Mert Yücel

Mert Yucel
Background information
Birth name	Mert Yucel
Also known as	Silentrunner
Genres	House, Tech House
Occupations	Producer, DJ
Years active	1999-present
Labels	Subversive Records Maya Records Artform Records Baroque Records DeepXperience Productions Maya Records Dutchie Music Dusk Recordings Nascent Recordings Swift Recordings East'n Soul Recordings
Associated acts	Derin , Silentrunner
Website	http://www.mertyucel.com/

Mert Yücel is an electronic music producer and definitely one of the key players defining the underground house sound emerging from Istanbul. Yücel produced the first house music album ever released in his own country, Turkey [1]. He also has several world wide chart-topping singles, such as "Dreamer"[2], released on US and UK labels including Baroque Records, Subversive Records, and Choo Choo Records[3] . Another significant release by Mert Yücel is , his remix for DJ VIBE's legendary track (under Underground Sound of Lisbon Moniker) called "So Get Up"(Kaos Records/Tribal America) which is played and charted by almost every house/techhouse/tribal house djs around year 2002. Until today he released more than 35 singles on various UK and US labels and most of them enjoyed a dancefloor chart success over various countries. [4] Also as a DJ he has a unique style of blending tribal and techy grooves.[5]

In addition to djing around the world and producing heavily at the studio, Mert Yucel runs a record label called DeepXperience Productions [6] which he founded in 2005 [7]. The label is mainly concentrated on house , deep-house , tech-house and their derivatives. Featuring releases from some established artists alongside himself like Jamie Anderson , Joeski , Mieka Du Franx , Tyler Stadius , Tyler Lewis , Murray Richardson , C-Soul , Gideon Jackson , Alex Celler , Dave Mothersole and some up and new comer names like Wayne Duggan, Onur Ozman , Ertug Ozturk , Unus Emre.

Mert Yucel is also doing a radio show on Radio FG 93.7 FM [8] for almost 7 years. Radio FG is Turkey's most popular dance music station and Mert Yucel's show is on air at every Sunday 17:00 EET.

External links

• Mert Yucel's official website
• Mert Yücel on Myspace
• Mert Yucel's discography at Discogs.
• Mert Yucel's offical page at Soundcloud.
• Mert Yucel's offical page at Twitter.
• Mert Yucel's offical page at Facebook.

Persondata
Name	Yucel, Mert
Alternative names	Silentrunner , Merty
Short description	Turkish musician
Date of birth	1977
Place of birth	Istanbul
Date of death
Place of death