Based in London, Elif Yalvaç (née Hazal Elif Yalvaç) is a producer, composer and guitarist from North Western Turkey. Her journey in sound started as a young girl getting enthusiastic about electric guitar and retro game audio. She has had over a decade long artistic presence with international appearances, especially in the UK, Iceland, and Norway, through solo and collaborative works and performances, music critic reviews, and radio features. Whilst her works were released by a number of labels including Brooklyn-based NNA Tapes, and Amsterdam-based Moving Furniture Records, Elif currently focuses on independent work and explores music beyond just releasing it. She pushes the boundaries and believes in the value of organic connections in music scene, defying the obstacles posed by algorithms or capital-oriented PR agencies and their stakeholders.
Elif’s latest solo work, Hypnopomp EP (December 2025), features elements of flashcore, speedcore, noise, and ambient music, drawing on her versatile approaches and background in music, valuing learning, as well as making the most of constraints. Elif has actively performed in a solo and collaborative settings with a rig that she adapts according to a wide range of performances. She has collaborated with others extensively, including Norwegian ambient music artist Kristoffer Lislegaard, her avant-garde metal project Diaries of Destruction; collabs with her partner Jordan Muscatello, her contemporary ambient project with pianist Philamelian, Green Drift with Expert Sleepers (Andrew Ostler), Darkroom, and her longest standing collaborations with Michael Bearpark.
Alongside her performance and production efforts, Elif curates and hosts “Talk to the Chip”, a podcast on pioneering electronic music on Resonance FM with Jono Podmore. She is the curator of live electronics event series “Heart of Noise Cambridge” at Cambridge Junction, and “Electronics At Eight” series in Milton Court Concert Hall in London for Guildhall School. Elif holds an MA degree in Sonic Arts & Music from Istanbul Technical University, with a thesis on the creative and aesthetic value of limitations in the context of Chip Music. She teaches advanced electronic music composition and production in Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she is the pathway leader for Electronic Music in EPM department.
With her former work in localisation for funding her music efforts and studies in linguistics with interdisciplinary interests, Elif values and enjoys learning new tools and things in a wide range of areas. She currently focuses on DSP, computer science, and recreational maths.
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