Karma (Tarkan album)
Karma is Tarkan's 2001 studio album. His fifth music project and his fourth original release, this album moved away from pop to worldbeat melodies fused with electronica sounds and became the all time sixth best selling album in Turkey. Apart from Turkey, album was released in many EU countries, USA and in Russia. By 2002 more than 2.5 million copies of this album was sold worldwide. The tour "Kuzu Kuzu" which began in January 2002 was very successful as well and Tarkan performed in 19 countries and gave 26 concerts.
Track listing
- Aşk (4:22)
- Ay (4:20)
- Kuzu Kuzu (3:53)
- Gitti Gideli (4:42)
- Uzak (4:46)
- Yandım (3:12)
- O'na Sor (3:23)
- Hüp (3:39)
- Sen Başkasın (4:16)
- Taş (4:24)
- Her Nerdeysen (3:30)
- Verme (4:56)
Album credits
- Personnel Crew:
- Engineering: Ken Deranteriasian, Serkan Kula, Frederic Blanc Garin, Frank Redlich, Matthew Murat Erdem
- Mixing: Brad Gilderman, Devrim Karaoglu, Kivanch K, Murat Matthew Erdem, Ozan Çolakoğlu, Ulaş Agce
- Assistant Mixers: Chandler Bridges, Deshaun Washington, Michael Huff, Myriam Correge, Keith Armstrong
- Mastering: Murat Matthew Erdem, Ulas Agce
- CD Publishing: Odeon A.S
- Concept & Photography: Sevil Sert
- Marbleization Artist: Hikmet Barutçugil
- Graphic Design & Planning: Stars Reklam Hizmetleri A.S
- Publishing: Onur Ofset
- Public Relations: HITT Production
Guest musicians
- Background Vocals:
- Instruments:
- Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric) - Bilgehan Tuncer
- Guitar - Annas, Erdem Sökmen, Erdinç Senyaylar
- 12 String Guitar, Laúd - Jean Louis Solon
- Baglama - Ahmet Koç, Çetin Akdeniz
- Bass - Avo Harutunian, Ismail Soyberk, Janik Top
- Oud - Yildiran Güz
- Solo Violin - Lawrence Monti
- String Composition & Orchestration - Ozan Çolakoğlu
- Strings - Armen Aharioan Los Angeles Strings, Hossam Ramzy Strings Group, Orchestra Opera de Marseille (Conductor: Rene Perinelli)
- Sitar, Didjeridoo, Sarode - Jeffrey Slatnick
- Ney - Muhammed Fouda
- English Horn - Jean Claude Latic
- Clarinet - Kirpi Bülent
- Accordion - Mohsen Allaam
- Percussion - Cengiz Ercümer, Hossam Ramzy, Marc Chontereau, Luis Conte, Seyfi Ayta
Music videos
- "Kuzu Kuzu" (Two videos were filmed for this song, including one for an acoustic version released in the single of the same name.)
- "Hüp" (Two videos were filmed for this song, including one for a remixed version released in the single Hüp 8. The video filmed for the original edit was directed by Italian director Ferzan Özpetek. Under the sponsorship of Pepsi it was the most expensive Turkish music video ever produced, which also caused scandal with Tarkan using his tongue to kiss his on-screen lady.)
- "Verme" (Two different versions were filmed for this song. The second version focuses on the effect of war on children, and was the first Turkish music video to use metamorphic special effects.)
His successful musical collaborations with Sezen Aksu that created such songs as "Şımarık" and "Şıkıdım" is absent from this album. The album was recorded in Istanbul, Los Angeles, New York, Egypt and Europe. Seen as his attempt to push the ethnic style into the mainstream, with motifs taken from all across the world, commentators have labelled this as Tarkan's first authentic crossover project. The album's title Karma means mixed or crossover in Turkish, as well standing for the Karma philosophy behind the release.
As an introduction in the CD booklet, Tarkan explains the Karma philosophy and introduces the concept of using marbleization art on his album cover [2]. - courtesy of Ali Yildirim
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