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Kuzey Tekinalp, is a musician; composer and producer born in Bursa, Turkey in 1999. 

He earned his bachelor's degree in Composition and Music Technologies from Istanbul Bilgi University. Between 2019-2023 he did extensive work in the studio; recording, mixing, and mastering a variety of acoustic and hybrid ensembles.

Also during these years, he gained experience across multiple musical disciplines, including composition, orchestration, arrangement, sound synthesis and improvisatory performance.

In 2022, He co-founded the electro-acoustic music act ‘We Parade!’ with the vision of creating and providing musical playgrounds for interdisciplinary artworks. Since then, the band has released two studio albums featuring collaborations dancers; developed the site-specific performance CROSSING BORDERS in partnership with the Improvisation Dance Festival (Istanbul) and Sanpapié Dance Company (Milano); and toured with the contemporary dance concert ‘How Now Becomes Then’ alongside performing artist and choreographers Şiva Canbazoğlu and Ilayda Evgin.

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In 2024, he moved to London and earned his Master’s degree in Music at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Throughout 2025, he worked as an assistant recording engineer at Goldsmiths Music Studios and worked as the lead producer of a studio album with composer, pianist and vocalist Tilda Gebhardt.

As of 2026, he is based in London, working as a freelance artist, taking on composition and production inquiries.