Karma (Tarkan album)

Infobox Album | Name = Karma
Artist = Tarkan
Type = Album


Released = 23 July 2001
Recorded = Recorded at Cutting Room (New York), Erekli Tunç (Istanbul), Etap (Cairo), Imaj (Istanbul), Miraval (Leval, France), Pacifique (Los Angeles) studios
Genre = Pop
Length = 46:83
Label = İstanbul Plak
Producer = Tarkan and Ozan Çolakoğlu
Last album = "Tarkan" (1999)
This album = "Karma" (2001)
Next album = "Dudu" (2003)
Reviews =
Misc = Singles
Name = Karma
Type = studio
single 1 = Kuzu Kuzu
single 1 date = May 2001 (Turkey)
single 2 = Hüp
single 2 date = December 2001 (Turkey)

"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.

Track listing

* "Karma", 2001 [ [http://tarkantr.blogspot.com/2005/06/karma-song-lyrics.html Translations by Ali Yildirim] ]
#"Aşk" "(Love)" – 4:22
#"Ay" "(Oh!..)" – 4:20
#"Kuzu Kuzu" – 3:53
#"Gitti Gideli" – 4:42
#"Uzak" "(Far Away)" – 4:46
#"Yandim" "(I was burn)" – 3:12
#"O'na Sor" "(Ask to Him/Her)" – 3:23
#"Hüp" – 3:39
#"Sen Başkasin" "(You Are Different)" – 4:16
#"Taş" "(The Stone)" – 4:24
#"Her Nerdeysen" – 3:30
#"Verme" "(Don't Give)" – 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:
** Berna Keser
** Cihan Okan
** Deniz Seki
** Murat Matthew Erdem
** Özkan Ugur
** Özlem Tekin
*Instruments:
** Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric) - Bilgehan Tuncer
** Guitar - Annas, Erdem Sökmen, Erdinç Senyaylar
** 12 String Guitar, Laud - 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.)

Extra info

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 [ [http://tarkantr.blogspot.com/2005/06/karma-booklet-notes.html Karma Booklet Notes] ] . - "courtesy of Ali Yildirim"

Notes

External links

* [http://www.tarkan.tripod.com/ Tarkan Translations]
* [http://tarkantr.blogspot.com/2005/06/karma.html Album and Song Lyrics Information] in English