Kara Deniz

Eastern mediterranean rhythms and sounds meet pop songwriting and electronic ambiences. Traditional instruments such as oud, saz, bedir and pontic lyra melt together with electronic sounds, electric guitar and sequencer programming. This is kara deniz – the musical project that was initiated by Savvas Pavlidis, a greek-born and cologne-based musician and composer. Through the collaboration with the berlin-based singer Johanna Fassbender and other musicians from greece and turkey including Thimios Atzakas (arabian oud)