| Arto Tunçboyaciyan Արտո Թունչբոյաջյան |
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| Background information | |
| Born | August 1957 (age 54) |
| Origin | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Genres | Avant-garde, Jazz, folk, armenian folk, rock |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter, performer, producer |
| Instruments | Vocals Percussion duduk sazabo bular beer bottle |
| Years active | 1968–present |
| Labels | Columbia, Serjical Strike |
| Associated acts | Night Ark Armenian Navy Band Serart System of a Down Human Element |
| Website | Artoistan |
Arto Tunçboyacıyan (Armenian: Արտո Թունչբոյաջյան) (b. 4 August 1957 in Istanbul)[1][2] is an Turkish-Armenian musician. A famous avant-garde folk artist (singer, multi-instrumentalist), he appeared on more than 200 records in Europe before arriving in the United States, where he went to work with numerous jazz legends including Chet Baker, Al Di Meola, and Joe Zawinul as well as a semi-regular stint with Paul Winter and the Earth Band. Arto fronts his own group called the Armenian Navy Band. He also worked with Turkish singer Sezen Aksu and the Greek singer Eleftheria Arvanitaki. His brother Onno Tunç was also a musician. He is also a member of the band Night Ark.
His 2001 album Aile Muhabbeti was used as soundtrack in two films: Hemşo (2001) and Mon père est ingénieur (2004).
Serart is one of Arto Tunçboyacıyan's latest efforts, a collaboration between himself and Serj Tankian (singer of the alternative metal band System of a Down), who have found common ground in shared Armenian backgrounds and a passion for sonic explorations in creating music that is claimed to be "completely new."
There is a hidden track on the album Toxicity by System of a Down (right after the song "Aerials"), where Arto contributed, with the band playing a traditional Armenian Church hymn, Der Voghormya (Lord Have Mercy). This track is commonly known as Arto, seeing as he was a significant part of it. He also played the instrumental part of "Science" in the same album, and his voice can be heard a couple of times in the interlude of "Bubbles", from Steal This Album!
In 2007 he formed Yash-ar with fellow Turkish-Armenian rock artist Yaşar Kurt. Yash-ar is made up of first part of his and Yaşar Kurt's first names.
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| Year | Album | Label |
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| 1986 | Picture | RCA/Novus |
| 1988 | Moments | |
| 1998 | In Wonderland | PolyGram |
| 2000 | Petals on your Path | EmArcy |
| Treasures | Traditional Crossroads |
| Year | Album | with Other Artist(s) | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Virgin Land | Keytone/Svota Music | |
| 1994 | Main Roots | ||
| 1996 | Tears of Dignity | Ara Dinkjian | Svota Music |
| 1998 | Onno | ||
| Triboh | M. P. de Vito and R. Marcotulli | PoloSud | |
| Avci | Svota Music/Imaj Müzik | ||
| 2000 | Every Day is a New Life | Living Music/Earth Music Production | |
| 2001 | Aile Muhabbeti | Svota Music | |
| 2003 | Serart | Serj Tankian | Serjical Strike/Columbia |
| 2004 | Türkçe Sözlü Hafif Anadolu Müziği | Imaj Müzik/Svota Music/Heaven and Earth | |
| 2005 | Artostan | Svota Music/Heaven and Earth | |
| Love Is Not in Your Mind |
| Year | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Bzdik Zinvor | Svota Music |
| 2001 | New Apricot | |
| 2004 | Sound of your life part I - "Natural Seeds" | Svota Music/Heaven and Earth |
| 2006 | How much is yours | Svota Music |
| 2009 | Under your thoughts | Svota Music |
| Year | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Nefrete Kine Karşı | Arma Music |
| Year | Album | Label |
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| 2011 | Human Element | Abstract Logix |
| Year | Artist | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | System of a Down feat. Arto Tunçboyacıyan | "Science" | Toxicity |
| "Arto" | |||
| 2002 | "Bubbles" | Steal This Album! |