Arto Tunçboyaciyan
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Arto Tunçboyacıyan (b. 4 August 1957 in Istanbul
) is an Armenian-Turkish
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.
Istanbul
Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...
) is an Armenian-Turkish
Armenians in Turkey
Armenians in Turkey have an estimated population of 40,000 to 70,000 . Most are concentrated around Istanbul. The Armenians support their own newspapers and schools...
musician. A famous avant-garde
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
folk artist (singer, multi-instrumentalist), he appeared on more than 200 records in Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
before arriving in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, where he went to work with numerous jazz legends including Chet Baker
Chet Baker
Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker, Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and singer.Though his music earned him a large following , Baker's popularity was due in part to his "matinee idol-beauty" and "well-publicized drug habit."He died in 1988 in Amsterdam, the...
, Al Di Meola
Al Di Meola
Al Di Meola is an acclaimed American jazz fusion and Latin guitarist, composer, and record producer of Italian origin. With a musical career that has spanned more than three decades, he has become respected as one of the most influential guitarists in jazz to date...
, and Joe Zawinul
Joe Zawinul
Josef Erich Zawinul was an Austrian-American jazz keyboardist and composer.First coming to prominence with saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, Zawinul went on to play with trumpeter Miles Davis, and to become one of the creators of jazz fusion, an innovative musical genre that combined jazz with...
as well as a semi-regular stint with Paul Winter
Paul Winter
Paul Winter is an American saxophonist , and is a six-time Grammy Award nominee.- Biography :Paul Winter attended Altoona Area High School and graduated in 1957...
and the Earth Band. Arto fronts his own group called the Armenian Navy Band. He also worked with Turkish singer Sezen Aksu
Sezen Aksu
Sezen Aksu is a Turkish pop music singer, song-writer and producer who sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Her nicknames include the "Queen of Turkish Pop" and Minik Serçe ....
and the Greek singer Eleftheria Arvanitaki
Eleftheria Arvanitaki
Eleftheria Arvanitaki is a Greek folk singer. She originates from the island of Icaria...
. His brother Onno Tunç
Onno Tunç
Onno Tunç was a leading Turkish-Armenian musician, working mainly as a composer and an arranger. Tunç also played bass guitar and occasionally double bass, contributing to the albums of several musicians. He was the elder brother of musician Arto Tunçboyacıyan.-Early years :Onno Tunç was born in...
was also a musician. He is also a member of the band Night Ark
Night Ark
Night Ark is an instrumental jazz quartet formed in 1986. The members are Ara Dinkjian, an American with Armenian descent, a Turkish-Armenian Arto Tunçboyacıyan, and Americans Armen Donelian and Marc Johnson. The quartet's most famous piece is a creation called: "Homecoming"...
.
His 2001 album Aile Muhabbeti was used as soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
in two films: Hemşo (2001) and Mon père est ingénieur (2004).
Serart
Serart
-Sampler EP:Serart Sampler is a promo sampler CD released by the band's label to promote their self-titled debut album.-Track listing:-Personnel:* Artist: Serj Tankian and Arto Tunçboyacıyan* Executive Producer and A&R: Serj Tankian...
is one of Arto Tunçboyacıyan's latest efforts, a collaboration between himself and Serj Tankian
Serj Tankian
Serj Tankian is a Lebanese-born Armenian-American singer–songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, playwright, record producer, poet, and political activist...
(singer of the alternative metal
Alternative metal
Alternative metal is a genre of alternative rock and heavy metal that gained popularity in the early 1990s. Most notably, alternative metal bands are characterized by heavy guitar riffs and experimental approaches to heavy music.-Origins:...
band System of a Down
System of a Down
System of a Down, also known by the acronym SOAD and often shortened to System, is a rock band from Southern California. The band was formed in 1994. It consists of Serj Tankian , Daron Malakian , Shavo Odadjian and John Dolmayan...
), 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
Hidden track
In the field of recorded music, a hidden track is a piece of music that has been placed on a CD, audio cassette, vinyl record or other recorded medium in such a way as to avoid detection by the casual listener...
on the album Toxicity
Toxicity (album)
Toxicity is the second album by American heavy metal band System of a Down. Produced by Rick Rubin, Toxicity was released on September 4, 2001 by American Recordings, debuting at #1 on both the United States, with 220,000 copies, and #1 on the Canadian charts...
by System of a Down
System of a Down
System of a Down, also known by the acronym SOAD and often shortened to System, is a rock band from Southern California. The band was formed in 1994. It consists of Serj Tankian , Daron Malakian , Shavo Odadjian and John Dolmayan...
(right after the song "Aerials
Aerials (song)
"Aerials" is a single by the Alternative band System of a Down. It was released in 2002 from the album Toxicity, which earned the band its second Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2003...
"), where Arto contributed, with the band playing a traditional Armenian Church
Armenian Catholic Church
|- |The Armenian Catholic Church is an Eastern Catholic Church sui juris in union with the other Eastern Rite, Oriental Rite and Latin Rite Catholics who accept the Bishop of Rome as spiritual leader of the Church. It is regulated by Eastern canon law...
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!
Steal This Album!
Steal This Album! is the third studio album by American heavy metal band System of a Down, released on November 26, 2002, on American Recordings...
In 2007 he formed Yash-ar with fellow Turkish-Armenian rock artist Yaşar Kurt
Yaşar Kurt
-Biography:He studied in 1990 at the Faculty of Economics of Eskişehir University but did not graduate.He founded the alternative musical group Beyaz Yunus . In 1993, he had his first studio recording in Germany and in 1994, released the album Sokak Şarkıları recorded in Cologne, Germany...
. Yash-ar is made up of first part of his and Yaşar Kurt's first names.
Night Ark
| Year | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Picture | RCA/Novus |
| 1988 | Moments | |
| 1998 | In Wonderland | PolyGram PolyGram PolyGram was the name of the major label recording company started by Philips from as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. In 1999 it was sold to Seagram and merged into Universal Music Group.-Hollandsche Decca Distributie , 1929-1950:... |
| 2000 | Petals on your Path | EmArcy EmArcy Records EmArcy Records is a jazz record label founded in 1954 by Mercury Records, and today a European jazz label owned by Universal Music Group. The name is a phonetic spelling of "MRC", the initials for Mercury Record Company.... |
| Treasures Treasures (Night Ark album) -Track listing:#"Picture"#"Homecoming"#"Trilogy: Part I - Birth"#"Moments"#"Adolescence"#"Of Song & Silence"#"Offering"#"Worm"all tracks composed and arranged by Ara Dinkjian, except track 06 by Ara Dinkjian and Sid Clark-Personnel:... |
Traditional Crossroads |
Arto Tunçboyacıyan
| 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 Every Day is a New Life "Every Day is a New Life" is an album by Arto Tunçboyacıyan released in 2000 under the Living Music label.-Track listing:#"Broken Arm" - 7:08#"Take My Pain Away" - 6:20#"Thank God I Wake Up Again" - 4:58#"I Miss You Every Moment My Brother" - 6:53... |
Living Music/Earth Music Production | |
| 2001 | Aile Muhabbeti Aile Muhabbeti "Aile Muhabbeti" is an album by Arto Tunçboyacıyan released in 2001 under the Svota Music label.- Track listing :#"Seslensem Duyar Mısın?" – 1:35#"Babum" – 4:36#"Martılar" – 1:45#"Seyrek Seyrek" – 5:25#"Ağlayan Bendim" – 2:41... |
Svota Music | |
| 2003 | Serart Serart -Sampler EP:Serart Sampler is a promo sampler CD released by the band's label to promote their self-titled debut album.-Track listing:-Personnel:* Artist: Serj Tankian and Arto Tunçboyacıyan* Executive Producer and A&R: Serj Tankian... |
Serj Tankian Serj Tankian Serj Tankian is a Lebanese-born Armenian-American singer–songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, playwright, record producer, poet, and political activist... |
Serjical Strike Serjical Strike Records Serjical Strike Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates under Universal Republic Records.-Background:... /Columbia Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company... |
| 2004 | Türkçe Sözlü Hafif Anadolu Müziği Türkçe Sözlü Hafif Anadolu Müzigi -Track listing:#"Today it is Difficult to be Old"#"Keep the Door Open for the Young Generation"#"Missing My Mother"#"Hi My Body"#"What Kind of Humanity Are We?"#"I Wish My Thoughts Can be Wind"#"I Need a New Manager"#"There is Hope Everyday"... |
Imaj Müzik/Svota Music/Heaven and Earth | |
| 2005 | Artostan Artostan - Track listing :#"Tikran Solo"#"Artostan Radio Signal"#"Mr. Artostan"#"Hello Good People"#"Sound of Silence"#"I’m a Good Crazy Boy"#"Earth Giving Birth"#"Don’t Say Nothing"#"Everything is Going to Be Okay"#"I Love You D"#"Travelling to The Sun"#"Abush"... |
Svota Music/Heaven and Earth | |
| Love Is Not in Your Mind Love Is Not in Your Mind Love is Not In Your Mind is an album by Arto Tunçboyacıyan and Vahagn Hayrapetyan released in 2005.-Track listing:#"Don't Fight Against Nature"#"April 24"#"How can I Say Goodbye to You"#"Jangire Jungarna"#"Dancing with the Devil"#"Street Walk"... |
Armenian Navy Band
| 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 |
YashAr
| Year | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Nefrete Kine Karşı | Arma Music |
Human Element
| Year | Album | Label |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Human Element | Abstract Logix |
Other appearances
| Year | Artist | Song | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | System of a Down System of a Down System of a Down, also known by the acronym SOAD and often shortened to System, is a rock band from Southern California. The band was formed in 1994. It consists of Serj Tankian , Daron Malakian , Shavo Odadjian and John Dolmayan... feat. Arto Tunçboyacıyan |
"Science" | Toxicity Toxicity (album) Toxicity is the second album by American heavy metal band System of a Down. Produced by Rick Rubin, Toxicity was released on September 4, 2001 by American Recordings, debuting at #1 on both the United States, with 220,000 copies, and #1 on the Canadian charts... |
| "Arto" | |||
| 2002 | "Bubbles" | Steal This Album! Steal This Album! Steal This Album! is the third studio album by American heavy metal band System of a Down, released on November 26, 2002, on American Recordings... |
External links
- Official website of Arto Tuncboyaciyan
- Official website of Armenian Navy Band
- Serart - collaboration between Arto and Serj Tankian
- Arto on SOADfans
- Arto & ANB on BBC website
- Armenian Navy Band on Armenian Jazz