Since 1986, Serhat Köksal aka 2/5 BZ has been performing with tapes, samplers, saz, electronics, darbouka and spoken word. The style varies between traditional music via experimental electronic sounds to improvisiation with elements that stem from Turkish cinema. He also makes audiotaapes, photocopy zines, stickers, CDR, flyers, DVD-R, posters and video cut-up works as collages of 70s and 80s Turkish melodrama and action films, political propaganda and media imageries of social... Read more
Since 1986, Serhat Köksal aka 2/5 BZ has been performing with tapes, samplers, saz, electronics, darbouka and spoken word. The style varies between traditional music via experimental electronic sounds to improvisiation with elements that stem from Turkish cinema. He also makes audiotaapes, photocopy zines, stickers, CDR, flyers, DVD-R, posters and video cut-up works as collages of 70s and 80s Turkish melodrama and action films, political propaganda and media imageries of social phenomena. 2/5 BZ performed own sounds and videos .“No Turistik No Egozentrik Improvise/Electro Folk Cut“ style in 55 cities in different geographies such as in Switzerland, France, Holland, Belgium, USA, Germany, Austria, Russia and Poland. With `2/5 BZ union in eurOPUA Tour`he recently participated/performed in some international festivals like Berlin Transmediale.03 Festival, Istanbul Phonem Festival (Turkish Headliner), St petersburg SKIF 7 Festival, Amsterdam WorldWideVideo/RGB Festival, New York Video Festival, Rotterdam Music Bienal, Belarus Subculture Festival, Austria Diagonale film Festival and have been aired on countless radio stations around the world (WMFU, BBC, RCV, VPRO) and Channel 4 tv in U.K. He have twice John `Peel Session in BBC Radio 1.
2/5 BZ aka Serhat Köksal composed musics some international experimental films from Germany, Iran, Switzerland. He make sound art + video installation + performances in exhibitions like in Graz (Austria), Bethanien/Berlin (Germany), Holon (Israel), Zkm/Karsruhe (Germany), Proje4L/Istanbul (Turkey), Rathaus/Munich (Germany), Maastricht (Holand) and living/working in Istanbul. Show less
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