Last night, I saw Slipknot and Kuazar at the Jockey Club in Asuncion, Paraguay. For several weeks, I knew that the show was coming up, but I was hesitant to attend it. The main reason was that I had never fully clicked with Slipknot for 25 years. Kuazar, on the...
We spoke with Ali Deniz Özkan about his musical career and life story. He leads a nomadic life in Latin America after being part of several rock bands in Switzerland and the United States. DuvaR (The Wall, national newspaper from Türkiye) The Nomadic Musician: A...
Hablamos con Ali Deniz Özkan sobre su música y su historia: vivió una vida nómada en América Latina después de participar en varias bandas de rock en Suiza y Los Estados Unidos. DuvaR (La Pared, periódico nacional de Turquía) Fatih Saygın fsaygin@gazeteduvar.com.tr...
Release Date: August 25th, 2023 Sinaloa, Mexico İsmimi Bulutlardan Aldım: This new album from Black Sea Storm was entirely made in Mexico in a nomadic fashion. The writing and recording process occurred in Monterrey, Culiacán, Mazatlán, Guadalajara, Hermosillo, and...
After a full year in Türkiye, playing 21 shows at the four corners of my native country, in November 2022, I headed back to Mazatlan Mexico. From November to February, I gathered many ideas I had recorded on my phone during the Turkish tour. For the new year holiday...
I am thrilled to announce that a new Black Sea Storm album titled *İsmimi Bulutlardan Aldım” is coming out on August 25th. Exclusive pre-orders are available solely on Bandcamp. The pre-order allows you to download two songs from the album as of today and the...
Throughout my rock n roll journey, I have often found myself in situations where there was a massive gap between what I was trying to accomplish through music and how people would perceive me as a musician. Music is so vast that being labeled a musician alone does not...
Playing Turkish Rock for a Good Cause in Guadalajara Mexico My name is Ali Deniz Ozkan. I am a nomad rock musician living on the road, mainly in Latin America, since 2018. My one-man band is called Black Sea Storm. On March 10th, 2023, ONCO Y VITA AC, Ojos de la...
I am Ali Deniz Ozkan, the founder and the sole member of the rock band Black Sea Storm. In the ’90s, I played in a band called Swoan from Switzerland, and during the 2000s, I played in a band called Channing Cope from San Diego, California. During 2021 and 2022,...
(Release Date January 6th, 2023) I’ve decided to gather 16 single albums I’ve put out with Black Sea Storm between 2017 and 2022. After losing my day job in Switzerland, I moved to Argentina on January 23rd, 2017, to open a coffee shop. As for music gear,...
