Artists

This page gathers all the artists we’ve had the honor of working with — a growing archive of voices, sounds, and collaborations that shaped our journey. It’s still in progress, but you’re welcome to take a look around.

Aamiro is a DJ connected to Miaan Art and Refuge Worldwide whose sets move through diasporic club music, SWANA-rooted sounds, and contemporary dancefloor energy. Their...
Ahmed Eid is a pioneering Palestinian musician whose work bridges traditional Arabic rhythms with global influences, crafting music that is both soul-stirring and politically resonant....
Alan is a singer and songwriter from Kurdistan. He plays the guitar and uses a loop station to weave multiple layers of sound, creating a...
Ali Aflatooni is an Iranian guitarist, composer, and educator whose work bridges classical precision with contemporary musical expression. Equally at home on classical and electric...
Ali Osman Yanak is a Kurdish painter and musician based in Beşiktaş, Turkey. His artistic practice moves between visual art, music, memory, and cultural identity,...
Arian Zand is a Belgian-Iranian DJ based in Ghent, moving fluidly between 90s progressive, tribal, and uptempo house, layered with hypnotic trance elements. As a...
Asal is an artist connected to Korsi’s wider cultural program. Their work contributes to the collective’s ongoing exploration of SWANA-rooted gathering, artistic exchange, and community...
Ashef is a Korsi-connected musician and performer whose work contributes to the collective’s broader landscape of SWANA-rooted sound, gathering, and cultural exchange. Their practice sits...
Avin grew up in an artistic family and discovered her love of music at the age of six. At nine, she found her true passion:...
AySay is a Copenhagen-based trio that moves between worlds — musically, culturally, and emotionally. Rooted in the Danish, Kurdish, and Turkish heritage of lead singer...
Aziz Yiğit is a musician associated with Kurdish and Anatolian musical traditions, known for work that includes folk melodies, children’s songs, and contemporary interpretations of...
AZIZAM is a duo exploring the space between electronic music and mystical atmospheres. Blending electronic sounds with vocals in Farsi and English, they create a...
Azlay is a DJ whose sets combine sounds, rhythms, and influences from diverse musical worlds. Shaped by a German-Turkish biography, her selections bring Turkish and...
BABY.LONIAX (shAms) is a multimedia Performance Artist from the SWANA region, based in bochum&cologne....
Barış Can Avcı is a Cologne-based musician and instrumental performer whose work moves through improvisation, live looping, and cross-cultural ensemble practice. His performances combine acoustic...
Burak Fahri İçer, known as Burakete, is a DJ and curator whose sets dive deep into the many layers of Turkish music — from groove...
Burçin Keskin is a singer and actress whose work bridges classical music theatre with Turkish and Kurdish musical influences, centering identity, migration, and cultural dialogue....
Cânân is a singer-songwriter who has already performed on various stages and at demonstrations in Düsseldorf with her loop station and guitar. Her music falls...
Cheshmak (also known as cheshmak.mp3) is an Iranian experimental music group that fuses cabaret, maqam, psychedelic rock, and spiritual jazz into a sound both nostalgic...
DJCNakh is an underground DJ active since 2020, working across Techno, Groove, Hard Techno, Trance, and Bounce. His sets are built around movement and structure,...
Flutist and Damboora player blending traditional Balochi sounds with experimental arrangements. His performances connect ancient forms to the present moment....
Derya Yıldırım is a German singer-songwriter, composer, and music producer whose work bridges Anatolian folk traditions with contemporary sounds. Born in Hamburg in 1993 and...
Dodan Özer’s music is an open field of improvisation—rooted in cultural memory while remaining radically free from fixed genre boundaries. It understands itself less as...
Donya Solaimani (she/her) is a singer, guitarist, and composer based between Cologne and Berlin. Her work weaves together influences from minimal music, jazz, and pop...
Damboora player and composer from Balochistan. His intricate, rhythmic sound carries the pulse of his homeland and complements Ustad Noor’s melodies with soulful warmth....
Dourna Khamsalou (born in 1994 in Tabriz, Iran) is a professional dancer and architect based in Germany. She began dancing at the age of five...
Eylem Külahci is a percussionist and music educator who works with the traditional frame drum Def and leads Erbane rhythm workshops in schools and institutions....
Farinaaz is a singer and vocal coach based in Hamburg, originally from Isfahan, Iran. She began her artistic career with a focus on singing and...
Rooted in Berlin, Fatat Band builds a sound that feels both grounded and in motion — a Levantine pulse shaped through migration, collaboration, and experimentation....