RAAZ, by Hooshyar Khayam, Bamdad Afshar

RAAZ

by Hooshyar Khayam, Bamdad Afshar

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1.	Yə´k 05:50	buy track
2.	Do 01:46	buy track
3.	Say 03:12	buy track
4.	Chār 02:45	buy track
5.	Pa'nj 02:46	buy track
6.	Sha'sh 04:23	buy track
7.	Ha´p°t 01:21	buy track
8.	Ha´sht 03:04	buy track
9.	Noh 04:04	buy track
10.	RAZZ 02:17	buy track
11.	Anthology 06:46	buy track

about

The Shape Of Folk To Come! RAAZ is the first release on the young label 30M Records that gives a platform to a new generation of composers in Iran.
Hooshyar Khayam and Bamdad Afshar have teamed up here in a groundbreaking project to catapult bits of traditional melodies from Baluchistan into the present. They believe that traditional Iranian music has the potential to be directly incorporated into various genres of contemporary music. Khayam and Afshar have developed a creative way to incorporate Baloch melodies and modal structures into modern music. Bamdad Afshar, already known for his unique compositions of electronic music and his works for cinema and theater, teamed up with the classically trained Khayam to create a new electronic interpretation of Baluchi rhythms. These are complemented by a string quartet and recordings featuring Khayam's prepared piano, as well as vocal recordings of three Beluchi singers (two men and one woman). The result is a mesmerizing album that draws on a wide range of previously unheard and unimagined sounds as well as coloristic effects

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released November 20, 2020

Written and composed by Hooshyar Khayam / Bamdad Afshar

Supervisors of Baluchi Music:
Afsaneh Hagh Shoar, Mohammad Reza Darvishi

Recordings of Baluchestan original music by Hooshyar Khayam (PSC Recording Studio, Tehran, Iran)

Sound advisor at Baluchi recordings:
Hamidreza Golestani Sani

Local Musicians from Baluchistan:
Khodadad Shakkal Zehi (Gheychak, Tanburak, vocals), Davoud Bameri (Tanburak, Doholak, vocals), Omar Sami (Benjoo), Hamed Bameri (Doholak), Sogol Khojasteh (Vocals)

String parts played by Scheherazade Quartet (Tehran, Iran):
Tina Jamegarmi (Violin I), Yeganeh Hoseininia (Violin II), Niloofar Sohi (Viola), Negar Norad (Cello)

Baluchi recordings mixed by Reza Assadpour at PSC Recording Studio (Tehran, Iran)
Strings parts recorded and mixed by Gholamreza Sadeghi at PSC Recording Studio (Tehran, Iran)
Electronics and piano recording by Bamdad Afshar at TR Studio (Tehran, Iran)

Album mastered by Reza Assadpour at X Studio (Tehran, Iran)

Artwork design by Adam Heron

Produced by Hooshyar Khayam and Matthias Koch

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30M Records Hamburg, Germany

30M Records was founded in 2020 in Hamburg, Germany. It is the international full service label for a new generation of artists in Iran. 30M Records releases music from a vibrant scene of a country many yet only know from the news.

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