Onur Özer

Download Mix (Live @ Nu Echoes, Riccione - 26-06-2010) | Download Mix (La Noche Escabrosa - 17-11-2010)

Onur’s musicality has formed under the same variety of influences as has his native city, Istanbul - music from Asia, Europe and the Middle East shaped the rhythms and melodies of his childhood and youth. This cultural diversity still comes radiating through in all of Onur’s musical output. At the end of the 90s, Onur began to be seduced by electronic music, when Istanbul developed a thriving tech and minimal house scene in whose center Onur started his career as producer and DJ at the beginning of the new millenium. In 2003, he already held various residencies in Istanbul’s best clubs and traveled abroad to his first performances as a DJ. In 2005, he released his debut „Freakdisco EP“ on Freude Am Tanzen, followed by „Envy EP“ on Vakant, and he was soon awarded best newcomer of the year by the German music magazine Groove. His next two EP’s on Vakant, „Twighlight“ and „Red Cabaret“, found their way into the playlists of international trendsetters such as Sven Väth or Ricardo Villalobos. In the meantime, Onur also gained Europe-wide fame as a skilled DJ. Sven Väth had already taken notice of him and invited him to play at Green&Blue 2008 – not long after, he became part of Cocoon’s booking roster. Onur lives Berlin.