Allen Hulsey
singer; Guitarist; musician
Allen Hulsey is a musician, singer, songwriter, and producer known for blending electronic music with ethnic instruments, in addition to guitar and vocals. Allen is also the founder of Abaq Records, an indie music label and events company.
He has performed worldwide, including at Burning Man, Scorpios Mykonos, and The Brooklyn Mirage.
Early life
Born in Rochester, New York, Hulsey moved to Turkey at the age of 7, at which point he undertook the study of cello and piano. He began playing guitar before attending boarding school in Germany at age 13. At boarding school Allen was introduced to a plethora of more modern music, which he incorporated into his knowledge of classical musics. He also then started to play bowed guitar in order to incorporate his prior knowledge of cello with his guitar playing. His rendition of Saint-Saëns' Le Cygne, later appeared in I'm So Tall, an art film starring Allen and directed by Yael Zeevi, in 2011. Exploring microtonal music and Turkish art/folk music lead him to apply to Berklee College of Music in 2003. Allen studied modern classical music privately, alongside the jazz composition courses he took at Berklee, studying under David Tronzo, Ken Pulig, Yokob Gubanov, and David Fiuczynski.
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