Sultan Tunc

Sultan Tunc (* 1976 , actually Recep Tunç ) is a Turkish-born German rapper .

Career

Tunc, the son of Turkish immigrants, grew up in Stadtallendorf with a sister and two brothers.

First steps in Germany

The German-Turk had regional appearances with Turkish rap songs as early as 1996 in the Marburg vehicle and in 1997 on the Marburg palace stage with several hundred spectators under the name of “Microphone Terrorist”. When Senftöpfchen founder Alexandra Kassen saw Tunc , who is still little known nationwide, rap his socially critical texts, which linguistically range between Nazim Hikmet and that of the Turkish tabloid press, to western hip-hop beats during a brief appearance in Cologne , she said: “The boy Sultan Tunc has to be remembered because he is really good. "

From Turkey back to Europe

His official debut album Saygi deger sarkilar (2003) was only produced and released in Turkey two years later. This sold over 10,000 times in the year of publication. The video for the single Deliloy ran successfully on Turkish music channels in 2003. After Deliloy was featured on the "World Music" compilation by Sony Global Hip Hop (2004) at the beginning of February of the following year , more and more radio stations specializing in world music from Europe such as BBC London , Funkhaus Europa , Radio Multikulti and You FM played the Germans regularly, In 2004 Tunc received various awards from the Turkish music industry in Turkey, e. B. Saygi deger sarkilar appeared in various music broadcasters and magazines in the selection of the best albums of the previous year. KRAL TV also nominated the artist as the best newcomer of 2003 for his "Video Müzik ödülleri" at the end of February 2004. The daily Hürriyet was even of the opinion that Tunc's album proves "how far hip hop music has developed in (Turkey) . Qualitatively the best Hip Hop album that has ever been made (in Turkey) ".

Through a collaboration with the Eastenders project ( Taxici , 2004), which Tunc later also supported on tours, and Susma (together with Cashma Hoody ) the musician had further musical success. In Germany Tunc u. a. at Şimdi Now , the largest Turkish cultural festival outside of Turkey, together with his "Friends" as a Turkish "rap star". In addition, a concert on the off-WOMEX WDR Funkhaus stage was broadcast live on October 25, 2004 together with Eastenders at Funkhaus Europa .

The musical style of Tunzen is shown in the list of performers in the Funkhaus Europa playlist. B. describe as follows:

Oriental scales are placed with (...) accuracy over electronic beats, to which acoustic percussion instruments are fed. The whole thing is enriched with reggae and ragga, soul and rock.

The rapper's frequent collaboration with various other musicians should also be reflected in his second album Gece Tarifesi (started in 2004). B. the London Oojami / Transglobal Underground composed a track.

Further publications by Sultan Tunc on samplers followed by 2005. He could also be heard off the music channels. Among other things, the ARTE cultural program Tracks dealt with the German-Turkish musician.

In 2006 Sultan Tunc played the lead role in the independent film "Nachtschicht" by Ali Pekel. He contributed the song "Taxici" as the soundtrack.

Discography (selection)

Victimz of Choice - Hip Hop Randezvouz 1997 (VOC Recordz)
Diverse - Boulevard Bou / Turkish Rap Mix 1998 (Istanbul)
Diverse - Yeralti Operasyonu, Universal 1999 (Istanbul Geceleri)
Sultan Tunc - Saygi deger sarkilar, Arma Music International Turkey 2003 (album)
Diverse - East2West Doublemoon 2003
Diverse - Global Hip Hop, Sony 2004 (contribution Deliloy )
Eastenders - Along The Path, Poets Club Records, 2004
Cashma Hoody - Come Unity, Cashma Hoody 2004
Diverse - Harems Secret, Clubstar 2005 (Taxici)
Diverse - Best of Turkish Hip Hop, Oriental Media 2006 (Hala)
Diverse - East2West, Doublemoon 2006 (Bir Yol Hikayesi)
Diverse - Made in Turkey 3, Lola's Musik 2007 (Bir Yol Hikayesi)
Diverse - Bar Istanbul, Nascente 2007 (Bir Yol Hikayesi)
Choice song for the non-party members Prof. Dr. Baskın Oran and Ufuk Uras - "baskin var" (Turkey elections 2007)

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personal data
SURNAME	Tunc, sultan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tunç, Recep
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German rapper Turkish language
DATE OF BIRTH	1976