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ILÆY is a singer, songwriter, producer and voice-over artist. Born in Turkey, now based in Prague and Berlin, she represents a thrilling intersection of Avant-pop and Turkish folk music narrated by an alluring voice. She puts together various cultural influences in her dramatic aural stew and her densely layered music.

Her musical journey started during her childhood and evolved to a full passion for stage. During her short solo carrier she has played several important live performances incl. famous Glastonbury Festival. She has won several singing and jazz competitions, including the Istanbul Culture and Arts Foundation (IKSV) Young Jazz Competition — twice and also she got into the finals of 1Band2Play organised by Full Moon Magazine in the Czech Republic in 2020.

With full scholarships for Musical Theatre programs of the New York Film Academy and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy ILÆY has done Turkish voice-overs in Disney, Hasbro Studios, DreamWorks and Netflix productions and voiced characters who originally featured Jessie J, Gloria Estefan, Phillipa Soo, Gillian Anderson— to name just a few.

ILÆY is currently preparing for the release of her highly anticipated debut album. It is a deep exploration of the concept of identity and the ways in which it manifeststhrough music. The album promises to be a compelling and thought-provoking addition to ILÆY’s growing body of work.

Ankara, Istanbul, Prague and Berlin, the four cities ILÆY has lived in, take part in the transcendent combination of Trip-hop, Avant-Pop and Turkish Folk in her new original solo project.

PAST PERFORMANCES:

Glastonbury Festival 2023, Karneval Der Kulturen Berlin 2023, PIN Music Conference Skopje 2023, Kansai Music Conference Japan, Istanbul Jazz Festival, Colour Meeting Festival, Mladí ladí jazz Festival Prague,

PRESS:

“ILÆY gives the songs an otherworldly atmosphere and tension, which just adds to the combination of Turkish Folk, Space Rock, House, and Trip Hop – to namecheck just a few influences. ILÆY’s emotional and expressive voice will hypnotize you. Prague by way of Ankara, her layered synths and samples is a world where Europe meets Asia and the result is musically transcendent.”
— Rick Manore (CPop Gallery, Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts · Detroit)

Prag’ta iki Türk müzisyen: Blackloud ve ILÆY (Posta.com/TR)

Yeni teklisi “Kızıl Çimen”i dinleyicilerle buluşturan ILÆY ile bir röportaj(Bikuble.com)

Ankara konserinin tadı damağımda kaldı (Hurriyet.com.tr)


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Lauren Ruth Ward (US), Praha, Futurum, 26/3/2023. More info and tickets HERE.

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We are proud and happy to announce a new artist on our agency roster – NIVE AND THE DEER CHILDERN, amazing folk-pop singer from Greenland with her band whose bios are simply stranger than fiction. Full info coming soon!

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