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Mısırlı Ahmet
Mısırlı Ahmet is credited on 53 releases across 65 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1994–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
53
Pressings credited
65
Albums
4
Decades active
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In collections
Biography
Mısırlı Ahmet (born Ahmet Yıldırım, 1963 in Ankara, Turkey) is a Turkish virtuoso darbuka player. Ahmet Yıldırım started his music life playing a Turkish-style darbuka in the Turkish style. He then travelled to France and then to Egypt to learn from the tabla masters: during this trip he developed his unique technique, now known as the split-finger technique, which allows very quick playing. He was called "Ahmed el Turkî" (Turkish Ahmet) in Egypt and after his journey he became known as "Mısırlı Ahmet" (Ahmet of Egypt) everywhere else. He tours and gives workshops all over the world, has recorded a number of solo albums and many contributions, and 2007 he created a percussion school in Istanbul, drawing musicians of all nationalities.
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Credited work
53 releases · 65 albums · active 1994–2026
- Performance · 73
- Other credits · 23
- Production · 2
Studios: Couch Labs · ASC Studios, Ankara · İstanbul Plak Stüdyosu · Raks Marşandiz Stüdyoları
Frequent collaborators
- Müslüm Gürses
- dZihan & Kamien
- Asiaminor
- The dZihan & Kamien Orchestra
- Emel
- Sevda (4)
- Sezen Aksu
- Kibariye
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