Barış Bölükbaşı 

Born on March 9, 1975, in Istanbul, Barış Bölükbaşı began his musical journey during his middle school years. He continued on this path with determination throughout high school, aspiring to become a guitarist, singer, and composer.

A graduate of the Music Education Department at Marmara University, Bölükbaşı published his first book titled Alternative Guitar Studies in 2006. He performed concerts all over Turkey and internationally in cities such as Amsterdam, Zurich, London, Vienna, Kosovo, Basel, Northern Cyprus, Sydney, Melbourne, and Albania, alongside the various bands and solo artists he worked with.

Among the artists and bands Bölükbaşı collaborated with are Kim Bunlar, Kıraç, Luxus, Fenomen, Canay Cengen, and Özer Arkun. A long-time member of MESAM (Musical Work Owners’ Society of Turkey), he also contributed as a composer on albums by Kim Bunlar, Kıraç, Fenomen, Canay Cengen, Tolga Sünter