Available for 2012 bookings MERCAN DEDE ISTANBUL QUARTET
After the great success of Mercan Dede & Secret Tribe, Mercan Dede presents his new project “Istanbul Quartet” where he gets together three fantastic young traditional Turkish musicians.
Mercan Dede “Istanbul” Quartet; Dede’s most recent and purest project with giving acoustic performances to great importance and bring east to west, traditional and modern, past and future together through by music and visual art, like Istanbul itself. Continue reading…
MONTREUX JAZZ FESTIVAL: “HÜ” Cem Yildiz & Smadj
Modern day reappearance of the tradition where “Old Time Minstrels” used to come together…
This special project was undertaken by Cem Yıldız who has been trained in the field of Turkish Folk Music. The album was shaped by the contributions of Jean Pierre Smadj, French musician of Tunisia origin, who has released many albums and taken place in various projects over Europe and Turkey. “HÜ” is selected to play on the 45th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival! for more info see www.montreuxjazz.com
Available for bookings: TRANSGLOBAL UNDERGROUND
Trans-Global Underground’s last 2 albums, ‘Impossible Broadcasting’ and the more recent, award winning ‘Moonshout’ were notable for the London based collectives fluid line-up and numerous collaborations across Europe, Asia and Africa. ‘The Stone Turntable’ finds them back in London…somewhere in the Wapping area to be exact, where most of it was recorded…and the main feature of the album is the live band that has come to be recognised as one of the UKs best live acts.
BUDZILLUS Booking for Turkey
Insanity has a name and chaos has a soundtrack – BuZillus! When the current members of BudZillus got together back in May of 2008, it was obvious that something special was in the making. In a short time, they went from playing in the streets to becoming one of Berlin’s most infamous live acts.