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I was born in Germany to a Turkish audiophile father and an American artist mother. I was raised in the wonderlands of Japan and Iceland, traveling often with my parents. In Iceland, to amuse myself in the cold lightless winter months, I used to sit for hours at my father's Panasonic Double Superheterodyne RF-B600 shortwave radio, turning the dial left and right, entranced with the sounds between the stations. I'd pick up the same morse code signals and pure static. 

At the age of 26, I started making field recordings. Then I had a bursting forth of poetry from 2003-2006, when I lived in San Francisco. This is when I had the idea to use my poetry to make music in Garageband and Reaper. I do it for a hobby, since I'm actually a fashion accessories designer, but hope to one day release an album or two!

Artist, bookbinder, cook, musician, publisher, writer

Djembe, acoustic guitar, vocals, flow, social justice, spark~*

https://sewerratsbk.bandcamp.com/album/rats-attack

TEKRöK - NOIZEABILLY - GABBERJAZZ - ANIMETAL

SEWER RATS BK is  CX KIDTRONIK (Saul Williams Band, Atari Teenage Riot, Stones Throw Records, collaborator with Kanye West, Blowfly, MOP, and many more) and Jason Blackkat - on vocals, tracks, bass, live MPC1000, efx, synth, and drum pads

The Rat Pack includes  lap steel, efx and theremin by Dok Gregory (ZGT, Psychic TV, Plan23, Amoeba Technology), drums by Kalin, Cinque Kemp and Don McKenzie (Vernon Reid, Elliot Sharp), and guitar by Craig Flanagin (God Is My Co-Pilot)

- contact at sewerratsbk@gmail.com

CK Wilde is following