2/5 BZ

2/5 BZ is a Turkish one man multimedia project created by Serhat Köksal in 1986, who combines traditional Turkish music, noise, ambient, big beat and numerous other stylistical references, such as collages of music, cinema, speech and field recordings. So far 2/5 BZ has performed at well-known festivals such as Club Transmediale in Berlin, collaborated with numerous musicians such as Tim Hodgkinson and a session for John Peel in 2003.

Links To Peel
Peel discovered 2/5BZ when he was making a programme about Turkish music for the BBC World Service in 1994, when he visited the country. On his BBC Radio One show on 26 November 1994 (BFBS), Peel explains that he discovered the one man project by the cassettes he was given:


 * "In Turkey I picked up as always a load of cassettes and stuff and you know some interesting stuff in there, but only one really really rather astonishing recording and that's by a one man band called 2/5 BZ" 

On the 19 November 1994 (BBC World Service) show, Peel had the chance to interview Serhat Köksal through an interpreter, where he described his music. Peel also invited Serhat to do a session for his show under the name of 2/5 BZ, which was played on 06 May 2003.

Sessions
The one and only session is available on the single Peel Session (Gözel)

1. Recorded: 2003-01-01. Broadcast: 06 May 2003. Repeated: None
 * No Turistik, No Egozotick / Etnik Market, Etnik Paranoia / Ampul / Şer Ekseni

Other Shows Played
1994 1995 1997 2004
 * 18 November 1994: Şaka Etmiyorum (LP - Opua Disin) White Label
 * 19 November 1994 (BBC World Service): Superfine
 * 20 January 1995: unknown (cassette)
 * 20 November 1997: There Is No Salvation (white label)
 * 08 January 2004: Etnik Market, Etnik Paranoia (EP - Peel Session) Gozel Records
 * 15 January 2004: 'No Turistik, No Egozotick (EP- Peel Session)' (Gozel)
 * 21 December 2004 (Rob Da Bank): Militan Oriyental (cdr) (White Label)
 * 22 December 2004 (Rob Da Bank): Oxvz Istanbul
 * 23 December 2004 (Rob Da Bank): Karabesk