Zelal Ekinci - Live Set at jazzhane x Humbug Club Basel
Zelal is a Kurdish music teacher and was born in Izmir. Raised in Diyarbakır, she studied both in İstanbul and Hildesheim, and recently migrated to Germany to teach music in Darmstadt. Heavily influenced by the Bağlama (long-necked lute) of her talented uncle, she took to play the piano and flute in her teenage years. Zelal smoothly combines eastern and western music for an eclectic and explosive dancefloor experience: think of melodramatic tunes from traditional Anatolian folk songs, playful clarinets echoing the narrow streets from İstanbul to Athens, and deep basslines from low temp techno sets.
On Friday, October 28, 2022, she joined us at the Humbug Club Basel to play her live set after Lalalar's concert. You can listen to the set below.
