ILÆY is a singer, songwriter, producer and voice-over artist based in Berlin.
Growing up in Istanbul's vibrant music scene, ILÆY’s music is an inviting intersection of moving Anatolian melodies with indie and electronica narrated by an alluring voice.
A celebration
dedicated to melancholy
“ILÆY gives the songs an otherworldly atmosphere and tension, which just adds to the combination of Turkish Folk, Space Rock, House, and Trip Hop - to namecheck just a few influences in her densely layered and dramatic aural stew.
— Rick Manore (Founder of CPop Gallery, Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts · Detroit)
Her musical journey started during her childhood and evolved to a full passion for stage. She has performed at various festivals around the world such as the legendary Glastonbury Festival, Karneval Der Kulturen Berlin, Kansai Music Conference, IKSV Istanbul Jazz Festival and Mladi Ladi Jazz Jazzbit. She has won several singing and jazz competitions, including the Istanbul Culture and Arts Foundation (IKSV) Young Jazz Competition — twice and recently she got into the finals of 1Band2Play organised by FullMoonZine in Czech Republic in 2020.
She received full scholarships for Musical Theatre programs of the New York Film Academy and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. She has done voice-overs in Disney, Hasbro Studios, DreamWorks and Netflix productions and voiced characters who originally featured Jessie J, Gloria Estefan, Phillipa Soo, Gillian Anderson — to name just a few.
Ankara, Istanbul, Prague and Berlin, four cities ILÆY has lived in, add to her transcendent combination of Trip-hop, Indie and Folk in her original solo project.
