Hammer Müzik

Hammer Müzik is a Turkish independent music company founded in 1991 and based in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul. It describes itself as one of Turkey's most established and leading independent music firms, and it operates across three connected activities: as a record label, as a retail store, and as a mailorder service. Its retail shop is located in the Akmar Pasajı on Mühürdar Caddesi in Kadıköy, a well-known address for alternative music in Istanbul, where it stocks its own releases alongside a broad archive of alternative music on CD, DVD, vinyl (LP) and cassette (MC), as well as original T-shirts. The store also carries second-hand CDs, LPs, MCs and DVDs. The label side of the business began as a heavy metal label and has released albums by Turkish heavy metal acts such as Cenotaph, Comma, Radical Noise, Antisilence and Let It Flow. In 1999 Hammer Müzik expanded into Turkish-language rap, releasing some of the country's best-selling Turkish rap albums by artists including Ceza and Sagopa Kajmer. In 2004 it added a further category of releases grouped under "Other Genres," issuing albums by artists such as Sema, Zafer Erdaş, Monolenium, Itri and Önder Bilge. The company states that it intends to continue releasing albums across these three strands. Beyond its own catalogue, Hammer Müzik positions itself as a specialist metal store and mailorder operation, serving customers both in its Kadıköy shop and outside Istanbul by mail. Its product range covers heavy metal, power metal, death metal, black metal, hardcore, grindcore, nu-metal and alternative music. The company presents itself as more than a retailer, framing music as something its staff love, listen to and share with the friends who make up its community. Its full catalogue can be browsed on its Discogs profile. Hammer Müzik is a private, independent Turkish company and remains active.

Hammer Müzik was founded in 1991 and is based in the Kadıköy district of Istanbul, Turkey. According to its own company profile, it is now one of Turkey's most established and leading independent music firms. The business developed along three lines: a record label, a retail store, and a mailorder operation. The label was originally established as a heavy metal music company. Over the years it released what it describes as some of Turkey's best heavy metal albums, by groups including Cenotaph, Comma, Radical Noise, Antisilence and Let It Flow. In 1999 the company began releasing Turkish-language rap albums, bringing some of Turkey's best-selling Turkish rap records to listeners by artists such as Ceza and Sagopa Kajmer. In 2004 it further broadened its catalogue by adding albums grouped under the heading "Other Genres," releasing work by artists including Sema, Zafer Erdaş, Monolenium, Itri and Önder Bilge. The company has stated that it will continue to release albums within these three strands in the future, and its full catalogue can be viewed on its Discogs profile. On the retail and mailorder side, Hammer Müzik operates a shop in the Akmar Pasajı at Mühürdar Caddesi in Kadıköy, Istanbul. The store carries both the company's own products and a wide archive of alternative music, including CDs, DVDs, vinyl records and original T-shirts across genres such as heavy metal, power metal, death metal, black metal, hardcore, grindcore, nu-metal and alternative. It also sells second-hand CDs, LPs, MCs and DVDs. For customers outside Istanbul, the company provides a mailorder service. The company frames its work as more than commerce, describing music as something its people love, listen to and share with the friends who form its community.

• 2004

  The catalogue expands into "Other Genres," with albums by artists such as Sema, Zafer Erdaş, Monolenium, Itri and Önder Bilge.

• 1999

  The label begins releasing Turkish-language rap albums, including best-selling records by Ceza and Sagopa Kajmer.

• 1991

  Hammer Müzik is founded in Turkey.

Turkey's self-described #1 metal store, mailorder and independent record label, combining specialist metal retail with a label releasing heavy metal, Turkish rap and other genres.

• Heavy metal album releases (e.g. Cenotaph, Comma, Radical Noise, Antisilence, Let It Flow)

• Turkish rap album releases (e.g. Ceza, Sagopa Kajmer)

• "Other Genres" album releases (e.g. Sema, Zafer Erdaş, Monolenium, Itri, Önder Bilge)

• Retail and mailorder of CDs, LPs, MCs, DVDs and T-shirts

1. 1Hammer Müzik official websitehammermuzik.com
2. 2Hakkımızda · Hammer Müzikhammermuzik.com
3. 3Hammer Müzik on Wikidatawikidata.org