Address: Kamer Hatun Caddesi 10, Beyoglu Istanbul

GHETTOMETTOSESSIONTERASFrom the day it opened, GHETTO has strived to embrace all the voices and colors of Istanbul while maintaining a focus on world music as well. Special works and projects and acoustic performances of Turkish artists have taken place with the support of guest artists. Importantly, widely anticipated international groups and projects from all over the world, have debuted on GHETTO stage

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 Born in Paris in 1969, Bienvenu (Bibi) Tanga didn’t see his homeland until the age of two, when his parents brought him home to Bangui, the dusty capital of the Central African Republic. Growing up, Bibi was one of ten children and spent his earliest years shuttling from Paris to Africa to Moscow to Washington, D.C. to Brooklyn, thanks to his father’s diplomatic postings.   After a coup d’etat in the Central African Republic, his father turned from diplomat to refu

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 It all began in early 2007, when Makossa & Megablast published their debut album Kunuaka - a fusion of organic Afro-Latin beats mixed with trippy analog synth sounds, forceful basslines, and somewhat exotic vocals by singers from Nigeria and Cuba, among others.   The album generated tremendous responses with the singles appearing in most playlists of global players such as Carl Craig, Laurent Garnier, Gilles Peterson and Bob Sinclair. From there M&M's success carried on: The

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 Elif Çaglar studied "Jazz Composition" at Istanbul Bilgi University with Turkey’s leading jazz musicians as professors (Randy Esen, Nukhet Ruacan, E. Ali Perret, Can Kozlu, Aydin Esen, Neset Ruacan, Selen Gulun, Imer Demirer, Ricky Ford...) She participated in Lawrence 'Butch' Morris's unique "conduction" experience and also focused on "Classical Turkish Music'" with Timur Selcuk for a year. She moved to New York to pursue a Master's Degree in Jaz

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 Swedish musician and singer-songwriter, best known for his easily recognizable melancolic vocals and deep lyrics, Jay-Jay Johanson is back with his brand new album "Spellbound".   He's been generally considered as jazz and trip-hop genre until he deliberately switched his sound to a more electroclash-oriented direction with the 2003 release "Antenna", which featured one of his best known hits, "On The Radio". In 2007, Jay-Jay released "The Long Ter

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