About Idil Mese

Idil Mese is a singer, songwriter and an internationally touring musician, well-recognised for her solo acoustic act, electronic act Rain Lab and collaboration with Oceanvs Orientalis. She is the Label Manager of Istanbul-based art collective & record label Kanto Records. More than a decade, Idil Mese performs globally with her acoustic act and her live electronic band Rain Lab that unites Da Poet’s Anatolian hip-hop with her lead vocals. Well-known for her collaboration with Oceanvs Orientalis, Idil Mese sang and wrote the Indoors Voyager track The Cube which got remixed by Acid Pauli that led to a wide range of listeners around the world. She is credited with writing and vocals on every track on the album of Oceanvs Orientalis General Tales of Ordinary Madness released from Kanto Records. Idil Mese co-wrote Simsiyah with 90bpm, Efsun with Mehmet Aslan and Ay Taslari with Lemurian and Carlita. Idil Mese holds a Master's degree in Music Business from New York University as a Fulbright Scholar. She interned in Special Events department of House of Yes, Booking Operations department in Rogue Agency, Label Operations department in Nublu Records, in New York. She worked as an event and communication supervisor for Mama Shelter and Culinary Backstreets in Istanbul, worked as a journalist for ExBerliner, AndroidPIT in Berlin. She holds a BA from Bahcesehir University and has studied at Syracuse University in USA and University of Ulster in UK.

Work experience

  • Idil Mese
  • Since 2003
  • Singer-Songwriter
  • Kanto Records
  • 2020
  • Label Manager

Idil's Skills

Business
  • Music Executive
Live
  • Artist
  • Singer
  • Touring Musician
Venue Type Experience
  • Amphitheatre
  • Club
  • Festival
  • Theatre/PAC
Musician
  • Artist
  • Instrumentalist
  • Performer
  • Singer
  • Studio Musician
  • Touring Musician
Producing
  • Vocal Producer
Songwriting
  • Co-Writer
  • Lyricist
  • Songwriter
  • Top Line

Idil's Genres

  • Electronic
  • Experimental
  • Folk
  • Hip-Hop
  • House
  • Pop
  • World

Idil's Experience

Idil Mese holds a Master’s degree in Music Business from New York University as a Fulbright Scholar. She is the Label Manager of Istanbul-based art collective & record label Kanto Records. Idil Mese interned in Special Events department of House of Yes, Booking Operations department in Rogue Agency, Label Operations department in Nublu Records, in New York. She worked as an event and communication supervisor for Mama Shelter and Culinary Backstreets in Istanbul, worked as a journalist for ExBerliner, AndroidPIT in Berlin. She holds a BA from Bahcesehir University and has studied at Syracuse University in USA and University of Ulster in UK. Idil Mese is a singer, songwriter and an internationally touring musician, well-recognised for her solo acoustic act, electronic act Rain Lab and collaboration with Oceanvs Orientalis.