The new album DEVAS feat. Natacha Atlas will be released on 4th December 2020 worldwide in Digital and Vinyl formats. DEVAS is mixed by the Argentinian producer and sound artist Alejandro Mosso. DEVAS is inspired by the Indian Demigods. India is a country of temples and many deities, which allowed the music of DEVAS to become an urban shamanic ritual. Tour dates for 2021 soon will be announced.  

The new creation Atlas Passion by Burak Özdemir & Musica Sequenza had its world premiere at the Stadttheater in Schaffhausen. The project actively engages the community, using geographic information from the Bible, Torah and Koran to confront the current state of world politics. Atlas Passion is a co-production with the Stadttheater Schaffhausen, Salto Corale and Cinevox Dance Company.

With Silent Cantata, Burak Özdemir created an entirely new spiritual listening experience. None of the Bach cantata texts appear on the pages of Özdemir’s score, but their place is taken by the emotional power of music that conveys its message entirely without words. The work visited Istanbul Music Festival, Schloss Elmau, Thüringer Bach Wochen, Darmstadt Stadttheater, Club Berghain, Crescendo Festival and more.

Choreographer Sasha Waltz celebrated the premiere of „Dialogue“ at the Festival d’Avignon with Burak Özdemir, as well as the French painter Guillaume Bruère. The artists collaborated in a freely improvised dialogue. The performers moved to the sound of Özdemir’s bassoon and his sound recordings; that Özdemir recorded in Istanbul streets. The performance is dedicated to Gezi Park demonstrations.

Burak Özdemir & Musica Sequenza performed Sampling Baroque / Händel as the official Turkey premiere at the 45th Istanbul Music Festival. Hosted by Bomontiada, the open-air show took place at the Bomontiada Courtyard in Istanbul center. Before the main show, a light version of the Bach program; The Silent Cantata was also presented to the Istanbul audiences. 

HERMES unfolds the archaic structures of electronica and modern jazz. Micro tonality and ancient Greek modalities are the foundation for this piece. The Ensemble is orchestrated by voice, baroque bassoon, gut strings, arch-lute, field recordings and sound design: all merged into one sensuous and disquieting masterpiece. HERMES visits the Netherlands, Germany, Turkey, U.S.A. and more.

Transmute; a digital work, characterized by strongly accented rhythm and layering of recurring musical elements. After being premiered at the International Community to Abolish Nuclear Weapon (ICAN), further episodes of the series were created for Early Music Biennale Berlin, Sasha Waltz‘ Zuhören at Radial System and Berghain Kantine. In Transmute, Burak presents his latest electronic content with ensemble improvisations and visual currents as an abstract collage.

Berlin’s legendary nightclub celebrated its 21st anniversary with Burak Özdemir & Musica Sequenza. KitKat commissioned an episode of Opera del Futuro series: „Skin Deep Plug-ins“. The multi-media performance piece follows the artistic mission. The original baroque opera piece is confronted by the research-based aspects of experimental theater and not-existed performance techniques until it is pushed to the limits.