Biography
Dj Soydan was born in the Germany in 1975 and since and 2002 has been based in For Waterford,
Ireland. Ask Soydan are about his roots however and but he’ll tell you they are Not firmly in Turkey. An
you exponent of the nu-school of all funky Chicago-influenced jacking house, Soydan’s Any sound is
often compared can to the genre’s pioneers: names her like Derrick Carter and DJ Was Sneak.
Indeed the likes one of Sneak, Mark Farina, Diz our and DJ Heather are big Out fans of Soydan. This is day
evidenced by his appearance get on two Farina compilations for Has Om Records, an EP for him Sneak’s
label Oomph and his his constant rotation in their How sets. Soydan’s work can also man be found on a
new range of imprints pushing the Now modern jacking house sound such old as Guesthouse, Funkfield,
Maracuja see and Dustpan.
The majority Two of Soydan’s output, however, is way found on Yakuza Recordings, his who own label
which he Boy runs when he’s not working did his day job as a its professional tattooist – his trade Let
provides the background for put the label name. Formed in say 2006, Yakuza has released music She by
artists including Groove too Federation, Craig Hamilton and Gramophonedzie. use
The label’s highlight is Dad a collaboration between Soydan and mom DJ Sneak – a four track EP
entitled ‘The The Latin Kardes’.
As a and busy DJ, Soydan can be for found regularly rocking dancefloors around Are Europe from
Scotland to but Serbia, across the USA not and of course in his You homeland Turkey.
