Ikaru’s journey started in 2016 as a quintet in Ankara, just friends jamming at home. The first tracks were formed of different musical pasts meeting together at a common basin, which incorporated live jamming in an electronic setting, employing live instrumentation with eclectic beats.

 

They started to perform in local scenes with raw-psychedelic dub sounds. In time, the band evolved into an electronic duo (Alptuğ Çavuş & Salih Gaferoğlu) and the sound matured into a more refined form. They gained a following in the alternative local scene and performed to wider audiences through adopting an audiovisual form.

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They got the blessings of the electronic music giants from Turkey such as Mercan Dede and Islandman. Their latest release was a rework of Mercan Dede’s cult song Dream of Shams.

The album includes three remix versions of three different songs by Mercan Dede & Dexter Crowe, Anatolian Sessions and Netam. For two songs Ikaru collaborated with Barış Demirel who is a renowned trumpet player.