Sinan Mercenk
Anyone who lives in Hamburg will definetely cross his path sooner or later. Even if you do not know him personally: as producer, musician, remixer and DJ he’s a true talent when it comes to music.
Sinan Mercenk is a part of the music scene not only known to the Hamburg crowd as a producer and Remixer. His remixes for Tarkan, Mustafa Sandal and Faray, to name just a few, conquered the dance floors and dance-lists all over the world. Even songs by Minimal Funk, No Underground, Big Owl, Blank & Jones, De-phazz and G Park were branded by Sinan and again, the dancefloors were rocked all over Germany.
The exceptional talent had his first moments of fame in 1994 with some releases under the name of M.U.L.E., then an artist at the company Container Records. The legendary „Sinan E.P.” (U.S.S.) and many more project followed. Sinan sets himself no barriers.
His roots may be in House Music Electro and Soulful Mix, but it does not end here. “Especially as a producer I have to be open-minded. Its important that the chords have Soul – I want to give my songs a soul.” His affinity to music started at a young age his brother Saim constantly played songs by Santana for him. Sinan was only 3 months old at the time HipHop, Soul, R&B and later New Wave and Bands like B 52′s and Talking Heads influenced him strongly.
Most of all though, the influence came from The POLICE, he admires them till today. “For Sting, I would do a remix right now”, he says. As a 15 year old he received a keyboard for his birthday – a crucial experience which strengthened his wish to produce and play music. How to play the keyboard he learned that all by himself.
Nowadays, Sinan Mercenk can present a superb selection of songs. The list of his releases and compilations is long. Even his style as DJ is in great demand. „For me, there is only bad or good music”, he says, „I do not play the bad music”. It’s so simple to explain his secret to success. His taste of music.
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Sinan Mercenk – Moments On Earth [Video]:
Press Kit:
→ Sinan Mercenk – True Collection – Infosheet / English
→ Sinan Mercenk – True Collection – Infotext / deutsch
→ Sinan Mercenk – Electronique E.P. – Infosheet / English
→ Sinan Mercenk – Electronique E.P. – Infotext / deutsch
→ Sinan Mercenk – Moments On Earth – Infosheet / English
→ Sinan Mercenk – Moments On Earth – Infotext / deutsch