| Birth Name | Oğuzcan Toprak Palalı |
|---|---|
| Born | Obey The Party, OTP Extra |
| Genres | Big Room House , Electro House, Melbourne Bounce , Progressive House |
| Occupations | DJ, Record Producer , Musician , Co-Founder |
| Years Active | 2016- present |
| Labels | iM Electronic , iM EDM , 1333 Entertainment |
OTP:Obey The Party
editOğuzcan Toprak Palalı (born 3 February 1995), known professionally as OTP a.k.a Obey The Party, is a Turkish DJ, record producer, musician and co-founder of 1333 Entertainment. He is also famous for mixing particular Electronic Dance Music genres together and composing an orchestral electronic music singles. He has released 5 single albums vary from Progressive house to Electro house
Career
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2006-2015: Early Years, Education and Begginings
editIn his early ages, when he started his primary education in Sakarya, his interest in music began to grow. First he learned how to play the piano and when he was 11, by using a MIDI keyboard, he composed his first compositions that can be considered as electronic music. His first compositions impressed his parents, so his first launch pad was gifted to him on his 14th birthday.
Palalı moved to Istanbul for his high school education to study in Haydarpaşa High School which is a distinguished school in Turkey. While in Istanbul, he worked for a organisation company named Gezi Makinesi, which boosted his interest in Electronic Dance Music and made him compose several covers of a few famous hits at those times. However he did not publish any of them
At age 18, he moved to Ankara, the Capital of Turkey for his higher education in TOBB University of Economics and Technology. With the support of his dearest friends, he encouraged himself to do more and improve his career to all another level. He released his first tracks like Fade Away, Psycho Rhino and *Ballerina* on Audiomack as non-commercial releases with the name OTP Extra. He took place on Trending Chart on Audiomack. His popularity had grown by the praises that he received by this platform. Thus, he established his own enterprise named 1333 Entertainment which is known as a record label. Under the label of 1333 Entertainment, he published several singles like WTF, Make Them Bounce, Alarm which are streamed 1 million times at total on interactive streaming platforms.
2016-Present: Releases
editWith the support of his audience that he gained by years, he took an important action and he released his debut single Horizon on July 5, 2016 via iM Electronic. Influenced by the Dutch Big Room trend, his second single Ballerina was released on August 23, 2016 via iM EDM and he attained his first success by being added into many playlists on Spotify followed by being discovered by the listeners from all over the world on Shazam. On February 3, 2017, OTP released his third single WTF, collaborated with Wolfbang, via his own label 1333 Entertainment. He continued to take place on many playlists with WTF as well. His latest solo single Alarm was released on September 12, 2017. He took place on Beatport's Best New Electro House chart.