- born 1972 in Wesel / Germany. Has been playing ney, zurma and kavala since the age of 14. Frequent travels and studies in Turkey. Played and recorded with numerous world music projects. Played with artists as Sümer Ezgü, Nuray Hafiftas, Orhan Hakalmaz, Müslüm Gürses and others. Played concerts in Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, France and the Netherlands. Plays turkish ethno jazz with his own band „breeze of anatolia“.
- born 1959 in Friedrichshafen / Germany
- 1974 initial musical beginnings and first band experiences
- 1983 - 89 formal training in classical guitar and violin at the Dortmund conservatory
- 1989 - 92 formal training in jazz guitar at the Dortmund conservatory
- 1985 onwards - works as teacher in public music schools
- 1988 onwards collaborations with Kazim Çalisgan as duo and in bands / projects (E 5, Babajam)
- 1992 winner of the "Deutscher Folk Förderpreis" with Baba Jam Band
- various lyric plus music projects (with authors Jürgen Wiersch and Bernd Kebelmann)
- 1994 onwards solo performances
- 1998 onwards guitarist with Zinctone
- 2000 onwards violet quartet (four violins and electronics)
- 2002 - 2003 World Music Meeting with Kazim Calisgan and different guest musicians
- born 1963 in Malatya / Turkey
- moved to Germany in 1980
- starts university studying social science in Bochum
- starts playing in bands with german musicians in 1983
- collaboration with author Levent Aktoprak on litary project "Grenzen überwinden" ("Overcome borders") in 1993
- Rembetico-Trio „Rebet“ in 1996
- 1988 onwards collaborations with Andreas Heuser as duo and in bands / projects (E 5, Babajam)
- 1992 winner of the "Deutscher Folk Förderpreis" with Baba Jam Band
- international children`s songs with „Karibuni“ since 1998
- 1999 musician with dance troupe „Yol“
- 2002 - 2003 World Music Meeting with Andreas Heuser and different guest musicians
- 2002 multimedia project (dance-video-music) „Orientation“
- born in Bytom / Poland. 1972 first band experiences. Played with rock theatre group "Kamikaze-Orkester“ 1978 - 80. Studied music at the university Duisburg 1981 - 1986. 1987 - 1990 member of world music group „Köprü“. Founded the "Pindakaas Saxophon Quartett" in 1990 - several CD-releases with this quartet („Voyage“, „Dialog“, „Brause“, „Pindakaas-Live“), worked as a studio musician for various productions. Winner of the „Kulturpreis 1996“ at International masterclass "chamber music with saxophones“ in Unna. Concerts in Germany and Europe.
- born 1970 in Bielefeld / Germany, grew up in Lübbecke, Westfalia. Studied flute from the age of 12 and has been frequently playing bass guitar in numerous jazz- and rock bands . Came first into contact with free improvisation through projects with „Missus Beastly“ founding member R. A. Wehmeyer. As member of Munich world music pioneers „Embryo“ around Christian Burchard extensive tours in Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Morocco, Turkey and Greece. Played with many „big“ names from the jazz/world music scene: Okay Temiz, Mal Waldron, Hossam Shakir, Marty Cook, Monty Waters, Paramashivam Pilai, Chuck Henderson, Xizhi Nie, Roman Bunka, Ross Daley, Alan Praskin...
Besides his involvement with jazz he developed an intensive interest in non-western music traditions focusing mainly on oriental and Turkish music .He has been studying the oriental „ney“ flute since 1999. Occasional collaborations with „Amon Duul II“ veteran Chris Karrer`s projects, i.e. at the Herzberg Festival in 1996. Since 1997 working with guitarist and oud player Yulyus Golombeck and his band „Maqam“. Spends more and more time arranging/composing. Composed and performed the soundtrack to the short film „Summer Suite“ by Italian director Fabio Magnifico (starring Thomas Huber and Amanda Sandrelli).