Akçay Karaazmak

Biography

Akçay Karaazmak was born in Turkey on March 31, 1979. It was not long before he found out that his interests lay in music. His passion for music started when he picked up a guitar in his early teens before moving on to learn to play the drums as a teenager. Akçay started playing in various bands in his hometown and neighboring cities, as a guitarist and also sometimes as a drummer. He started writing his own songs in his twenties and shortly thereafter formed his first band, Asaradel. The band featured Akçay singing and playing guitar, providing a unique blend of melancholic sounds. His first album was distributed in more than ten countries. The next year he continued his musical work and managed to record three more albums in the following years. After his fourth album he went to England to study his masters degree in computer engineering. He started to work in visual effect companies. It was during this time that he transferred his composing skills to electronic and trance music. Shortly thereafter he founded "DJs of Revolution" (DJR), an underground DJ community in England. His style of music rapidly gained popularity and made his community grow larger and larger. After his underground success in England, he made his way to Russia to continue his work, stopping off in other countries throughout Europe. Akçay then decided to return to his homeland, Turkey, to continue his music career and to open his own visual effect company in Istanbul which he runs now as a successful director. He now thinks that his music style and sound is reaching its peak. Many people refer to his genre as alternative-rock, however his unique blend of vocals and music incorporate a wide variety of melodies spanning multiple genres. Akçay's success and talent is not just limited to the music world. He decided the film his first movie, addition to his life as a musician. He is a big fan of horror and action movies. He wrote his own script and filmed it with his own company. Beside his music career, he also decided to succeed as a director and a actor.