Niyaz
March
31, 2005
iranian.com
Vas vocalist Azam Ali, Axiom
of Choice's multi-instrumentalist
Loga Ramin Torkian, and producer/remixer Carmen Rizzo have joined
forces to create a globe-spanning
sound that the trio calls "folk music for the 21st century." Mingling
the textures of traditional acoustic music with new electronica, Niyaz represents
a finely-tuned balance that ushers
in a new
era of artistic possibilities for Iranian music >>> Listen to sample tracks
Known
collectively as Niyaz, the trio's first eponymous release is a hypnotic, ecstatic,
and eminently danceable album that represents the best of both traditional
world music and electronic music.
For these three artists, Niyaz represents a real
departure from their usual avenues of artistic expression. Their
first joint album weaves together ten
beautiful,
mystical poems written by some of the greatest Sufi poets of all time, with
music accessible to a contemporary audience.
Azam, who was born in Iran but
largely
raised in India, sings in both Farsi (the Persian language) as well as in
Urdu, a language widely spoken in India and in Pakistan. The music,
too, represents
cultural blendings of the highest order, crossing back and forth over centuries
of musical expression to combine ancient instruments, rhythms, and tonalities
with brand new sounds >>> Full text
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