Osman İşmen
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Born | Istanbul, Turkey | 2 August 1952
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Osman İşmen (born 2 August 1952) is a Turkish conductor, composer, pianist, keyboardist, and music arranger.
In 1973, he started his professional music career as a conductor with an orchestra group, and in 1977 he also started working as a music arranger. Togeth with his orchestra, Osman İşmen performed disco, funk and soul music for a number of years. In 1978, he published his first studio album Diskomatik Kâtibim. After publishing his second album Disco Madımak in 1979, he started collaborating with Kısa Dalga Group and together they released Disco Türkü (1980), Disco Maşallah (1981) and Disco Gencebay. These albums contained re-edited versions of songs in various musical styles. The instrumental works that were performed by Osman İşmen Orchestra in 1987 were later published under the name TRT Ara Müziği.
In 1998, he founded the music group Osman İşmen Project and started making jazz music. In this genre, he released Jazz Eastern (1998), Rakkas (2000), Jazz İstanbul (2003), Jazz Eastern II (2006) and East Inn (2006). In the years that followed, he released the albums Saharians (2009), Romantika (2009), Elektro Klasikler (2009), Saz ve Jazz Eserleri (2009), Modern Oyun Havaları (2009), Lounge with Our Golden Songs (2009), Guitar & Bouzouki Plays 10 Hot Hits (2009), Senfonik Rock Türkülerimiz, Vol. 01 (2013, with Allegra Quartet) and Tangopera (2014, with Allegra Quartet). Işmen has also worked as an arranger and composer for various other artists.
Early life[]
He was born on 2 August 1952 in Istanbul, to parents who both were civil servants.[1] At the age of 6, he started learning classic piano.[1] He studied at Mecidiyeköy High School.[2] In 1965, he found the orchestra group Grup Senkop.[1] The group won the Amateur Communities Competition organized by the Diskotek in May 1968, together with the Istanbul High School.[3] He graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Business Administration in 1973.[1]
Career[]
Following his graduation, he started to perform live and accompanied various artists, eventually founding Ritim 93 Orchestra in the same year.[4] In 1976, he served as conscript officer for 3.5 months in İskenderun.[5] During his military service, İşmen met Ali Kocatepe who "brought him into the music world".[5] In 1977, he started working as a music arranger.[6]
Together with his orchestra group Osman İşmen Orchestra, he published his first studio album Diskomatik Kâtibim in 1978 under the label Beta Müzik.[7] The album received a Music Oscar award from Hey magazine in the year it was published.[8] It was followed by Disco Madımak, which was published by Yonca Plak in 1979.[7] The instrumental songs in the second album were used in the soundtrack of a number of Turkish comedy films at the time. In 1980, he collaborated with Kısa Dalga Group, and their album, which was a mix of Turkish folk music and disco music, was published under the title Disco Türkü by Yonca Plak.[7] In the same year, he ended his stage career and started doing studio works only.[9] For his 1981 album, Disco Maşallah, which was published by Yaşar Kekeva Plak, Osman İşmen Orchestra and Kısa Dalga Group came together. In the same year, Kervan Plak published his other album Disco Gencebay, on which Orhan Gencebay worked as a keyboardist and Kısa Dalga Group performed the songs. In 1987, his instrumental songs with Osman İşmen Orchestra were published under the title TRT Ara Müziği by Oskar Plak.[10]
In 1998, he founded the group Osman İşmen Project, with whom he worked on classic Turkish and jazz music, and the songs were published in the album Jazz Eastern.[11] In 2000, Bonus Müzik published his album Rakkas. He continued working on jazz music and in 2003 Universal published the album Jazz İstanbul, which included songs that were both composed and arranged by him.[12][13] In 2006, DMC released his new jazz albums Jazz Eastern II and East Inn. In 2009, Ares Müzik released Saharians. In the same year, Âti Müzik published his instrumental songs in a number of different albums: Elektro Klasikler, Modern Oyun Havaları, Romantika and Saz ve Jazz Eserleri. Two more albums, Lounge with Our Golden Songs and Guitar & Bouzouki Plays 10 Hot Hits, were later published by Şafakaraman Production. In 2013, Fono Müzik published his new album Senfonik Rock Türkülerimiz, Vol. 01, which contained new versions of his Turkish folk songs, and Allegra Quartet collaborated with him on it. He later worked with Allegra Quartet again, and their album, Tangopera, was released in 2014 by Anadolu Tur Reklam. In 2016, the song "Kale" from his album Rakkas was released by Gloss as a single.[14] The following year, Gloss released his other single "Gypsy Song Sahara".[15]
Discography[]
- Studio albums
- Diskomatik Kâtibim (1978, Beta Müzik; re-released in 2009 by Ossi Müzik)
- Disco Madımak (1979, Yonca Plak)
- Disco Türkü (1980, Yonca Plak, with Kısa Dalga Group)
- Disco Maşallah (1981, Yaşar Kekeva Plak, with Kısa Dalga Group)
- Disco Gencebay (1981, Kervan Plak, with Kısa Dalga Group)
- TRT Ara Müziği (1987, Oskar Plak)
- Jazz Eastern (1998)
- Rakkas (2000, Bonus Müzik)
- Jazz İstanbul (2003, Universal)
- Jazz Eastern II (2006, DMC)
- East Inn (2006, DMC)
- Saharians (2009, Ares Müzik)
- Romantika (2009, Âti Müzik)
- Elektro Klasikler (2009, Âti Müzik)
- Saz ve Jazz Eserleri (2009, Âti Müzik)
- Modern Oyun Havaları (2009, Âti Müzik)
- Lounge with Our Golden Songs (2009, Şafakaraman Production)
- Guitar & Bouzouki Plays 10 Hot Hits (2009, Şafakaraman Production)
- Senfonik Rock Türkülerimiz, Vol. 01 (2013, Fono Müzik, with Allegra Quartet)
- Tangopera (2014, Anadolu Tur Reklam, Allegra Quartet ile)
- Singles
- "Kale" (2016, Gloss)
- "Gypsy Song Sahara" (2017, Gloss)
- As featured artist
- Jazz 'n' World Vol. 1 (1999, Columbia Records)
- Buddha-Bar III (2001, George V Records)
- Kebab Connection (2005, Normal Records)
- Homegrown Istanbul - 2 (2008, Pozitif Müzik Yapım)
- Beyond Istanbul 2 - Urban Sounds of Turkey (2009, Trikont)
As arranger[]
Year | Artist | Title | Label | Note/Ref |
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1977 | Nükhet Duru | "Harp ve Sulh/Bir İnsan Doğdu" | 1 Numara | [16] |
1977 | Nazan Şoray | "Yalnızlık/Seninle Doğmak" | Öncü Plak | |
1977 | "Biz Kadınlar/Nerden Bilsin Alem Beni" | Gönül Plak | ||
1978 | Ayşegül Aldinç & | "" | EMI | [17] |
1978 | Nükhet Duru | 1 Numara | With Onno Tunç and [16] | |
1978 | Nükhet Duru | "Anılar/Güneş" | 1 Numara | With Onno Tunç[16] |
1978 | "Aşkla Pazarlık Olmaz/Aşktan Başım Dönüyor" | 1 Numara | With Onno Tunç | |
1978 | Tanju Okan | "Parkta Yatıyorum/Çocukluğum" | Philips Plak | |
1978 | "Bir Artist/Sen Kimsin?" | EMI | ||
1979 | Nilüfer | Yavuz Plak | ||
1979 | Nükhet Duru | "Portofino/Yıldızlar" | 1 Numara | |
1979 | "Ayrılık Olmasa/Dua" | Şahinler Plak | With Onno Tunç | |
1979 | 1 Numara | With Attila Özdemiroğlu, , and Onno Tunç[18] | ||
1979 | "Bir Tanrıyı Bir de Beni Unutma/Haydi" | 1 Numara | ||
1980 | Ferdi Özbeğen | Kervan Plak | ||
1980 | Ferdi Özbeğen | Yaşar Kekeva Plak | ||
1980 | Türküola Müzik | |||
1980 | Sezen Aksu | Kervan Plak | [19] | |
1980 | Nilüfer | Burç Plak | ||
1980 | Nil Burak | [20] | ||
1980 | Öncü Plak | |||
1980 | "Kışla Havası/Günah Bende" | Öncü Plak | ||
1980 | Nazan Şoray | "Hal Hal/İyi Diyelim İyi Olalım" | Öncü Plak | With |
1981 | Ferdi Özbeğen | Yaşar Kekeva Plak | ||
1981 | Sibel Egemen | Balet Plak | With Özkan Turgay | |
1981 | Nil Burak | With Buğra Uğur[20] | ||
1981 | Yaşar Kekeva Plak | |||
1981 | Seyyal Taner | Yavuz Plak | ||
1981 | Nazan Şoray | Öncü Plak | With and Garo Mafyan[21] | |
1981 | "Giden Gençliğime/Canım" | Öncü Plak | ||
1981 | "Varsın Olsun/Bize Kalan Nedir" | 1 Numara | ||
1981 | Nazan Öncel | "Neden" | [22] | |
1982 | Ferdi Özbeğen | Yaşar Kekeva Plak | ||
1982 | Nazan Öncel | Tempo Plak | ||
1982 | Nilüfer | Yaşar Kekeva Plak | ||
1982 | 1 Numara | With Esin Engin, Garo Mafyan and Melih Kibar | ||
1982 | Yaşar Kekeva Plak | |||
1982 | Lider Plak | With Esin Engin | ||
1983 | Ferdi Özbeğen | Yaşar Kekeva Plak | ||
1983 | Balet Plak | |||
1983 | Ferdi Özbeğen | Yaşar Kekeva Plak | ||
1983 | Orhan Gencebay | Kervan Plak | With Orhan Gencebay | |
1983 | Elenor Plak | With Garo Mafyan and Müjdat Akgün | ||
1984 | Ferdi Özbeğen | Yaşar Kekeva Plak | ||
1984 | Cano | Sambol Plak | ||
1984 | Ferdi Özbeğen | Yaşar Kekeva Plak | ||
1984 | Nükhet Duru | Balet Plak | ||
1984 | Erol Evgin | Balet Plak | ||
1985 | Ferdi Özbeğen | Yaşar Kekeva Plak | ||
1985 | Nilüfer | Yaşar Kekeva Plak | ||
1985 | Oscar Plak | |||
1985 | Sembol Plak | With , and Ümit Eroğlu | ||
1986 | Ferdi Özbeğen | Yaşar Kekeva Plak | ||
1986 | Kervan Plak | |||
1986 | Zilli | Türküola Müzik | ||
1986 | Ferdi Özbeğen | Yaşar Kekeva Plak | ||
1986 | Ahmet Kaya | Gam Müzik | ||
1986 | Uzelli Müzik | With Esin Engin and Melih Kibar | ||
1987 | Ferdi Özbeğen | With | ||
1987 | Ahmet Kaya | Taç Plak | ||
1987 | Sibel Can | Kervan Plak | With Özer Şenay and Vedat Yıldırımbora | |
1987 | Selami Şahin | Lider Plak | With Cengiz Coşkuner and Metin Alkanlı | |
1987 | Disco Plak | |||
1988 | Zeki Müren | Yavuz Plak | ||
1988 | Ferdi Özbeğen | Yaşar Kekeva Plak | ||
1988 | Arif Susam | Özer Plak | ||
1988 | Bülent Ersoy | Sembol Plak | With Burhan Bayar, İskender Şencemal and | |
1988 | Ahmet Kaya | Barış Müzik | ||
1988 | Emel Sayın | Yavuz Plak | ||
1989 | Ferdi Özbeğen | Yaşar Kekeva Plak | With | |
1989 | Oscar Plak | |||
1989 | Bülent Ersoy | Sembol Plak | ||
1989 | Cengiz Kurtoğlu | Özer Plak | ||
1989 | Bülent Ersoy | Sembol Plak | With | |
1989 | Ahmet Kaya | Barış Müzik | ||
1990 | Ferdi Özbeğen | Yaşar Kekeva Plak | ||
1990 | Emel Sayın | Yavuz Plak | ||
1990 | Zeki Müren | Yavuz & Burç Plak | ||
1990 | Cengiz Kurtoğlu | Özer Plak | ||
1990 | Fatih Kısaparmak | Özer Plak | ||
1990 | Gülden Karaböcek | Almanya Konseri | Özpınar Plak | With Turhan Yükseler |
1990 | Özer Plak | |||
1991 | Ahmet Kaya | Barış Müzik | ||
1991 | Hülya Avşar | Tempa-Foneks | ||
1991 | Cengiz Kurtoğlu | Özer Plak | ||
1991 | Bülent Ersoy | Sembol Plak | With | |
1991 | Ferhat Tunç | Bayşu Müzik | ||
1991 | Gülden Karaböcek | Sedef Müzik | ||
1991 | Şan Müzik | |||
1992 | Ferdi Özbeğen | |||
1992 | Zeki Müren | Yavuz & Burç Plak | ||
1992 | Bülent Ersoy | Tempa-Foneks | With | |
1992 | Ahmet Kaya | Tempa-Foneks | ||
1992 | Yeliz | Özer Plak | ||
1993 | Ferdi Özbeğen | Mega Müzik | ||
1993 | Özbir Müzik | |||
1993 | Cengiz Kurtoğlu | Özbir Müzik | ||
1993 | Ahmet Kaya | Raks Müzik | ||
1993 | Bülent Ersoy | Tempa-Foneks | ||
1993 | Seyyal Taner | Yavuz Plak | With Norayr Demirci and Timur Selçuk | |
1994 | Ahmet Kaya | Raks Müzik | ||
1994 | Funda | Haydi Durma | Ercan Müzik | |
1994 | Gülden Karaböcek | Aziz Plak | ||
1994 | Ferhat Tunç | Bayşu Müzik | ||
1994 | Arif Susam | Özer Plak | ||
1995 | Ahmet Kaya | Raks Müzik | ||
1995 | Muazzez Ersoy | Levent Müzik | ||
1995 | ||||
1995 | İbrahim Tatlıses | |||
1995 | Gülden Karaböcek | Aziz Müzik | ||
1995 | Ferhat Tunç | Bay Müzik | ||
1996 | Ferdi Özbeğen | Mert Müzik | ||
1996 | Ebru Yaşar | Çaçan Plak | ||
1996 | Ahmet Kaya | Gam Müzik | ||
1996 | Yeminliyim Ben | Uzelli Müzik | ||
1996 | İbrahim Tatlıses | |||
1996 | Gülden Karaböcek | Aziz Müzik | ||
1996 | Jazz Plak | |||
1997 | Emel Sayın | Raks Müzik | [23] | |
1997 | Selda Bağcan | Majör Müzik | [24] | |
1997 | Bülent Ersoy | Raks Müzik | With | |
1997 | Nükhet Duru | Müzikom | [16] | |
1997 | Ferhat Tunç | Destan Müzik | ||
1998 | İbrahim Tatlıses | Raks Müzik | ||
1998 | Ferdi Özbeğen | Kandil | Kiss Müzik | |
1998 | Muazzez Abacı | Klip Müzik | With Mustafa Savaş | |
1998 | Ahmet Kaya | Raks Müzik | With İlker Yurtcan[25] | |
1998 | Ferhat Tunç | |||
1998 | Hasan Cihat Örter | Fretless Songs | DMC | |
2000 | Burak Kut | Universal Müzik Yapım | With Burak Kut, Eser Taşkıran, Hakan Kurşun and Tansel Doğanay | |
2000 | S Müzik, Universal Müzik Yapım | With Kıvanç K., Ozan Doğulu, Tamer Çıray, Tolga Tekin and İlker Akman | ||
2001 | Biraz Müzik | Post Müzik | [26] | |
2002 | Bülent Ersoy | Avrupa Müzik | With | |
2002 | Habersiz Türküler | Columbia Records, Sony Music Entertainment, Kiss Müzik | ||
2003 | Fatih Kısaparmak | Akbaş Müzik | With Hakkı Balamir | |
2003 | Ferhat Tunç | Royem Müzik | [27] | |
2004 | Adam gibi | Şahin Özer Müzik | ||
2004 | Muazzez Ersoy | Columbia Records, Sony Music Entertainment, Kiss Müzik | With Selim Çaldıran | |
2005 | Deniz Feneri Şiirleri 4: Biz Barışmalıyız Artık | Avrupa Müzik | [28] | |
2006 | Boğaziçi Müzik | With Barış Engürlü, Murat Arslan, Nail Yurtsever and Necip Yılgın | ||
2007 | Zerrin Özer | Ozan Video | With Cihan Akyıldız, and Sezgin Gezgin | |
2007 | Kutsi | Erol Köse Production | [29] | |
2008 | EMI | |||
2008 | With Hüseyin Çebişçi and Ödül Erdoğan | |||
2008 | EMI | |||
2008 | Ece Ülker | İnce Çizgilerde | Ossi Müzik | With Emre Bayar and Yıldıray Gürgen[30] |
2009 | Ferhat Tunç | DMC | [31] | |
2009 | Sezil Güler | Aşk Değil | Âti Müzik | [32] |
2013 | Hatırla | Akustik Müzik | ||
2014 | Adalılar | Haziran | ||
2014 | Yanar | Sır | Star Prodüksiyon | [33] |
2014 | Bora Öznacar | Hayat Bazen | Fono Müzik | [34] |
2014 | Özlem Eskimez | Türkülerimiz Eskimez | Fono Müzik | [35] |
2014 | Derviş | [36] | ||
2014 | Ferhat Tunç | Kobani | Kirkelig Kulturverksted | |
2016 | Yanacaksın | Seyhan Müzik | ||
2016 | İşte Gidiyorum | Majör Müzik | [37] |
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External links[]
- Osman İşmen discography at Discogs
- Osman İşmen Orchestra discography at Discogs
- Living people
- 1952 births
- Turkish composers
- Turkish pianists
- Turkish conductors (music)
- Turkish music arrangers
- Turkish keyboardists
- Disco musicians
- Funk musicians
- Soul musicians
- Turkish folk musicians
- 21st-century conductors (music)
- 21st-century pianists