123 is:
dilara sakpınar: vocals, lido organ, synth
burak ırmak: rhodes, organ
feryin kaya: bass, guitar
berke can özcan: drums, vocals

Starting their musical journey back in 2004, 123, in other words "one, two, three", released their debut album "aksel" in November 2009. "aksel" included 14 songs, that tells the story of a boy named aksel, an owl and a whale. "aksel" is a cd/book with 230 pages of illustrations made by Huban Korman. In May 2010, the band released an ep named "stereo love", that contains 6 tracks. Just before the end of 2010, 123's third album "arve" was released. "arve" has 15 songs, and it's actually the second part of the story that was started in the album "aksel". "arve" is also a cd/book with 190 pages of photography taken by Irmak Altiner. The Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen is a featured guest on the title song "arve". The first three albums can be bought online through mikrop gramofon's web site. They can also all be bought on itunes. Another album entitled "anja" is being produced that is the conclusion story that started with "aksel", but before that, the band will release their fourth album "lara" in the beginning of 2012.

The band has played at many international events such as; 
Kolaj Istanbul (Paris), Glimps Festival (Ghent), Mini Europe Tour by Elle (Turin, Straubing, Munich, Oslo), Şimdi-Now (Stuttgart), Berlin Jazz Festival (Berlin), 0090 Kunstenfestival (Antwerp), Bridge to Turkey Festival (Munich), Efes One Love Festival (Istanbul), Contemporary Festival (Istanbul), International Istanbul Jazz Festival (Istanbul) and Akbank Jazz Festival (Istanbul).

to download technical rider in turkish (.pdf) please click this link: 123riderTR
to download technical rider in english (.pdf) please click this link: 123riderENG
to view the high resolution press photo (.jpg) please click this link: 123photo

photo on the left by volga yildiz.
web site designed by efe kaptanoğlu.