Alight [Hybrid SACD]

1. Chahar Mezrab

2. Sufinameh

3. Navae

4. Shadi

5. Whisper of Love

6. Ninavae

7. Drunk

8. Nihawend Lunga

9. Aurora

10. Saghinameh

11. Epilogue

Tracks:

Chahar Mezrab
Sufinameh
Navae
Shadi
Whisper Of Love
Ninavae
Drunk
Nihawend Lunga
Aurora
Saghinameh
Epilogue

Customer Reviews:

I'm not even a fan of this kind of music.......2002-12-05

In fact, I didn't even know such music existed until I stumbled on these guys while surfing the net. And it took me a while to figure out what was happening. When I first heard it, I was baffled; it sounded so strange, like some kind of weird Middle Eastern music that you might hear as the soundtrack to a movie by an Iranian filmmaker.

But I stuck with it, and am I glad I did. There's some kind of deep mystery thing happening here that just ended up totally hooking me. Now, I can scarcely go a day without putting this on to get my musical-spiritual fix. Really, this stuff is strangely compelling, even, gulp!, addictive (but in a good way?).

Greatest world jazz album ever?.......2002-11-27

Boy, did this come out of left field for me. Francis Houle, French avant-garde clarinetist in the company of neo-trad tar and setar player, Amir Koushkani, augmented by the jaw-dropping contributions of percussionist Sal Ferreras equals musical transcendence of the first order. The key here, I believe, is each musician's deep grounding in his particular tradition, yet with big enough ears to open out that tradition into brave new musical provinces of felicity.

Koushkani also graces the proceedings with some mesmeric Persian singing, adding a further air of mystery. It's interesting to compare this to, say, Book M by Secret Chiefs 3. Whereas Safa, completely immersed in ancient traditional music, manages to rework its received music into something that transcends its musical heritage, crafting an amalgamation that sounds strikingly new, even unique, Secret Chiefs 3 tries to map faux-Middle Eastern sounds onto its Post-Modern musical esthetic with strikingly problematic results. Which only goes to show that one can't simply EVOKE an authentic world-jazz vibe simply by desiring to do so without having first completely imbibed, drunk at the well of, the masters of the tradition one seeks to make manifest.

Tracks:

Set The Stage Alight
Liar
Take That Bottle
One Night Stand
Mad Mad World
Midnight Satisfaction
Bad Love
Olivia
Remote Control (Demo)
Light Of The World (Demo)
Killer Instinct (Demo)
Things You Do (Demo)

Album Description

A superb collector's item for all NWOBHM fans. 12 tracks with the line up of Jeff Summers, Danny Hayes, Bruce Bisland, & Barry Downs. 10 tracks including 4 demos. Zoom Club. 2003.

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Alight of the Bumble Bee
Rod Hill
Manufacturer: RH
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000NHUARS

Product Description

1 Hill's Flight of the Bumble Bee 2 A Drone's Prayer 3 My Home is my Comb 4 Requiem for a Dead Bee 5 Bee's Wax (Minding my Own) 6 Lullabye for the Brood