Karuan was born in 1976 in Vienna as the son of Kurdish parents. His love for music arose from the Kurdish singer Şivan Perwer and from the traditional Kurdish celebrations. At the age of six Karuan started to record his singing on cassette tapes. In 1995 he started to work on his own solo projects which were largely inspired by Folk and Black Music. At this time his music was strictly band-oriented. When he began to arrange his songs on the computer it marked a turn towards his becoming more well know as an electronic musician. Today the autodidact Karuan is able to combine and synchronize these various experiences in his own music. The result is an artistic bridge between the oriental culture of his Kurdish family and the European culture in which he lives in. – Last.fm