GRGDN

Infobox Company
company_name = GRGDN Müzik Prodüksiyon Organizasyon ve Menajerlik San. Tic. Ltd. Şti
company_
company_type = Private
foundation = 2003
location_city = Istanbul
location_country = Turkey
location =
key_people =

Haluk Kurosman

Hadi Elazzi
"Founders"
industry = Music & Entertainment
products = Music & Entertainment
parent =
homepage = [http://www.grgdn.com www.grgdn.com]
footnotes = 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 as well as a record label based in Istanbul. The name of the company originates from the Turkish word "gergedan" which means rhinoceros.

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.

Record label

GRGDN released the first album of Turkish rock band Gripin as an independent record label. [ [http://www.sonybmg.com.tr/album.php?al=943 Sony BMG: Gripin] ] 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:

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 [ [http://www.mu-yap.org/news.asp?NID=158 Gold-receiving Turkish artists 2006] ] and Emre Aydın, who has won several prestigious awards this year as "Best Newcomer". [ [http://www.powerturk.com/Detay.asp?code=885 Powertürk Awards: Best Newcomer (En iyi çıkış yapan sanatçı)] ] [ [http://www.sarginmuzik.org/sargin_haber/haber_oku.asp?haber=16 Future Magazin's Music Awards] ]

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

* maNga
* Vega
* Gripin
* Göksel
* emreaydın

References

External links

* [http://www.grgdn.com GRGDN Official Site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/grgdn GRGDN MySpace]