{"id":292,"date":"2019-01-20T15:55:26","date_gmt":"2019-01-20T14:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adirjan.com\/wordpress2\/?page_id=292"},"modified":"2025-08-28T20:35:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T18:35:36","slug":"adir-jan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adirjan.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-292\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-292-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-292-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-292-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-tabs panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-tabs so-widget-sow-tabs-default-d5c92da1542c-292\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div class=\"sow-tabs\">\n\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-tab-container\" role=\"tablist\">\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"sow-tabs-tab\n\t\t\t sow-tabs-tab-selected\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\trole=\"tab\"\n\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"about\"\n\t\t\taria-selected=\"true\"\n\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-title sow-tabs-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tABOUT\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"sow-tabs-tab\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\n\t\t\trole=\"tab\"\n\t\t\tdata-anchor-id=\"info\"\n\t\t\taria-selected=\"false\"\n\t\t\ttabindex=\"0\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-title sow-tabs-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tINFO\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-panel-container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-panel\">\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-tabs-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"tabpanel\"\n\t\t\t\taria-hidden=\"false\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Best defined as\u00a0<em>Cosmopolitan Kurdesque<\/em>,\u00a0<strong>Adir Jan<\/strong> is a melting pot of Western Asian sounds and rhythms, eclectically combined with traditional, progressive pop,rock and psychedelic harmonies. Described by the <em>Tagesspiegel<\/em> as a \u201cbridge-builder bard,\u201d the Berlin-based singer-songwriter unfolds, through playful arrangements, complex rhythms, and multilayered melodies, a distinctive sound world that oscillates between sorrow and ecstasy, disappointment and desire, longing and resistance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>His music is playful, unpredictable, and always deeply human.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Whether in Zaza, Kurmanc\u00ee Kurdish, Turkish, or German (among others), his delicate yet powerful and deeply emotional vocals and passionate lyrics convey the timelessness and transcultural relevance of political resistance and queer desires, expressed through traditional forms with a contemporary sensibility.<\/p>\n<p>Adir Jan\u2019s lyrics revolve mostly around queer love and passion, pleasure and pain,<br \/>\nbut also highlight social issues, such as war, homophobia and racism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>His message is clear: universal love!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since being named among the \u201cTop 20 Indie Artists of Middle Eastern Music\u201d in 2014\u00a0and praised by <em>VICE.com\u00a0<\/em>as \u201cThe new faces of Kurdish art rock,\u201d Adir Jan has gained international recognition.<br \/>\nHis debut album Leyla reached the Top 100 of the <em>Transglobal World Music Charts<\/em> in 2019, establishing him as one of the most exciting voices in the global music scene.<\/p>\n<p><strong>His music is as cosmopolitan as his audience.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2019 his first album \"<strong>Leyla<\/strong>\" was published by <strong>Trikont<\/strong> and <strong>Bgst Records,\u00a0<\/strong>so is his recent album <strong>\"Al Mast\" <\/strong>due to good collaboration in 2025 published by <strong>Trikont <\/strong>again.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u201cHe calls his music \u2018Cosmopolitan Kurdesque.\u2019 It\u2019s a hugely enjoyable, knowing mix of styles where Kurdish melodies and instruments meet upbeat rock, with elements of Western art music thrown in\u2026 One imagines a great live atmosphere, a festival winner, where everyone dances together deliriously, proclaiming universal love.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2013 <strong>Songlines<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>\u201e A breath taking debut! Bard culture meets rock music and the complex beauty of Kurdish dance rhythms. Songs that have to be sung. Medicin against toxic masculinity. This is poetical and political music at the same time which has the power to meet a huge audience.\u201d \u2013 <\/em><strong>Deutschlandfunk Kultur <\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>\"Adir Jan\u2019s \u201eLeyla\", published by the Trikont label in Munich, is definetely one of the most important world music albums of the year.\u201c - <\/em><strong>Bayerischer Rundfunk <\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>\u201cThe singer\u2019s voice is vibrating between love and pain. And then the band takes off, floating and grooving through a space of resonance where everything becomes possible, even cosmic sex.\u201c - <\/em><strong>S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-tabs-panel\">\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-tabs-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"tabpanel\"\n\t\t\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Adir Jan<\/strong> sprengt Grenzen und schl\u00e4gt Br\u00fccken: zwischen konstruiertem Abend- und Morgenland, zwischen Geschlechtern, zwischen Herzen und Seelen. Mit seinem <em>Cosmopolitan Kurdesque<\/em> trifft er einen Nerv der Zeit, in der die Beziehungen zwischen Universellem und Traditionellem eine immer wichtigere Rolle spielen. Dabei geht es um die musikalische und transkulturelle Verarbeitung von Themen wie queere und universelle Liebe, Trans- und Homofeindlichkeit, Krieg, Kolonialismus und mehr \u2013 gest\u00fctzt auf Poesie aus schwul-migrantischer Perspektive.<\/p>\n<p>Damit leistet der Berliner Singer-Songwriter <strong>Adir Jan<\/strong> revolution\u00e4re Pionierarbeit, denn niemand vorher hat je \u00fcber solche Themen in Sprachen wie Zaza, das Kurmanc\u00ee-Kurdische und das T\u00fcrkei-T\u00fcrkische geschrieben. Hier wird nicht <em>\u00fcber<\/em> Betroffene geschrieben und gesungen \u2013 es ist die eigene Stimme, die zu Wort kommt.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Seit seiner Nennung unter den \u201eTop 20 Indie Artists of Middle Eastern Music\u201c im Jahr 2014 und als \u201eThe new faces of Kurdish art rock\u201c durch\u00a0<em>VICE.com\u00a0<\/em>hat Adir Jan internationale Anerkennung gewonnen. Sein Deb\u00fctalbum <em>Leyla<\/em> erreichte 2019 die Top 100 der <em>Transglobal World Music Charts<\/em> und machte ihn zu einer der spannendsten Stimmen der globalen Musikszene.<\/p>\n<p>Seine Musik ist kosmopolitisch wie auch sein Publikum.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Dazu verwendet er musikalisch-eklektisch Motive aus Traditional (mediterran sowie aus Westasien), internationalem Rock und Pop, eigenem Indie und Psychedelic. Dabei entsteht ein einzigartig intensiver, treibend-ekstatischer, bitters\u00fc\u00df-scharfer, bisweilen melancholisch-schwerer Sound. Immer getragen von <strong>Adir Jan<\/strong>s Charakter-Stimme, die auch seinem Rock-und Popsound eine 'traditionelle' Klangfarbe draufsetzen kann.<\/p>\n<p>Eine weitere Facette kommt hinzu, wenn der Berliner Barde die B\u00fchne in akustischer Besetzung betritt: Hartes wird weich, Psychedelisches vertr\u00e4umt, sein Aufschrei intim.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Nach seinem 2019\u00a0bei <strong>Trikont<\/strong> und <strong>Bgst<\/strong> <strong>Records <\/strong>erschienenem Deb\u00fct-Album\u00a0\"<strong>Leyla<\/strong>\" publiziert nach jahrelanger guter Zusammenarbeit erneut <strong>Trikont<\/strong> in 2025 sein neues Album \"<strong>Al Mast<\/strong>\".<\/p>\n<p>Des Liedermachers Botschaft ist klar, einfach und verbindend:<br \/>\nUniverselle Liebe und Widerstand gegen unterschiedlichste Formen von Unterdr\u00fcckung.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>\"Ein atemberaubendes Deb\u00fct\u2026 Bardenkultur trifft Rock und die komplexe Sch\u00f6nheit kurdischer Tanzrhythmen. Lieder die gesungen werden m\u00fcssen. Medizin gegen toxische M\u00e4nnlichkeit. Das ist poetische und politische Musik, die das Zeug hat ein gro\u00dfes Publiukum zu erreichen. Das Album Leyla. Unbedingt anh\u00f6ren!\"<\/em> <strong>Deutschlandfunk Tonart<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>\"G\u00e4be es dieses Album nicht, eine bessere Zukunft w\u00e4re <span class=\"nowrap\">2019<\/span> weiter entfernt, als man ertragen k\u00f6nnte.\"<\/em> <strong>S\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>\u201eDie Band Adirjam geh\u00f6rt zu den angesagtesten Berliner Art Rock Bands. Ihre Musik und Party-Reihe \u201eZemb\u00eel\u201c im S\u00fcdblock ist ein Aufruf gegen Homophobie und Rassismus und f\u00fcr freie Liebe.\u201c<\/em> <strong>TAZ<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>\"\"Leyla\" von Adir Jan, erschienen beim M\u00fcnchner Trikont-Label, ist sicher eines der wichtigsten Weltmusikalben des Jahres.\"<\/em> <strong>Bayerischer Rundfunk<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>\"Dieser Stilmix ist f\u00fcr die T\u00fcrkei nicht neu, doch in Verbindung mit Tekins Texten ergibt \u201eLeyla\u201c etwas Besonderes\u00a0\u2013 eine Kreuzberger Pionierleistung.\"<\/em> <strong>Tagesspiegel<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-292-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-292-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-a258e6bfa2d8-292\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/adirjan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Adir-Jan-17-Foto-Makis-Asimakopoulos.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adirjan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Adir-Jan-17-Foto-Makis-Asimakopoulos.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/adirjan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Adir-Jan-17-Foto-Makis-Asimakopoulos-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adirjan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Adir-Jan-17-Foto-Makis-Asimakopoulos-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adirjan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Adir-Jan-17-Foto-Makis-Asimakopoulos-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/adirjan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Adir-Jan-17-Foto-Makis-Asimakopoulos-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" title=\"Adir Jan 17, Foto-Makis Asimakopoulos\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-292-0-1-1\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"2\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-a258e6bfa2d8-292\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/adirjan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Keskesor-Art.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adirjan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Keskesor-Art.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adirjan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Keskesor-Art-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/adirjan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Keskesor-Art-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" title=\"Keskesor &#8211; Art\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-292-0-1-2\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"3\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-a258e6bfa2d8-292\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/adirjan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Adir-Jan-4.jpg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adirjan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Adir-Jan-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/adirjan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Adir-Jan-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adirjan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Adir-Jan-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/adirjan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Adir-Jan-4-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/adirjan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Adir-Jan-4-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" title=\"Adir Jan (4)\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"panel-292-0-1-3\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image\" data-index=\"4\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-a258e6bfa2d8-292\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"https:\/\/adirjan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Love-Art.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adirjan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Love-Art.jpg 300w, https:\/\/adirjan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Love-Art-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/adirjan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Love-Art-250x250.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" title=\"Love &#8211; 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