Murat Kilic

Murat Kilic

Artist Biography

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Raised in the suburbs of Sydney by strict Turkish parents on a diet of classical Turkish music played back on a Grundig reel to reel player not much smaller than a fridge. Listening to “foreign” music, least of all bangin’ electronica was far from acceptable and certainly not tolerated in the Kilic household. Despite these hurdles, as avid young music lovers, Murat and his sister were able to maintain a healthy stash of records, mixtapes and music videos under the cupboard in their bedroom for many years. Maybe this was the perfect upbringing for him because this deprivation has yielded a profound and undying love for hoarding music and an ear for anything to seriously rock a dancefloor.

As well as being a respected long time DJ in the Australian electronic music scene, Murat Kilic is also a profilic producer of tech house, minimal and techno over the last few years with releases on some of the world’s most forward thinking labels like Stil Vor Talent of Berlin, Germany and Stereo Seven Plus of Milan, Italy. He has also completed remixes for labels such as BEEF, Kaato, Subsonic and Tribal Vision.

Murat has been an avid collector of music (particularly on vinyl) since his early teens circa 1982 when he used to dodge school to sniff out rare wax at Sydney 2nd hand records stores Ashwoods, Martins and The Record Plant.

Murat plays at Australia’s leading tech clubs regularly. In Melbourne: Pretty Simple @ FFour, La Di Da, Darkbeat @ Brown Alley, onesixone, Revolver, Tramp and Killing Time. In Sydney: Lost Baggage, SPICE After Hour, Chinese Laundry and Likes of You. In Queensland, Murat has played the most respected nights such as Drop @ Moonbar, Logic @ Bar Soma and Elsewhere Sundays on the Gold Coast.

Overseas gigs 2007-2009 include The Egg London, Follow The White Rabbit in Paris, Horst Kreuzberg Berlin, Sunrise Party Salvador-Brazil, Transit @ MV in New Caledonia, Roxy Club Prague, Love Parade Germany 2007/2008, Palais Club Munchen & Blanco in Istanbul to name but a few.

Murat has a strong tech influence and this is reflected during his sets. His style is an intelligent blend of minimal tech, tech house, techno and acid. “At the end of the day, it is all about educating the crowd without boring them. Teaching people to appreciate new music whilst still getting them to dance themselves to oblivion”.

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