Based in London with a Global Talent Visa, 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.

Elif’s latest solo work, Hypnopomp EP 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 her avant-garde metal project Diaries of Destruction; her contemporary ambient project with pianist Philamelian, Green Drift with Expert Sleepers (Andrew Ostler).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” in Guildhall School.

Elif holds an MA degree in Sonic Arts from Istanbul Technical University, with a thesis on the creative and aesthetic value of limitations in chip music, making sounds with a Game Boy. She teaches advanced electronic music composition and production in Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she is the pathway leader for Electronic Music. Her current interests include recreational Maths and DSP.

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