At 1990, the first private TV channel of Turkey: Star 1 was opened where previously the only tv channel you could see was the government ran TRT. Let’s consider this a turning point because if you lived in Turkey in the ‘90s, you know what a crazy period it was. The golden age of pop, the era of sexual liberation and the queer innuendo that no one could confess. Coming out of a magical decade of melodical richness, emotional drama and innocent romanticism: ‘the ’80s , adorned with legendary singers and songwriters such as Ajda Pekkan, Sezen Aksu, Nilüfer and many many others; the country went into the frenzy of what would be maybe the most colorful decade of their whole lifetime even when looking back from this day. The music scene was booming with dance beats and video clips and it has never been that diverse until then; with the surge of dozens of artists from different parts and all social classes of the country. Songs created then, abundant with imported house and breaky tunes from Europe and U.S. , with no-name producers: the secret heroes of ’90s have bombed the public with irresistible dancing energy.
This is the time that we, the Harem of No One, the only Turkish, Kurdish, Cypriot and Southwest Asian performer community of London, want to take you to, for the second time ! If you were at our first 90s Legends show, you know what to expect, if you were not there, it’s your chance to see if the legends are true. Hosted by your favourite dick in town: Darlink Dick, featuring an actual Cypriot goddess Aphrodite, angelic starlet Sheker Paré, the heartthrob Tahini Molasses, the sultan of burlesque Turkish D’Light and the spaceship commander Uran Apak. We also have a very special guest for tonight, for the first time in Harem of No One’s history, a drag king will perform: watch out for Laz Lightning ! Needless to say once again you will be served the best examples of legendary 90s music by Harem Soundsystem at the hands of Martha Barbra and Toby Kind.
We will create the most colorful event we ever did with many surprises but it also falls on you to bring your best ‘90s looked that you missed wearing or never could wear. Hit the charity shops, the vintage markets or your parents’ closets; Let’s summon this crazy decade and raise it from its ashes in Bricklane’s 93 Feet East !
For our turkish-speaker audience we also recommend you start following the podcast “Yine Yeni Yeniden 90’lar” created by İlker Hepkaner and Sezgin İnceel who are good friends! The podcast series explores the music history of the ’90s and beyond under queer spotlight from a cultural studies perspective.
