''Uyanış'' (, ), is the fourth studio album by

Işın Karaca Işın Funda Büyükkaraca (born 7 March 1973), better known as Işın Karaca (), is a British-born Turkish Cypriot pop singer. Personal life Işın Funda Büyükkaraca was born into a Turkish Cypriot family which had emigrated to the United Ki ...

, released on 29 May 2009. She worked with sibel Alaş, Erdem Yörük, Erol Temizel and Zeki Güner. The album has a different sound compared to her previous albums, it also has R&B and electronic elements. She is the songwriter for several songs in the album.powerturk.tv
Retrieved 7 May 2008

Background

It is announced that she was working with Mirkelam, Dolapdere Big Gang and Hüsnü Şenlendirici.radyotatlıses.com.tr
"Işın Karaca Yeni Albümü İçin Hazırlıkta" Retrieved 26 November 2007 She was to perform 2 songs with a symphony orchestra.powerturk.com
PowerTürk report. Retrieved 26 November 2007 There would be a duet with

Hüsnü Şenlendirici Hüsnü Şenlendirici (born 12 July 1976 in Bergama, Turkey) is a Turkish musician of Romani people in Turkey, Romani Background. He comes from a family of musicians: his grandfather Hüsnü Şenlendirici played clarinet and trumpet, his other gr ...

, one of the songs was arranged by

Dolapdere Big Gang Dolapdere is a quarter of Beyoğlu district in central Istanbul, Turkey. It is surrounded by the quarters of Taksim, Kasımpaşa, Pangaltı and Kurtuluş. Sites * There is a museum dedicated to the memory of Adam Mickiewicz, the 19th century Poli ...

group, which is known for their ethnic musical style. Also famous Turkish pop singer Mirkelam gave a song for this album. But none of these could be prepared for the final release. Initially, album name was chosen as "Aşkın Uyanışı" ( en, Awakening of love), but later it was simplified to "Uyanış". The release date of 7 March 2008 was first postponed to autumn 2008 and then to 7 March 2009. The album was postponed for the third time after the original recordings were stolen with her laptop PC. Finally, the album was released on 29 May 2009 with SM Gold and Akış Production label. First video for the album was decided for a slow song "Uyanış". It was delivered to radio stations on 24 April 2009. But then the first video was changed to an up-beat song "Bilmece", as the summer was coming. The video, shot in Indian style, was published on her website and delivered to TVs on 29 May 2009. The second video was shot for Uyanış by Sedat Doğan and Cem Başeskioğlu in January 2010. It was released to music channels on 5 February 2010. Işın Karaca and Zeki Güner wrote 6 of the songs together.isinkaraca.com
"Yenilikler Peşinden koşarken zamanın ne kadar hızlı geçtiğini fark etmeden yaşamak...." Retrieved 11 April 2008 She also has two more collaborations. Işın Karaca and Erdem Yörük composed 6 songs together for this album.

Track listing

Personnel

*Arrangement: Erim Ardal (1), Erdem Yörük (2,4,6,8,10), Genco Arı (3), Hakan Yeşilkaya (5,7), Erol Temizel (9) *Producer: Bülent Seyhan *Executive producers: Işın Karaca & Akın Büyükkaraca *Musical directors: Işın Karaca & Akın Büyükkaraca & Erdem Yörük *Backing vocals: Işın Karaca, Uğur Akyürek, Yonca Karadağ, Murat Aziret

References

External links

* Işın Karaca albums 2009 albums {{2000s-pop-album-stub