Karuan

Karuan (AT)

Karuan was born in 1976 in Vienna as the son of Kurdish parents. Karuan's love for music arose from the Kurdish singer Sivan Perwer and from the traditional Kurdish celebrations. At the age of six Karuan started to record his singing on music tapes. Ever since that day making music is Karuan's most favourite occupation.
In 1995 Karuan started to work on his own solo projects which were largely inspired by Folk and Black Music. At this time Karuan's music was strictly band-oriented. When Karuan began to arrange his songs on the computer he slowly turned to be an electronic musician.
Today the autodidact Karuan is able to combine and synchronise these various experiences in his own music. The result is an artistic bridge between the oriental culture of his Kurdish family and the European culture in which he lives in.
Since 1999 Karuan is under contract at the label Sunshine in Vienna. His club-oriented debut-single "Karuan.EP" was able to evoke both good temper and attention in the international clubs. A second EP "Walk" followed and actually Karuan's first album "Dohuki Ballet" is available.
The music on "Dohuki Ballet" refers to the kurdish heritage of Karuan. The artist gives the tracks a close personal touch and blends oriental elements with the fruits of our electronic music era. The experience of listening to Karuan's music is described from "romantic" to "melancholic".
The wide sound of the tracks conveys the feeling of a movie soundtrack. The sound of acoustic instruments like oriental flutes, guitars or bass is a very important ingredient of "Dohuki Ballet". This is supplemented by tasteful beats which underlay the melodies. Most tracks on Karuan's album are without vocals. So it was a great challenge for the singer Karuan to make musical instruments to take over that role. This - with the words of Karuan - "voice substitution" is as emotional as a real singing. Unlike many contemporary arrangements in electronic music, many of Karuan's pieces are oriented on the formal structure of the "song".
This adds a compact appearance to Karuan's album "Dohuki Ballet". The special quality of Karuan's album "Dohuki Ballet" comes from the oriental roots of the music as well as from the careful musical dramaturgy, which is combined with remarkable musical themes.
Just recently, Karuan finished remixes for Madrid de los Austrias (Buscando - on SR 049 "This is how we lounge") and Langoth (What a Family - on SR 059).
 

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