Artist profile
About
Jonny Rock is an Istanbul-born, London-based DJ, producer, label operator and record collector whose work joins Turkish musical references to the exploratory edges of house, disco and club music. The artist profile maintained by SESH traces more than two decades of activity, beginning with formative residencies in Istanbul's underground scene before his move to London and subsequent appearances at clubs including fabric and Panorama Bar. His artist-controlled SoundCloud identifies him in London and documents radio sessions, guest mixes and long-form recordings under the same billing. Resident Advisor has described him as a key UK DJ, highlighting sets that move through acid, new wave, bleep and other left-field dance forms rather than staying within a single style. His production catalogue includes releases under Jonny Rock as well as aliases such as Afacan and Oldschool Rider. Love International's artist feature connects those strands to the Disco Hamam and Hamam House labels, where Turkish and regional source material meets dubby edits, boogie, psychedelic textures and old-school house. Earlier work with the group Freaks and Music For Freaks is documented by Cashmere Radio, alongside a recording career extending across original records, remixes and edits. Releases including the Frangipan to L.A. EP, Way Over There and Umbra show a producer comfortable with slow-burning rhythm, electronic detail and unusual melodic material. Across club sets and studio work, Rock's defining quality is selection: rare records and unexpected transitions are placed in a coherent dance-floor narrative, linking Istanbul roots, London's independent label culture and an international circuit without reducing his music to one genre.