Istanbul - Day 5: And tonight, some music!

Going to Araf club to listen to a young local band and more!
A great place for music according to the Guardian:

10 of the best clubs in Istanbul

Araf

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With its live in-house Gypsy band, cheap beer on tap, and location – just off the perpetually buzzing Nevizade Sokak – it's little wonder that Araf is a student favourite. It's perched at the top of a dilapidated Beyoğlu building (it takes numerous flights of stairs to reach the bar) and its large windows look out over the run-down mansion houses of Tarlabaşi. Expect throngs of local and international students dancing to authentic Gypsy sounds, while the DJs play reggae, funk, soul and rock'n'roll. Thursday night has dependable music; celebrated Roma clarinettist Selim Sesler plays on Tuesdays. Avoid the madness of the weekend, when the DJ plays more generic tracks and the club swells to two floors.
• Hüseyinağa Mahallesi, Balo Sokak 32, Beyoğlu, +90 212 244 8301, araf.com.tr

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On Araf's website: 

Getting its name from the imaginary land between Heaven and Hell, on real a land between East and West, Araf has been one of the most popular clubs of Istanbul for five years. The cosy atmosphere, live performances, the music choices that appreciate the fortune of alternative world music might be the reason for creating a bunch of regular costumers who ask for the 'regular' each night. People comes from all around the world meet at Araf. Because neither Heaven nor Hell, we are all in Araf!.