Atman Okan Okyay
Atman Okan Okyay is a multicultural musician, producer, percussionist, and didgeridoo player whose music bridges East and West through rhythm, storytelling, and immersive sound. With cultural roots spanning Turkey and Bulgaria, and life experiences across Europe, Egypt, India, China, and Australia, his artistic work reflects a deep synthesis of diverse musical traditions and cultural influences.
Blending electronic music with acoustic world instrumentation, Atman creates atmospheric journeys inspired by Middle Eastern, Turkish, Indian, and contemporary global sounds. His performances combine electronic production with live percussion, didgeridoo, and improvisation, creating a unique fusion of ancient and modern musical expression.
A percussionist for nearly two decades and a didgeridoo player for over ten years, Atman has studied alongside traditional musicians and Indigenous didgeridoo players across Australia, gaining not only technical knowledge but also a deeper understanding of the cultural and spiritual significance of music and sound.
He performs with instruments including didgeridoo, darbuka, bendir, daf, tabla, and cajón, and has appeared at festivals and venues including Rabbit Eats Lettuce, Initiation Festival, Lovefest, HOTA, Miami Marketta, Queensland Multicultural Centre, and Logan Arts. He also led the community-focused world percussion initiative Pulse Project, sharing rhythm and cultural music traditions through workshops and collaborative performances.
At the core of Atman’s work is a belief that music is more than entertainment — it is a language of connection, memory, and human experience.
Lann Levinge
A Kombumerri man with a passion for all things creative. From music to film making, visual art and language development, Lann is deeply immersed in the heart of the Coast’s indigenous cultural and creative arts field. Lann is an indigenous multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, film maker, artist, producer, production manager, director and creative designer. He seems to love the chaos and variety that his world offers.
From recording and designing soundscapes in his Gold Coast studio to emotive documentary style film making to producing and designing large scale musical performances and audio visual presentations there is plenty to keep Lann occupied as he also maintains his live performance rituals of around 200 odd performance gigs each year. He’s instinctively a creative being, a true artist, a musician, a poet and certainly most sort after. Lann’s transition over recent years has seen him move deeper into first nations structures, reaping rewards for his community and gifting him a more intimate connection to country. “I’m loving the journey and path that I’m on, discovering new ways to help and develop a new generation of language warriors, creating awareness of and connecting the Yugambeh Language to everyone through music, dance and visual art.”
Lann seems to be popping up everywhere with works in design, soundscape development, ongoing film making projects, language recording and documenting, creating visual installations and structuring new ways of presenting performance based “Welcome to Country” through various mediums including music, dance and video elements. With many new works and ideas taking shape, Lann is determined to once again lift the bar to greater heights creating new opportunities, not just for the Kombumerri people but also for many within the arts community.
