In this week’s 10 Questions we get to know Wind At Dawn, an electronic music artist from Panama.
Their song ‘Darkness Of The Night‘ is currently featured on the NAS Spotify playlists
You can follow Wind At Dawn on Instagram
1. Tell us a little about where you are from.
My name is Sinan Kaplan and I was born in Turkey, I am half Turkish and half Albanian. I have been living in Panama for the last 16 years.
2. What inspired Wind At Dawn to start playing and making music?
I think it’s innate, but I truly decided to buy a guitar and make music with a band when I first listened to Metallica’s Black album at the age of 16 (that was many years ago).Although rock and metal are my main genres, I’ve also listened to many different styles such as Petshop Boys, Depeche Mode, Queen, Jean Michel Jarre, techno, classical music, etc.
I think it’s innate, but I truly decided to buy a guitar and make music with a band when I first listened to Metallica’s Black album at the age of 16 (that was many years ago).
3. Who are Wind At Dawn’s biggest musical influences?
I wrote music for many years and listened to almost every genre, but I didn’t release anything until 2018. Therefore, my musical inspiration changed throughout the years. Now I can confidently say that Queen, especially in terms of how they processed musical ideas, influenced me greatly. Generally speaking, Wind At Dawn’s style could be described as synthwave, but each new release has different things, and I think that’s because of how I feel about it. And also I should say that Wind At Dawn’s new songs will have many, many more changes in 2026.
4. What are your goals in the music industry or as an artist?
I want my music to be heard by as many listeners as possible, like every artist I believe this largely depends on luck, networks, and regularly make musics. Therefore, it’s enough for me if my music becomes well-known.
5. Tell us about your creative process.
I usually start with a melody or guitar riff that I think is sometimes melancholic, sometimes catchy, or sometimes powerful. Then I add bass guitar, drums, and electronic elements. This is usually the beginning of the song, the verse section, or the chorus. After that, sometimes I do nothing for two days, sometimes for a week. When I start working on the song again, I add the missing parts and instruments, and this continues until I feel like the song is finished when I listen to it. Therefore, sometimes it takes 5 days, sometimes 3 months or even longer to finish a song.
I add the missing parts and instruments, and this continues until I feel like the song is finished when I listen to it.
6. What is your all-time favorite song by another artist and why?
Amorphis – Tuonela I feel the same emotions every time I listen to it.
7. What is the best advice you have either given or received in terms of music?
These days everybody making same music and always try to add something different to your music, even if it’s just a little. People will eventually realize you’re doing something different.
8. What is your proudest accomplishment?
When I check the streaming stats, I see that some of my listeners, from different countries, sometimes listen to a single song of mine 15-20 times a day, and that makes me happy.
I can say this one.
9. What’s been your most embarrassing moment so far?
Once, while practicing with a bassist friend, I told him I’d found a new guitar riff and that it was amazing. I started playing it proudly, even playing it three or four times so he could understand it better. I was expecting him to say it was great, but instead he told me it sounded like a popular pop song, and I was so embarrassed. Yes, it was similar, but not as much as he said.
I was expecting him to say it was great, but instead he told me it sounded like a popular pop song, and I was so embarrassed.
10. Tell us about your lowest and highest points in music so far.
Lowest point is ,I was away from music a few years, I didn’t make or play or record music. Highest point is meet with NAS Family and this was really important for me.
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