only small fragments written.Gevende’s first album,Ev (Baykus Music), was released in November 2006 and the boys are still hard at work in Istanbul. Musicians present on stage and during the recording sessions :Tobias Klein Bass Clarinet & ElectronicDamien Cluzel Electric GuitarSerkan Emre Ciftci TrumpetCan Omer Uygan Trumpet Cihan Murtezaoglu Fretless GuitarCenk Erdogan Fretless GuitarOzkan Imren FluteGülin Kilicay VocalsBuzuki Orhan Osman Bouzouki , SitarMurat Ertel Vocals, Electro BaglamaOguz Büyükberber ClarinetPin Rada DijeruduSinan Sakizli SaxFehmican Gözüm SaxSerdar Pazarcioglu ViolinMurat Ferhat Yegül Trombon ,NeyAhmet Çagan DrumsEzgi N. Kuran CelloGülsah Erol CelloFirat Yesillik CelloGizem Gurkan PianoOlcay Saral PianoSabri Capanoglu Küp, Yayli TanburIzzet Kizil PercussionSerbay Yildiz Electro BaglamaThe Audience togetherness, smiles, applauses, tolerence,regard... Some of festivals:- 10. Amsterdam Roots Music Festival, Holland- 2007 Oerol Music & Theatre Festival, Holland- London Pulse Fesitval 07, United Kingdom- Mediterrane Planice Music Festival, Portugal- 17. Akbank Uluslararasi Jazz Festival, Istanbul- H2000 ' 03 Music Festival, Istanbul- Kayafest Music Festival 2003, Fethiye, Turkiye- Beyond The Music, Athens 2003 - Greece- 2. Amateur Jazz Festival 2004,Ekisehir, Turkiye- IV. Samsun Jazz Festival 2005,Samsun, Turkiye- Eskisehir Jazz days - Jazz Pub, Turkiye- 10. Roxy Muzik Days , Istanbul- Zeytinli Music Festival 2005, Edremit, Turkiye- Barisarock 2005, Istanbul- 4. International Ankara Jazz Festival ,Ankara, Turkiye- Live Pakistan Live in Istanbul , Istanbul- Tuborg Alive 3 Festival, Istanbul- 13. International Istanbul Jazz Festival, Istanbul