New Album – Bandcamp Pre-order

New Album – Bandcamp Pre-order

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...
Where do you fit inside the vast music universe as a rock musician?

Where do you fit inside the vast music universe as a rock musician?

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...
IYARI WANEIKA

IYARI WANEIKA

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...
No Excuses to Start Playing a Rock Instrument Today

No Excuses to Start Playing a Rock Instrument Today

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,...
Tekliler 2017 – 22

Tekliler 2017 – 22

(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,...
Black Sea Storm – 2022 Türkiye Turnesi

Black Sea Storm – 2022 Türkiye Turnesi

2022 yılında gerçekleştirdiğimiz Türkiye Turnesi tarihlerini afiş formatında bir görselde buluşturmak istedik. Normal şartlarda bu tip afişler turne öncesinde sunulur. Türkiye’de ilk kez canlı çalmamız ve bağımsız rockçı yapımız, bizi kervanı yolda dizmek durumunda...
La Paz – Baja California Sur

La Paz – Baja California Sur

After finishing the Sonora Desert Recordings in Hermosillo, I started a little race against my Mexican visa’s expiration date. I had about three weeks to go up to the US border then head south to make it to Guatemala. After visiting San Carlos, I first went to Tijuana...
Heading South – Baja California

Heading South – Baja California

Leaving Tijuana On March 5th, 2021, I woke up in Tijuana last time to head further south in Baja California. It was a Black Sea Storm release date of a song called “Ayrıldım Ben,” one of the singles I recorded in Hermosillo with Kacho Olivares before coming to Baja...