D.$AHIN

Originally from Istanbul, Dilek Sahin came to Germany in the early 1990's as a refugee. Her roots are in traditional Turkish music (she studied Saz, the Turkish 'guitar') but singing along to Michael Jackson tapes gave her a powerful technique for soul music. Between 2012 and 2014, Sahin won 1st place in Dj Tommek and Kurtis Blow's Boogie Down Berlin Showcase, headlined the Lichtblick Festival, landed a opening slot for Grammy-nominated Soul band Hiatus Kaiyote, built and rebuilt her own personal recording studio in three locations and wrote and recorded an album's worth of original songs.