Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek

On her album Yarın Yoksa (If there is no tomorrow) Derya Yıldırım combines original compositions with traditional Anatolian folk songs and gives them a psychedelic, hypnotic sound. Derya carefully transfers her family's cultural heritage into the present adding her own musical signature.
Born in Hamburg, Derya grew up listening to Anatolian music and learnt various instruments at an early age, especially the bağlama, a seven-stringed Turkish lute. In 2014, together with the French musicians Graham Mushnik and Antonin Voyant she formed the band Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek, later joined by the South African drummer Helen Wells. 
“On their album “Yarın Yoksa” (if there is no tomorrow) Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek combine original Anatolian folk songs and give them a psychedelic, hypnotic sound.“