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Black Sea Storm Biography and Discography

Black Sea Storm comenzó como un proyecto paralelo en 2002 cerca de la frontera con México en San Diego, California. Su fundador, Ali Deniz Ozkan, en ese momento tocaba activamente el bajo en bandas de gira en los Estados Unidos.

Black Sea Storm siguió siendo un proyecto de grabación durante varios años, lanzando álbumes con más regularidad. En 2011, el proyecto se convirtió en la única salida musical de Ali. La banda se mudó a Buenos Aires en 2017 y abrazó la vida nómada en 2018. Las presentaciones en vivo comenzaron el mismo año, tocando en las calles de Perú, Chile y Argentina. En 2019, Black Sea Storm realizó su primer show oficial en Yucatán, México. Desde entonces, la banda ha realizado cerca de 50 shows, principalmente en América Latina.

En 2022, Black Sea Storm realizó una gira por Türkiye y realizó 21 conciertos en este país. Desde noviembre de 2022, Black Sea Storm ha regresado a México para tocar en algunos shows y trabajar en el próximo álbum. A lo largo de los años, Black Sea Storm ha lanzado más de una docena de álbumes, EP y sencillos, todos disponibles en las principales plataformas de música del mundo.

La traducción de la letra en español está disponible en blackseastorm.com bajo letras y en Instagram bajo historias @blackseastorm6161

Biography (ENG)

Since the year 2002, Black Sea Storm has been one of my musical outlets. During the 90s, I also had a solo project named Deniz’s Home, but I never released anything under the latter name. For almost a decade Black Sea Storm served me as a side project and laboratory while I was actively playing in bands as a bass player. I’ve made most of my career as a rocker on the bass playing primarily in two groups: Swoan of Geneva and Channing Cope of San Diego. I also performed as a stage musician with Kenseth Thibideau‘s solo project.

I was a part of Swoan form 1994 to1999, Channing Cope from 2002 to 2009, and KTB during the years 2010 and 2011. After spending a total of 11 and a half years in the US, I returned to Europe. I did not play with other musicians during the six years I spent in the old continent. This situation did not stop me from releasing two albums with Black Sea Storm.

In January 2017 I decided to move to Latin America. My Fender Jazz bass and I made it to Buenos Aires. I purchased a Fender Stratocaster and a sound card in the Argentinian capital and started to record new Black Sea Storm material on my laptop. I was able to release several single albums with my ultra-minimal recording solution.

In August 2018, I put all my heavy belongings in storage in Buenos Aires and decided to live my life as a nomad across Latin America. Although the nomadic lifestyle was perfect for me, something was missing to make the adventure a complete one. I needed to include music creation in my new lifestyle. In late December 2018, while I was in Qurétaro Mexico, I decided to buy a relatively cheap electro-acoustic guitar and adapt some of the Black Sea Storm songs to my newly purchased instrument. I decided to turn my nomadic approach to life into an ongoing Black Sea Storm world tour.

In early February, I started to play as a street musician in Lima, Peru. I played daily in parks while traveling. After briefly passing by Chile, I returned to Buenos Aires to record and release a couple of new songs with the electric bass and the electric guitar. I kept playing the streets of the Argentinian capital daily while I was recording new material.

In July 2019, I returned to Mexico and started to play live shows. My very first legitimate show happened to be on July 13th, 2019, in Mérida, at a performance place called El Teatrito Yucatan.

I ended up playing 13 shows in Mexico, followed by four shows in Péru. I came back to Buenos Aires to record new material. I did play at an open mic in Buenos Aires. After recording and releasing a couple of songs I put my heavy belongings again in storage and went back on tour. My first destination was Uruguay.

The plan was to play a few shows in Uruguay then go to Paraguay and head up north to eventually make it back to Mexico. Three days after arriving in Uruguay the so-called pandemic started and the Uruguayan authorities decided to close the borders. I ended up staying six months in Uruguay. I was able to record two songs and play a few shows despite the sanitary restrictions.

In late September 2020, once it was possible to travel again I flew back to Mexico. I was able to play several shows and record an alum with a producer named Kacho Olivares in the state of Sonora. After the recording of the album, I went back on the road heading up north up to Tijuana and then going south through the entire Baja California peninsula.

As my Mexican visa was close to expiring I flew to Guatemala from Los Cabos. I recorded two songs in Antigua Guatemala and flew back to Los Cabos with a new Mexican visa. I stayed a full six months in Mexico mostly in Baja California and Sinaloa. I did play the guitar a lot, and came up with new ideas, but I did not play any shows or recorded any songs during my fourth stay in Mexico.

I came to the realization that I had visited more places in Mexico than in my own country, so I decided to transpose my Latin American touring musician lifestyle to Türkiye.

In late November 2021, I flew from CDMX to Istanbul and started to play shows in various Turkish cities. As I am writing this in mid-July 2022 I’ve already played a total of 17 shows, in Istanbul, Bodrum, Konya, Eskişehir, Trabzon, Artvin, Rize, Hatay, Diyarbakır, and Edirne. I am planning on playing as many shows as I can until the end of Fall 2022 and then head back to Latin America.

For shows opportunities or ideas where I could play near you, please hit me up on Instagram at blackseastorm6161

My real name is Ali Deniz Özkan I am from Ankara, Türkiye and this is my bio as of July 2022.

Black Sea Storm – Discography

  • Olas Altas – 2022, Türk Rock Plak
  • Darılma Sen – 2021, Türk Rock Plak
  • Yağmur Değince Tenime – 2021, Türk Rock Plak
  • Sonora Çöl Kayıtları – 2021, Türk Rock Plak
  • Geçti Yar (Akustik) – 2020, Türk Rock Plak
  • Kesilme Topraktan – 2020, Türk Rock Plak
  • Karanlıkta – 2020, Türk Rock Plak
  • Evde Yoksun Sen – 2020, Türk Rock Plak
  • Konargöçer – 2020, Türk Rock Plak
  • Gezen Bir Ben (Demo 2011) – 2019, North Park Records
  • Kopan Adam (Demo 2011) – 2019, North Park Records
  • Dünya’nın Kalbine (Akustik) – 2019, North Park Records
  • Boş Yelkenler Altında (Akustik) – 2019, North Park Records
  • Sonsuz Yaz – 2019, North Park Records
  • Ayrıldım Ben – 2019, North Park Records
  • Büyük Lüks – 2018, North Park Records
  • Günün Sonunda – 2018, North Park Records
  • Uruguay – 2018, North Park Records
  • Baharlarda – 2017, North Park Records
  • Biten Dün – 2017, North Park Records
  • Found Acoustics 08 – 2017, North Park Records
  • Issız Ada – 2013, North Park Records
  • Renk Son Güneş – 2013, North Park Records
  • Boşalan Dünyam – 2011, North Park Records
  • 2009 – 2011, North Park Records
  • 2006 – 2011, North Park Records
  • 2005 – 2011, North Park Records
  • Kayıp Bir Aşk – 2010, North Park Records
  • Onca Onsuz – 2010, North Park Records

Channing Cope – Discography

  • Plunge Into Contempt – 2008, Woodson Lateral
  • Sugar In Our Blood – 2005, 54 40 or Fight
  • Leaving The Ramp – 2002, North Park Records

Shere – Discography

  • Not Los Angeles – 2003, North Park Records

Bosom of the Urgent West – Discography

  • Demo 01 – 2001, BOTUW

Swoan – Discography

  • 2/20 – 2017, Swoan
  • In Love – 1998, Noise Product
  • TRABZONSPOR 7′ Vinyl – 1996 – Noise Product
  • Swoan Demo K7 – 1994 – Swoan