Mahmut Orhan is a Turkish DJ and music producer. He was born on January 11, 1993 in the city of Bursa (Northwestern Anatolia), Turkey.
In his hometown, he began to actively engage in music from the age of 15. Later, to expand his horizons, he moved to the capital of the country, Istanbul.
In 2011, he started working at the Bebek nightclub. In 2017, Mahmut Orhan gave his first big personal interview to the Turkish newspaper Sabah.
Mahmut started his career with the label 3-Adam, later stopped working with him. The DJ found his first international success in 2015 after the release of the instrumental song Age of Emotions.
The young and promising composer began to be noticed by other musicians and unbiased listeners. The DJ is actively touring European countries (Bulgaria, Greece, Luxembourg, Romania).
Genre directions Mahmut Orhan
Mahmut is well versed in the styles of Deep House, Indie Dance / Nu Disco, their motifs influence his creativity and imagination. Orkhan himself says that his tracks combine club vibes and oriental motifs, this gives a special style to Orkhan's sound.
The DJ listened to all the tracks of the 1980s-1990s of the last century, as he believes that the fashion of the future can be extracted from them. Mahmut is well versed in the taste preferences of modern listeners; many people always want to attend his performances.
A special vision of Mahmut's music was supported by the famous DJ Markus Schulz. Professionals called Orkhan the sensation of the club scene in Europe after a big release with the composition Feel.
The author has only one music album on his account, in June 2018 he released a collection of remixes One.
Orhan has been a part of some of the world's major electronic music festivals such as the Exit Festival in Serbia and the Untold Festival in Romania.
The DJ collaborated with Ultra Music, an American independent electronic music label based in New York.
DJ collaboration with artists
In 2015, Mahmut Orhan found the Turkish singer Senu Sener, with whom he subsequently created the track Feel. This composition entered the worthy places of the music tops in Greece, Belgium, Luxembourg, Turkey, Germany, Russia, Poland and Romania.
The song Feel took the 1st position in the Turkish iTunes Music Platform Ranking for 2017.
The track gained more than 115 million views on Youtube, conquered the global top 100 of the Shazam program and allowed Orkhan to sign a contract with Ultra Records.
Vocal tracks tend to be recognized by listeners and are better than just instrumentals. The addition of Sener's voice certainly helped elevate the track to the right level.
The author himself described his success as follows: “The result is like a collapsing stack of dominoes - popularity passed from Turkey to Russia, from there to Greece, further to Croatia, then to Poland and other European countries.”
Gaining recognition in Germany was the most difficult, as it is the abode of dance and club music. The inhabitants of this country have a very reverent attitude towards sound.
Remix on Game of Thrones
At the same time, the Game of Thrones series was popular and Mahmut followed the modern wave by creating a remix of Game of Thrones. This decision was positively received by critics and "fans".
The cover version was created in collaboration with the Romanian singer Eneli. Also in this duet, the song Save me was released, which was very different in the dynamics of reviews.
A fruitful alliance was with Colonel Bagshot ("Colonel Bagshot") - an English rock band. Their joint single 6 Days reached the top of the Greek and Romanian music charts in 2018.
In 2019, the composer collaborated with DJs Thomas Newson and Jason Gaffner, then the single Feet was released. And also - with the Moldovan singer Irina Rimes (currently lives in Romania) he released the track Schhh.
Orhan has worked with artists Aytac Kart, Boral Kibil, Sezer Uysal, Dj Tarkan, Alceen, Ludwix, Deepjack and Mr. Nu. Mahmut claimed that the connection between people and their creativity is important for him, therefore he always chooses as co-authors people who are close to him in spirit and ideas in music.
DJ now
In 2020, he published a second collaboration with Irina Rimes - the single Hero.
Until now, he has performed many times in Bursa, Antalya, Istanbul, Izmir. At first, Mahmut worked as a musical director in one of the most popular clubs in Istanbul, Chilai. He is currently still pursuing his musical career there.
Mahmut Orhan actively maintains his pages on social networks (Instagram, Twitter, Facebook). Artist profiles can be found on Spotify, YouTube and SoundCloud.
His favorite place is the Epic Society nightclub in Timisoara.
Mahmut has a warm relationship with his brothers and sisters, periodically publishes joint photos from performances.
He was awarded Best DJ at the Pantene Golden Butterfly Awards, at the 45th Anniversary Awards in 2018. Won Best DJ at the 17th Stars of the Year Awards organized by Yildiz Technical University in 2019.
Orhan is engaged in data mastering podcasts of interviews with famous people in Turkey.
