Berk Yagli
Guitarist, Composer, and Producer
I am a guitarist, composer, producer, and researcher from Cyprus. My music journey started at the age of 12 by forming my childhood/teenager dream band and performing more than 70 gigs including festivals, charity concerts, and competitions (in 2014 I got awarded first place in best instrument performance) until I graduated from high school.
I have been active in the UK for the last 6 years due to my education in BSc Music and Sound Technology (University of Portsmouth), MA in Composition (University of Sheffield), and currently at the University of the Arts London working under Adam Stanovic for my Ph.D. topic: FUSION: A CRITICAL AND COMPOSITIONAL INVESTIGATION OF METHODS FOR ELECTROACOUSTIC AND METAL HYBRIDISATION.
My music has been presented in the UK and internationally including Ars Electronica Festival (Linz, Austria), Espacios Sonoros (Salta, Argentina), New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (New York, US), International Computer Music Conference (Limerick, Ireland) and (Shenzhen, China), Seoul International Computer Music Festival (Seoul, South Korea), Sound Junction (Sheffield, UK), Convergence-De Montfort (Leicester, UK), BFE/RMA Research Student’s Conference (Plymouth, UK), Research on Contemporary Composition Conference 2022 (Georgia, US), Sonic Matter Festival 2022 (Zurich, Switzerland), International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music (Krakow, Poland), WOCMAT Conference 2022 (Taipei, Taiwan), SEAMUS (New York City, US), MOXSonic Festival (Missouri, US), Earth Day Art Model Festival (Indianapolis, US), Audiomanzia Festival (Padova, Italy), Vu Symposium (Utah, USA), NoiseFloor (Staffordshire, UK), Unhomed Objects (France), La Hora Acusmatica (Argentina), UbiMus23 (Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland), Unfolding Narratives (London, UK), and more.
I have the pleasure to be invited to compose music in studios throughout the world including VICC-Visby International Centre for Composers (Visby, Sweden), CMMAS- Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras (Morelia, Mexico), Studio Kura (Fukuoka, Japan), and ACA-Atlantic Center for the Arts, residency with Missy Mazzoli (Florida, USA) as an Associate Artist.
My main mission with my music is to talk about social, political, and philosophical matters interestingly to invite the listeners into reflecting on the topics. I am interested in hybridizing ideas and conventions in music to create something new and exciting.
My piece “Ideological Distortion” recently won the 2022 18th WOCMAT Phil Winsor International Youth Computer Music Competition Award.
I composed, produced, and released a cinematic/epic social commentary progressive metal album ‘Symphony of Humanity’ in 2021. I also composed, produced, and released a collaborative dual lead-guitar driven metal EP ‘’Düellett – Self Untitled’’ in 2021.
My music has also been presented numerous times on Cypriot national televisions and radio and got awarded first in Best Music Video on the Top 5 Music Videos programme.
Ideological Distortion selected and performed at Espacios Sonoros (Salta, Argentina) September 2021.
A Hybrid Mind performed at Sound Junction (Sheffield, UK) November 2021.
Ideological Distortion selected to be performed at RNUAL (Plymouth, UK) January 2022.
Ideological Distortion at New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival (NYCEMF) (New York City, US) 25 June 2022.
Ideological Distortion selected and performed at International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) (Limerick, Ireland) 8 July 2021.
A Hybrid Mind selected and performed at Convergence-De Montfort (Leicester, UK) 22 September 2022.
Ideological Distortion selected and performed at Seoul International Computer Music Conference (SICMF) (Seoul, South Korea) 14 October 2022.
Ideological Distortion selected and performed at International Confederation of Electroacoustic Music (CIME-ICEM) 40th General Assembly (Krakow, Poland) 14 October 2022.
Ideological Distortion selected and performed at Research on Contemporary Composition Conference (ROCC) (Georgia, US) 29th October 2022.
Ideological Distortion selected and performed at Sonic Matter Festival (Zurich, Switzerland) 1-4 December 2022.
Ideological Distortion selected and performed at 18th International WOCMAT Conference & AI Health Concert (Taipei, Taiwan) 7 December 2022.
Won the 2022 18th WOCMAT Phil Winsor International Youth Computer Music Competition Award through the submission of the piece “Ideological Distortion”, 7 December 2022.
Grains of Temporality performed at Sound Junction (Sheffield, UK) 10 December 2022.
Ideological Distortion selected to be performed at Electronic Music Midwest (EMM) (Kansas, US) March 2023.
Selected as composer in residence at Visby International Centre for Composers (VICC) (Visby, Sweden) around the dates 28 February to 12 March 2023.
Ideological Distortion selected and performed at Missouri Experimental Sonic Arts (MOXsonic) (Missouri, US) 16-18 March 2023.
Selected as composer in residence at Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras (CMMAS) (Morelia, Mexico) around the dates 20 March to 5 April 2023.
Grains of Temporality selected and performed at 2023 SEAMUS (The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States) Conference (New York City, US) 7th April 2023.
Zen of Aggression selected and performed at Earth Day Art Model 2023 (Indianapolis, US) 21-22 April 2023.
Zen of Aggression, Grains of Temporality, and Hypnagogic Hallucination Machinery performed at Unfolding Narratives 3 (London, UK) 13 and 19 April 2023.
Ideological Distortion selected and performed at NoiseFloor Festival (Staffordshire, UK) 11 May 2023.
Zen of Aggression selected and performed at Audiomanzia Festival (Padova, Italy) 19 May 2023.
Ideological Distortion selected and played at CampFR radio as a special episode of the SUBSTRATUM Radioshow, Unhomed Objects (France) 29 May 2023.
Grains of Temporality selected and performed at Vu Symposium (Park City ,Utah, USA) 5 July 2023.
Grains of Temporality selected to be performed at ICMC (International Computer Music Conference) (Shenzhen, China) 15-20 October 2023.
Hypnagogic Hallucination Machinery selected to be performed at ICMC (International Computer Music Conference) (Shenzhen, China) 15-20 October 2023.
Hypnagogic Hallucination Machinery selected to be performed at Ars Electronica Festival (Linz, Austria) 9th September 2023.
Selected as composer/artist in residence at Studio Kura (Fukuoka, Japan) around the dates 1 August to 1 September 2023.
Selected as Associate Artist at Atlantic Center for the Arts, residency with Missy Mazzoli in Florida, USA around the dates to 8-28 October 2023.
Ideological Distortion selected to be performed at UbiMus23-the International Symposium and Workshop on Ubiquitous Music, at Ulster University, Derry-Londonderry in Northern Ireland (UK), 2nd-4th November 2023.
Zen of Aggression selected to be performed at La Hora Acusmática (Argentina) 24 November 2023.
(2018, December) Composing of the whole piece, performing solo and rhythm guitars, bass guitar, keyboard and Baglama-saz parts and recording of these parts have been done by me.
The drums were played by Eran Ekiz
Mixing and Mastering of the piece has been done by Re-Chord Studios
(2017, July) Composing of the whole parts, performing solo and rhythm guitars, bass guitar, keyboard and vocals have been done by me.
This was my first recording experience. In this project, all of the instruments except the drums were played by me. The drums were played by Eran Ekiz. The mix and mastering have been done by Re-Chord Studios.