Eye on the Arts: Murad Erzinclioglu
By Carly Moulton
Lance Writer
November 19, 2008
 The task of creating, compiling, and debuting their first CD full of electronic tracks would prove to be a lengthy and difficult project for any artist.
Pair that with being the co-creator and organizer behind Windsor’s largest inter-arts festival, DJing a weekly music variety show, and writing a comic book and you’ve got Murad Erzinclioglu, an artist who has immersed himself into the local arts.
In the arts community Erzinclioglu goes under the name (wh)y m.e.(??), a title that he uses to showcase his music and visual arts projects.
Erzinclioglu is no stranger to the stage and has been performing around Windsor for two years. He describes his sound as “Live ambient electronic music, it varies from genre to genre, I work with sound until it sounds interesting to me and then I go from there.”
Right now Erzinclioglu is focused on producing his own record, which will be available in February at Dr. Disc and at live shows.
“Hopefully a solo art show will coincide with the release of the CD, and also at that time the hope would be to start playing out of town and maybe set up a Canadian tour to go out to the West Coast and bring some art and music along the way,” said Erzinclioglu.
The initial attempt to get his music heard was what led to the idea of the FAM (Film, Arts, Music) Festival.
Alongside co-creator Benjamin Young-Hart, the two artists began looking for a way to display their talents.
After asking a few friends who they thought would be interested in performing with them, the idea snowballed into what is now the largest inter-arts festival in Windsor.
Recently, FAM celebrated its third year in downtown Windsor spread over the course of three days. Erzinclioglu views FAM as “The people who give a helping hand and help unlock some doors in different cities, or to get word out about music on a more national scale.”
Erzinclioglu’s passion combined with his strong belief in Windsor artists is a huge part of what makes FAM such a booming success.
“I have a tremendous amount of faith in what people are doing around town,” he explained.
Erzinclioglu is currently in his seventh season of DJing for CJAM where he hosts his own variety show called “Productive Confusion” every Monday from 2:30-4 p.m. His show is reminiscent of FAM as it incorporates a variety of music from all different genres.
Erzinclioglu incorporates his love of writing into a comic book project, which he hopes will be finished in February 2009.
The storyline, which stemmed from an idea that he originally wrote as a short story, portrays the life of a former hit man who is forced to come out of retirement when his family is kidnapped and the kidnappers demand that he kill seven different people.
Erzinclioglu will be opening for Vex at the Milk Coffee Bar on Friday, Nov. 21 at 10 p.m., a free show for all ages which he encourages everyone to come out and enjoy.
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