Ege Şahin makes avant-garde experimental music as a composer, performer, and sound artist. He plays various types of guitars, synths, field recordings, to create evocative and emotive music. Born in Turkey, a borderland, he roamed to different cultures and subcultures over time. While studying composition at conservatory, he spent time in Istanbul’s jazz and experimental-electronic music scene and is currently conducting research around sound's ability to trespass material borders at the Institute of Sonology in the Hague.