Sinemis is the new solo project of Circassian-Turkish producer Sine Buyuka, who gently combines the ancestral Sufi music of her homeland with sophisticated techno-inflected ambient.
Her first release was the single Medi in the Wind Layers compilation on 7K! in 2021, followed by her mini-album Dua on Injazero Records in November 2022. She was included on the Piano Day compilation with composer James Heather on Nils Frahm’s label Leiter in 2023.
Sine Buyuka worked as a culture and arts journalist and hosted a radio show in her hometown Istanbul before moving to London in 2012. She has an MA in Culture, Media and Creative Industries from Kings College London and a Masters in Composition in Electronic Music from Guildhall. She currently runs the experimental/electronic label Injazero Records, hosts a monthly radio show on sound art station Resonance Extra and is an assistant professor at Guildhall in the electronic music department.
Her mixes have been featured on Worldwide FM, Resonance FM, Open Lab, Subtempo, Soho Radio and NTS…
She has performed at venues likeSomerset House, Iklectik Art Lab and St Matthias Church, festivals like SonarIstanbul and onstage with musicians such as James Heather, Specimens, Midori Hirano, Laila Sakini and Chantal Michelle…
Her first release was the single Medi in the Wind Layers compilation on 7K! in 2021, followed by her mini-album Dua on Injazero Records in November 2022. She was included on the Piano Day compilation with composer James Heather on Nils Frahm’s label Leiter in 2023.
Sine Buyuka worked as a culture and arts journalist and hosted a radio show in her hometown Istanbul before moving to London in 2012. She has an MA in Culture, Media and Creative Industries from Kings College London and a Masters in Composition in Electronic Music from Guildhall. She currently runs the experimental/electronic label Injazero Records, hosts a monthly radio show on sound art station Resonance Extra and is an assistant professor at Guildhall in the electronic music department.
Her mixes have been featured on Worldwide FM, Resonance FM, Open Lab, Subtempo, Soho Radio and NTS…
She has performed at venues likeSomerset House, Iklectik Art Lab and St Matthias Church, festivals like SonarIstanbul and onstage with musicians such as James Heather, Specimens, Midori Hirano, Laila Sakini and Chantal Michelle…
