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 | Arda Baykurt Drummer, Producer, Composer
 
 Arda Baykurt was born in Ankara in 1975. He 
								started his music career at the age of 12 with 
								piano and harmony lessons. First gig was in 1990 
								with Dead Mosh Turkey's one of the first trash 
								metal bands. Until 1993 they performed with the 
								band in various venues in Turkey.
 
 After 1993 he started playing with the local 
								bands of Ankara Rock and Blues style in the 
								times favorite clubs like Manhattan, Grafitti, 
								ABar, Tenedos and so on...
 His passion was more into Latin and Jazz 
								drumming they set up the Retrofusion trio back 
								in 1995 with Koray 
								Ergunay and Gokhan 
								Yilmaz and done concerts and workshops with 
								the band.
 
 Followed by many projects of Latin and Jazz like 
								Funkara, Upgrade, Paradox, Meditation.
 
 After 1997 he was performing and recording with 
								Turkish pop stars such as Bengu, Hande Yener, 
								Gulsen , Yildiz Tilbe, Burcu Gunes and many 
								more... Also performed with his own projects 
								workshops and teaching.
 
 1998 He was invited to Holland and thought drums 
								there. Performed many jazz festivals, TV Shows 
								and also was in Malta Eurovision qualifiers with 
								famous Maltese Rock Band "Scar".
 
 Still recording drums and percussions in his own 
								studio and performing with various projects. 
								First album Skin Vibrations was released by CD 
								Baby 2012. - See more at:
								
								http://www.ardabaykurt.com/bio/#sthash.b5bDPZEu.dpuf
 
 
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