ROBERT MEHMET SINAN IKIZ
Genres: Jazz Related Electronica, Hip-Hop, Classic Fusion • Turkey

İkiz moved to Stockholm, Sweden from Istanbul, Turkey when he was 4 years old. By the age of 2 he  accompanied Tchaikovsky symphonies on pots and pans in his grandmother's apartment in Istanbul and had early found interest in music. The music of Jimi Hendrix was İkiz biggest influence In elementary school, same period as his first band "Straight Ahead" toured and played concerts around Sweden. Ikiz studied at the Stockholm Music Conservatory between 1995-1998 in the Afro-American music program. In 1998 he won the annual competition there and received a scholarship to study at the Los Angeles Music Academy. During this period in Southern California he gained valuable experience in the American jazz scene playing in David Ornette Cherry´s Impressions Of Energy which included musicians like Justo Almario and Ralph "Buzzy" Jones among others. While back in Europe with Stockholm as a base, İkiz started to tour with different groups read more...