Ilker Ersin was born in Munich in 1969 and is bassist, songwriter and producer. He's currently focusing on his own band POWERWORLD, which categorises into Classic Rock/Heavy Metal.
As a kid he listened to Turkish folklore as well as Deep Purple and Smokie. Ilker started with the guitar, but when he helped out in a friend's band that needed a bassist in 1985 he discovered his predilection for the instrument. At that time Ilker was musically influenced by Queen, Iron Maiden and the rockmusic of this century. After playing in numerous lokal bands in munich, he moved in 1995 to hanover where his professional music career actually starts. Since then he participated in many international tours and recorded various albums (Moon `Doc, Freedom Call, POWERWORLD). The year 2006 started with the forming of the band POWERWORLD and the unplugged formation Banderas, with which he was on tour for the whole year. In 2007 he founded the rock cover band Friends-Live, with this project he was on tour till the biginning of 2010. At the end of 2007 the debut album of POWERWORLD was signed worldwide and released in march 2008. Ilker inked a worldwide contract with SPV / Steamhammer for the second POWERWORLD-CD "Human Parasite" in August 2010. The release will be in 22nd Oct. in Germany, 25th Oct. in Europe and in 9th Nov in US/Canada.
Ilker played among others with:
1989-1993 Bit´s & Pieces,
1993-1995 local Bands, session musician
1995-1999 Moon´Doc,
1999-2005 Freedom Call/Lanzer
2006-2010 Banderas/Friends-Live
2005-now POWERWORLD
Disco:
1995 - Moon`Doc-Moon`Doc
1996 - Moon`Doc-Get Mooned
1999 - Freedom Call-Stairway to fairyland
1999 - Freedom Call-Taragon EP
2001 - Freedom Call-Crystal Empire
2002 - Freedom Call-Eternity
2003 - Lanzer Live DVD
2004 - Freedom Call-Live Invasion
2005 - Freedom Call-Circle of life
2006 - Banderas Live DVD
2007 - Friends-Live DVD
2008 - PowerWorld-PowerWorld
2010 - PowerWorld-Human Parasite
Basses
- 4x Streamer Stage II - (4-string)
- 1x Streamer LX (5-string)
- 2x JazzMan (5-string)
- 1x Streamer (fretless 4-string)
Amp