AFSARI RAD,JAVID ENSEMBLE - Lalehzar (Sealed) (CD)

"Lahlezar" means "garden of tulips". It is the name of a Street in Iran's capital Tehran, which is the Islamic Revolution in 1979 for their theaters, bars and Cabarets was known. Now Javid Afsari has the new bike Album of his ensemble named after. Lalehzar is a Nostalgic look back at better, happier times in Iran. At the same time, the album is a tribute to the Arabic-inspired music that was still in the 1970s In the streets of the capital. The 1965 in Isfahan born Javid Afsari Rad, a singer and master Of the Persian percussion instrument Santur, founded in 2007 that Rumi Ensemble, which released its debut album four years later. In the meantime, the Oslo-based group Page. "?lectronique Noir is now a classic considered. Together with Bugge Wesseltofts New Conception Of Jazz and Nils-Petter Molv?rs Khmer rang it New era of Nordic jazz. Both label colleagues from Aarset can also be heard as guests at ?lectronique Noir. Eivind Aarset describes his compositional approach: "I collect musical impressions and use elements Quite intuitively, without analyzing what genre it is about. The experimental side of TripHop, Ambient And Drum n 'Bass meets with me on pop, rock And jazz. Besides the guitar, the computer was my main instrument. There I saved my improvisations To re-assemble them later. The title "?lectronique Noir "says everything about the album: it is cinematic Music, meditative, dark, electronic. " Ben members grew up and is called Javid Afsari Rad Ensemble. The change of name can be explained by a change Focus: the Iranian-Norwegian septet On his second work was no longer the work of the Great Persian poet Rumi, but mainly instrumental Compositions. Lalehzar combines traditional Persian music with Indian, Arabic and Baroque Influences. Pieces like Choopi, Baran and Baroque Fantasi " Show Afsari Rads fascination for the baroque dance music of the 18th century. Virtuosic, longing songs For the blue hours after sunset.