Ata Canani + Sinem

In the organizer's words:

Ozan Ata Canani

As a child prodigy on the bağlama (saz), Ata Canani single-handedly invented Turkish rock'n'roll in German at the end of the 1970s. His socially critical songs addressed the discrimination and harsh living conditions of Turkish "guest workers". During this time, Ata was also part of the influential band "Die Kanaken", whose members included the legendary Anadolu Rock founder Cem Karaca, who was living in exile in Cologne at the time. After years of relative obscurity, the song "Deutsche Freunde" catapulted the band back into the public eye as one of the outstanding tracks on the groundbreaking compilation "Songs of Gastarbeiter" in 2014. Ata's debut album "Warte mein Land, warte" was released in May 2021 Fun in the Church after a career spanning almost 45 years and was critically acclaimed. After its release, the artist played over 80 concerts in Germany and neighboring countries - solo, with the Munich band Karaba or the Deutschlandlieder project.

In June 2025, Ata Canani released his new album "Die Demokratie", which he will present live with the band of the same name in the fall and winter. "It's clear to everyone, democracy didn't fall from the sky", sings Ozan Ata Canani in the title track of this album: "Democracy doesn't come for free either" - "Standing still doesn't solve any problems".

Sinem

Sinem conjures up the spirit of the she-punks and moves across the stage with lizard-like determination, as if her name were Iggy Türkpop. And this determination is not only present in every movement, but also in her singing. Anyone who has known Sinem for any length of time will have the feeling that this life has been lived so far so that exactly what is now running through our limbs takes place: Music! And as is the case with determination - it remains opaque for the longest time. Until recently, Sinem wasn't a band at all, but something of an organizational asset in the background of the Munich underground. It wasn't so long ago that the children of the people who came to Germany to work naturally merged their at least two identities. They are "divided into two worlds", as Ozan Ata Canani states in his song of the century "Deutsche Freunde".