Arto Tunçboyacıyan

Infobox musical artist
Name = Arto Tunçboyacıyan Արտո Թունչբոյաջյան


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Born = 1957
Origin = Istanbul, Turkey
Genre = Avant-garde
Folk
Armenian Folk
Occupation = Musician, songwriter, performer, producer
Years_active = 1968–present
Instrument = Vocals
Percussion
duduk
sazabo
bular
beer bottle
Label = Columbia, Serjical Strike
Associated_acts = Night Ark
Armenian Navy Band
Serart
System of a Down
URL = [http://www.naregatsi.org/Artoistan Artoistan]

Arto Tunçboyacıyan ( _hy. Արտո Թունչբոյաջյան ) (b. 1957 in Istanbul) [ [http://www.folkworld.de/19/e/cds4.html The profile of Arto's album "Everyday is a new life" on FolkWorld CD Reviews] ] [ [http://soadfans.com/arto.php Arto's biography on SOADfans] ] is a 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!

Discography

Night Ark

* 1986 - "Picture", RCA/Novus
* 1988 - "Moments", RCA/Novus
* 1998 - "In Wonderland", Polygram
* 2000 - "Petals on your Path", EmArcy
* 2000 - "Treasures", Traditional Crossroads

Arto Tunçboyacıyan

* 1989 - "Virgin Land", Keytone Records/Svota Music
* 1994 - "Main Root", Keytone Records/Svota Music
* 1996 - "Tears of Dignity" (with Ara Dinkjian), Svota Music
* 1998 - "Onno", Svota Music, 1998
* 1998 - "Triboh" (with M. P. de Vito and R. Marcotulli), PoloSud
* 1998 - "Avci", Svota Music/Imaj Müzik
* 2000 - "Every Day is a New Life", Living Music/Earth Music Production
* 2001 - "Aile Muhabbeti", Svota Music
* 2004 - "Türkçe Sözlü Hafif Anadolu Müziği", Imaj Müzik/Svota Music/Heaven and Earth
* 2005 - "Artostan", Svota Music/ Heaven and Earth
* 2005 - "Love Is Not in Your Mind" (with Vahagn Hayrapetyan), Svota Music/Heaven and Earth

Armenian Navy Band

* 1999 - "Bzdik Zinvor", Svota Music
* 2001 - "New Apricot", Svota Music
* 2004 - "Sound of our life" part I - "Natural Seeds", Svota Music / Heaven and Earth
* 2006 - "How much is yours", Svota Music / Serjical Strike [ [http://www.serjicalstrike.com/site/artists_view.php?id=13 Serjical Strike Records - Arto Tuncboyaciyan & The Armenian Navy Band ] ] (re-release)

Serart

* 2003 - "Serart (Sampler)", Serjical Strike/Columbia
* 2003 - "Serart", Serjical Strike/Columbia

Collaborations

*2001: System of a Down featuring Arto Tunçboyacıyan - "Science" - "Toxicity"
*2001: System of a Down featuring Arto Tunçboyacıyan - "Arto" - "Toxicity"
*2002: System of a Down featuring Arto Tunçboyacıyan - "Bubbles" - "Steal This Album!"

References

External links

* [http://www.naregatsi.org/Artoistan Official website of Arto Tuncboyaciyan]
* [http://www.albakultur.de/alba/armenian Official website of Armenian Navy Band]
* [http://www.serart.net Serart - collaboration between Arto and Serj Tankian]
* [http://soadfans.com/arto.php Arto on SOADfans]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/worldmusic/a4wm2006/a4wm_armenia.shtml Arto & ANB on BBC website]

Video

* [http://www.hyevideo.com/video/110 Arto performs on Coke bottle at 2006 World Music Awards]
* [http://www.serart.net/video/SerartEPK.ram Arto and Serj Tankian talking about Serart]