Namosh (born 8 May 1981), also known as Erkan Arslan, Namosh E. Arslan or Namosh Erkan Arslan, is a German singer, musician, performance artist, actor and DJ of Kurdish descent.

Life and work

Namosh has lived in Berlin since 1999 and is known for his eccentric and wild live performances. He performs mostly solo or with other artists at various events. He has worked with a lot of well known artists and musicians such as Peter Thomas, Wolfgang Müller and Angie Reed, performing or producing music together with them. In the music magazine Q, Björk described Namosh's song "Cold Cream" as her favourite song of 2005. The song appeared on his first album Moccatongue, which was released in 2006. It was followed by Keep It for Later. This, his second album, was released in 2009. In addition to his musical activities Namosh has worked as actor. He played the leading role in the Children's theatre play Kleider machen Leute at Theater an der Parkaue in Berlin. Reviewers of the newspapers Der Tagesspiegel and Berliner Zeitung praised his performance in the play. In 2018 Namosh's album Music Muscle was released by the record label Weltgast as CD, LP and download. His latest album Party Alone was digitally released on June 13, 2022.

Discography (selection)

Music

Production

Miscellaneous

Other creative works

Trivia