Born in 1978 in Paris, France, Yunus
spent most of his life between Istanbul, Paris and the United
States. After completing his Electrical Engineering degree
at Tufts University, MA, he quickly moved to New York City
in order to look for a profession and began producing music
on his spare time. His third achieved composition was handed
to Cass during his performance at Twilo, the phone rang two
weeks later with a contract on the other end and his production/licenses
have consistently been in demand since.
After writing a series of productions
for Silver Planet and Regress Records in 2002 which many have
been included in various BBC Essential mixes as well John
Digweed Kiss Fm shows, Yunus released “Mavi-Sufi”
and the WMC 2002 anthem contender “Red Pilot”.
The latter announced his first steps into the league of internationally
followed progressive/house producers.
However it is in 2003 that Yunus Guvenen
succeeded to become one of the most looked upon names in the
progressive arena. After completing a high selling double
EP on John Digweed’s prestigious Bedrock label, which
earned him “Best Progressive EP of the year” through
many sites and articles (SoundRevolt, Clubextreme, Residentadvisor
etc…), he quickly strengthened his reputation by releasing
the “Headfirst EP” on Silver Planet which many
magazines (IDJ, DJ Mag) have noted as one of the best releases
of the label within the past years.
Finally Yunus Guvenen has symbolically
been asked by John Digweed himself to remix Bedrock’s
first ever release “Heaven Scent” for the label’s
50 th Anniversary, the result was quoted as “one of
the most exciting and inventive remix I have heard in the
past few years” by J. Digweed himself and has consequently
been the set closure track of the prominent DJ for several
months.
Regarded by many critics as one of the most original voices
in the industry, Yunus Guvenen has also succeeded to carve
himself a strong following of listeners through his 4-5 hour
dj sets and by hosting two John Digweed Kiss FM shows in the
past two years. Through dedication, charismatic stage performance,
and continuous research for innovative music and flowing sets
Yunus has started to become a favorite in many countries including
England, Poland, Greece, Romania, Hungary, France, Italy,
and has already performed at the world’s leading venue’s.
