Mabel Matiz

Fatih Karaca (born 31 August 1985), better known by his stage name Mabel Matiz, is a Turkish pop music singer-songwriter.

Mabel Matiz
During his concert in Ankara (November 2011)
Born
Fatih Karaca[1]

(1985-08-31) 31 August 1985
Erdemli, Mersin, Turkey
EducationIstanbul University
Istanbul Bilgi University (left)
Occupation
  • Singer-songwriter
  • dentist (formerly)
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentsGuitar
Years active2011–present
Labels
  • Esen
  • DMC
  • Zoom
  • Pose
Websitemabelmatiz.com

He chose his stage name from 2 different words that he was inspired by. "Mabel" is from the Turkish novel Kumral Ada Mavi Tuna by Buket Uzuner. It is the nickname of Tuna who is one of the main characters. "Matiz" is a slang word in the old Greek language meaning "drunk". "Mabel Matiz" reflects his point of view about the world and life.[2]

He has released 4 studio albums.

Musical career

He began releasing his own songs via Myspace in 2008. Turkish music producer Engin Akıncı noticed his songs and offered him an album. He released his first studio album, Mabel Matiz, in 2011 with Esen Müzik label.[3] Except two songs, which were written by Birhan Keskin and Yalçın Tosun, all of the other pieces were written and composed by Mabel Matiz himself.[4]

He released his second studio album, Yaşım Çocuk, in 2013 with DMC label. He covered popular Yıldız Tilbe song "Aşk Yok Olmaktır" in this album.[5] Various songs from the album, including "Zor Değil", "Aşk Yok Olmaktır", "Yaşım Çocuk" and "Alaimisema" became popular hits and Milliyet Sanat awarded it as the "Album of the Year".[3] He contributed in Aysel Gürel tribute album, Aysel'in, in June 2013 by performing Sezen Aksu cover "Sultan Süleyman".

Personal life

He grew up a son of a truck driver and Cyprus veteran father Ali, and housewife mother Maya. After completed his compulsory education in Mersin, he moved to Istanbul for university education and graduated from Istanbul University, Dentistry Faculty in 2008. He briefly worked in a healthcare clinic until advancing into music career.[2][3] He is an LGBTI+ rights activist.[6]

In memory of his parents, Mabel gave her mother's name to his 4th studio album Maya,[7][8] while the song "Babamı Beklerken" ([while] waiting for my father) on the album is written for his father, who later died on 23 February 2019 at age 66.[9]

In the Turkish literature section of the Higher Education Institutions Exam held on 27 June 2020, a total of 2 questions containing lyrics from Mabel Matiz's album Maya and the song "Fırtınadayım" were asked, which later caused quite a stir on social media.[10][11][12][13]

Discography

Studio albums
Year Album Record company Sales
2011 Mabel Matiz Esen Müzik
2013 Yaşım Çocuk
  • Format: MC, LP, CD, digital download
 Doğan Music Company
2015 Gök Nerede
  • Format: CD, digital download
 Doğan Music Company
2018 Maya
  • Format: CD, digital download
 Doğan Music Company

Compilation albums
Album Album info
Mabel Matiz & Yaşım Çocuk
  • Released: January 2016
  • Label: DMC
  • Format: CD, digital download

Singles
Year Album Record company Sales
2014 Kör Heves
  • Date: 2014
  • Format: digital download
 Ada Müzik
Alaimisema (2014 Radio Edit)
  • Date: 2014
  • Format: digital download
2016 Mavi
  • Date: 2016
  • Format: MC, LP, CD
  • Ah! Kosmos
  • Mabel Matiz
Fena Halde (Reworks)
  • Date: 2016
  • Format: MC, LP, CD
 DMC
Geçti Dost Kervanı
  • Date: 2016
  • Format: Digital download
 Mabel Matiz
2017 Ya Bu İşler Ne
  • Date: 2017
  • Format: MC, LP, CD
 DMC
2018 Öyle Kolaysa
  • Date: 2018
  • Format: MC, LP, CD
2019 Gözlerine
  • Date: 2019
  • Format: digital download
 Pose Records
2020 Toy
  • Date: 2020
  • Format: Digital download

Other contributions
Year Album Song
2013 Aysel'in
  • Date: 2013
  • Format: MC, LP, CD
 Sultan Süleyman
2017 Mirkelam Şarkıları
  • Date: 2017
  • Format: MC, LP, CD
 Laubali
Mahzuni'ye Saygı
  • Date: 2018
  • Format: MC, LP, CD
 Yuh Yuh (with Selda Bağcan)
2018 Yıldız Tilbe'nin Yıldızlı Şarkıları
  • Date: 2018
  • Format: MC, LP, CD
 Değilsin
2020 Hikayesi Var
  • Date: 2020
  • Format: MC, LP, CD
 Nerde (with Nükhet Duru)

References
  1. Pektaş, Ali (2011-05-22). "Mabel Matiz'in dünyasına hoş geldiniz" (in Turkish). Zaman. Archived from the original on 17 February 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  2. Taşalan, Özgür (November 2011). "Mabel'i romandan, Matiz'i eski Yunan'dan". Detay (in Turkish) (87). Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  3. Yerlikaya, Çağlar (2011-08-05). "Sosyal medyada patlayan şarkıcı" (in Turkish). Sabah. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  4. "2011'in En İyi Yerli 5 Albümü". NTV.
  5. Demirkol, Hikmet (2013-06-17). "Mabel Matiz:Ahıra Girmeyen Koç" (in Turkish). Hürriyet. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  6. Akpınar, Ömer (2013-10-22). "Mabel Matiz: Pop, LGBT'lere Çok Şey Borçlu" (in Turkish). KAOS GL. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  7. "Mabel Matiz'den annesinin adını taşıyan albüm". Habertürk. 14 June 2018. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
  8. "Pop Müzikte Bu Yılın Yıldızları". NTV.
  9. "Yıldızların Peşinde Bir Albüm "Maya"". Hürriyet.
  10. "YKS'deki Mabel Matiz sorusu! Şarkıcıdan açıklama geldi". CNN Turk. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  11. "YKS'nin TYT oturumuna Mabel Matiz sorusu damga vurdu". Milliyet. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  12. "YKS'deki Mabel Matiz sorusuna tepki gösterildi! Şarkıcıdan ilk açıklama". Sozcu. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
  13. "YKS 2020 TYT'de Mabel Matiz sorusu (Maya albümünden Fırtınadayım şarkısının sözleri)". ntv.com.tr. 27 June 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
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