{{Infobox album | name = Transoriental Orchestra | type = studio | artist = Kayah | cover =Transoriental Orchestra.jpg|border=yes | alt = | released = 5 November 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=https://muzyka.interia.pl/plyta-transoriental-orchestra,dId,11119|title=Kayah - Transoriental Orchestra|publisher=Interia.pl|accessdate=2016-05-15|language=Polish}}</ref> | recorded = March–August 2013 | venue = | studio = | genre = World | length = 1:01:36 | language = {{hlist|Polish|Hebrew|Ladino|Yiddish|Arabic|Macedonian|Romani}} | label = Kayax | producer = Atanas Valkov | prev_title = Panienki z temperamentem | prev_year = 2010 | next_title = Gdy pada śnieg | next_year = 2016 }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = Europopmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europopmusic.eu/Poland_pages/Kayah.html |title=Kayah |accessdate=2021-10-19 |publisher=Europopmusic}}</ref> }} '''''Transoriental Orchestra''''' is a studio album by Polish singer Kayah, released in 2013 by Kayax.
== Background == The album was inspired by Kayah's performance at the 9th Festival of Jewish Culture in Warsaw in 2012, during which she presented traditional Sephardi and Ashkenazi Jewish songs from different regions of Europe and the Middle East, performed in a range of languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LQ0iO2cXaE|title=Kayah: o płycie "Transoriental Orchestra" cz. 1 (Czwórka)|date=2013-11-27|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=2021-10-20|language=Polish}}</ref> She collaborated with Bulgarian composer Atanas Valkov and various musicians of Polish, Ukrainian and Persian origins, with whom she went on to record the songs for an album.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kayax.pl/archiwa/artysci/kayah-transoriental-orchestra-premiera|title=Kayah - Transoriental Orchestra - premiera!|date=2013-11-05|publisher=kayax.pl|accessdate=2021-10-19|language=Polish}}</ref> It was released on Kayah's birthday in 2013. Disc 2 includes first three songs recorded with Polish lyrics written by Kayah, a remix of "El Eliyahu", and "Kicy bidy i bokha", de facto not a Jewish song, which promoted the film ''Papusza''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wyborcza.pl/7,75410,14871767,transorientalna-kayah-spiewa-po-romsku-zobacz-teledysk-do-papuszy.html|title=Transorientalna Kayah śpiewa po romsku. Zobacz teledysk do "Papuszy"|date=2013-10-30|publisher=wyborcza.pl|accessdate=2021-10-20|language=Polish}}</ref> The album was supported by the songs "Rebeka", serviced to Polish radio as a single,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://allaboutmusic.pl/kayah-rebeka/|title=Nowy singiel: Kayah – Rebeka|author=Łukasz Jaćkiewicz|date=2013-10-31|publisher=allaboutmusic.pl|accessdate=2021-10-19|language=Polish|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114020308/http://allaboutmusic.pl/kayah-rebeka/|archive-date=2018-01-14}}</ref> and "Kondja Mia, Kondja Mia", accompanied by a music video filmed in Tel Aviv.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agvKaIg4MWg&list=OLAK5uy_nRAfXsjDk7yF4NbVJSxPY636x1H-asrbo&index=1|title=Kayah - Kondja Mia, Kondja Mia (Official Video)|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=2021-10-20}}</ref> Kayah went on to tour the material in Poland, Israel and Spain, among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ck.lublin.pl/wydarzenie/kayah-transoriental-orchestra-koncert-finalowy/|title=Kayah & Transoriental Orchestra – koncert finałowy|publisher=lublin.pl|accessdate=2021-10-14|language=Polish}}</ref>
''Transoriental Orchestra'' received favourable reviews<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Gryfh6WEc|title=Kayah: o płycie "Transoriental Orchestra" cz. 2 (Czwórka)|date=2013-11-27|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=2021-10-20|language=Polish}}</ref> and was nominated to the Fryderyk award for the Album of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fryderyki.pl/fryderyk-2014/|title=Fryderyk 2014|publisher=fryderyki.pl|accessdate=2021-10-19|language=Polish}}</ref> In 2014, it was certified platinum in Poland for selling over 30,000 copies.
== Track listing == :'''CD 1''' # "Kondja Mia, Kondja Mia" – 3:19 # "Aman Minush" – 4:47 # "De Edad de Kinze Anyos" – 5:10 # "Lamma Bada" – 3:39 # "Hava Nagila" – 2:27 # "El Eliyahu" – 3:37 # "Transoriental" – 3:15 # "Ajde Jano" – 5:17 # "Rebeka" – 4:42 # "Jidisze Mame" – 3:48 # "Warszawo ma" – 2:04
:'''CD 2''' # "Muszlo moja" – 3:19 # "Nie ma mnie już i cóż" – 4:44 # "Nie ma dat" – 5:09 # "El Eliyahu" (Remix) – 3:34 # "Kicy bidy i bokha" – 2:52
== Charts == {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2013) ! scope="col"| Peak<br>position |- {{album chart|Poland|47|id=840|rowheader=true}} |}
== Certifications == {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry |region=Poland |type=album |artist=Kayah |title=Transoriental Orchestra |award=Platinum |relyear=2013 |certyear=2014 |domestic=true}} {{Certification Table Bottom|noshipments=true}}
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nRAfXsjDk7yF4NbVJSxPY636x1H-asrbo Official audio stream] on YouTube * [https://www.discogs.com/master/831559 ''Transoriental Orchestra''] on Discogs
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