Serdar Öztop

Turkish guitarist and producer (Istanbul). Öztop released 2 solo albums consist of instrumental rock guitar tunes flavored with authentic Turkish musical ideas and playing techniques. After he graduated electronics school of Bogazici University, he started working in Spectrum Recording Studio as a sound engineer. He joined the Turkish rock band Kesmeşeker and recorded the album Ask ve Para in Bogazici University’s Recording Studio. He also worked with Turkey’s top rock stars (Teoman, Haluk Levent, Murat Evgin, Rojin, etc.) and became a producer and guitarist. In summer of 2002, he released his first solo and Turkey’s first instrumental rock album Sükut. After a short while, he joined the famous rock band Bulutsuzluk Özlemi.