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Minor Empire are a Turkish-Canadianprogressive music group formed in 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, which has been noted for its mixture of psychedelic rock and Turkish music.[1]
Minor Empire was founded in 2010 by guitarist/composer/producer Ozan Boz and singer Ozgu Ozman.[1] Their debut album Second Nature was released in January 2011.[2]Exclaim! magazine called the album "successfully dreamy",[3] and another reviewer called it "bold, expertly worked and voluptuous".[2] Minor Empire made Alevi Turkish folk song covers. Minor Empire won the award for World Group of the Year at the 2011 Canadian Folk Music Awards,[4] and he award for World Artist/Group of the Year at the 2012 Canadian Independent Music Awards.[5]
Their second album Uprooted was released in 2017.[6]The Arts Fuse listed Uprooted as one of its favorite releases of the year.[7] Minor Empire was nominated at the Canadian Folk Music Awards[8] and Independent Music Awards again in 2018.[9]