GRGDN

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GRGDN Müzik Prodüksiyon Organizasyon ve Menajerlik San. Tic. Ltd. Şti
Company typePrivate
Industry Music & Entertainment
Founded2003
Headquarters
Istanbul
,
Turkey
Key people
ProductsMusic & Entertainment
Website www.grgdn.com
Footnotes /references
GRGDN functions as an independent record label but they also work in cooperation with Sony Music Turkey

GRGDN is a Turkish music production and artist management company and record label based in Istanbul. The name of the company originates from the Turkish word gergedan which means rhinoceros.

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It was founded in 2003 by OIART-graduated producer Haluk Kurosman and Hadi Elazzi, who had previously worked for such companies like Sire Records (Warner Music) or Sony Music Turkey. The company has its own recording studio in Ulus, Istanbul and does the management of several renowned Turkish artists.

In 2011 Haluk Kurosman parted ways with GRGDN to become a freelance producer. [1]

Record label

GRGDN released the first album of Turkish rock band Gripin as an independent record label. [2] Together with Sony BMG they released several other albums. The studio recordings usually take place at the company's own studio, supervised by Haluk Kurosman. The full list of albums published or co-published by GRGDN is as follows:

Yagmur Sarigul guitarist and Hadi Elazzi (sitting in the middle from left to right) and Cem Bahtiyar bass player (standing on the right) in the Parliament of Hungary, August 2006. Yagmur Sarigul - Hadi Elazzi.JPG
Yağmur Sarıgül guitarist and Hadi Elazzi (sitting in the middle from left to right) and Cem Bahtiyar bass player (standing on the right) in the Parliament of Hungary, August 2006.
DateArtist/TitleNote
2004 April Gripin / Hikayeler Anlatıldı Published independently
2004 December maNga / maNga Published in cooperation with Sony BMG
2005 May Gripin / Hikayeler Anlatıldı 2Published in cooperation with Sony BMG
2005 December Vega / Hafif Müzik Published in cooperation with Sony BMG
2006 July maNga/ maNga+ Published in cooperation with Sony BMG
2006 October Emre Aydın/ Afili Yalnızlık Published in cooperation with Sony BMG
2007 March Gripin / Gripin Published in cooperation with Sony BMG
2009 April maNga / Şehr-i Hüzün Published in cooperation with Sony BMG
2019 April The Young Shaven / Hidden HipsPublished independently
2020 May Koray Candemir / İhtimaller Published in cooperation with The state51 Conspiracy

Artist management

The company undertook the management of several successful artists. Among others they manage maNga, who have received gold status for their album sales in Turkey [3] and Emre Aydın, who has won several prestigious awards this year as "Best Newcomer". [4] [5]

The full list of GRGDN-managed artists is as follows:

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References

  1. ↑ "Haluk Kurosman official website". Archived from the original on 2017-12-13. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
  2. ↑ "Sony BMG: Gripin". Archived from the original on 2007-03-25. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  3. ↑ "Gold-receiving Turkish artists 2006". Archived from the original on 2006-11-17. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  4. ↑ "Powertürk Awards: Best Newcomer (En iyi çıkış yapan sanatçı)". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  5. ↑ Future Magazin's Music Awards
  6. ↑ "Emre Aydın, Yeni Albümüyle Geliyor". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
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