Whatever instrument he is playing or producing, it is always about experiencing the essence of sound and music. For being independent from venues, he designed his own Augmented Piano Loudspeaker in collaboration with Martion Audiosysteme from Berlin. His own label Feral Note, where he masters each release himself, displays the importance of artistic independence to him. Composer and pianist Kaan Bulak works between cultures and explores diverse musical approaches. Bulak grew up at the piano as a student of Andrej Jussow. Instead of pursuing plans as a pianist, he studied audio engineering, followed by a master in sound art at the University of Arts Berlin. Bulak studied audio techniques in Studio P4 at Funkhaus with Jean-Boris Szymczak and composition with Martin Supper. Bulak is currently artist in residence at ZKM Karlsruhe as a fellow of #bebeethoven, composing and recording new works - mostly involving experiments on his own concept of the Augmented Piano. Bulak’s debut album Impromptu (2018) consists of 16 Impromptus for piano that were recorded in a single improvised take, and 4 Repromptus that were created through manipulation of piano recordings. During his tour with ensemble reflektor and conductor Thomas Klug in 2018, Bulak played his Augmented Piano Concerto (2018) as soloist at Konzerthaus in Berlin, Halle 424 in Hamburg, and ZKM_Kubus in Karlsruhe. For his concept of the augmented piano, Bulak has co-designed a mobile loudspeaker with Martion Audiosysteme that enables electronic sounds to sound as organic as possible in classical concert halls. The aim is to leave acoustic instruments unamplified and adjust electronic sounds to an existing ensemble or orchestra for achieving the most natural overall sound possible. As a producer Bulak participated in the making of the club record 1840 (Contexterrior Records, 2016) with Jay Haze and Contrapunct, where solely a single violin was used to produce a 12 minute experimental house track. Bulak also wrote the soundtrack for the film We Were Rebels, which won the Grimme Award in 2015. On stage at Verbier Festival, Beethovenfest Bonn and XJazz Festival Bulak has been collaborating with classical and jazz musicians such as Julien Quentin, Adrien Boisseau, Wooden Elephant, and Taner Akyol Trio. Bulak is artist in residence at ZKM Karlsruhe as a fellow of #bebeethoven, composing and recording electroacoustic works, and founder of the record label Feral Note which focuses on combining visual arts with contemporary music.