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For those who have grown up with Western pop music and who don't speak Arabic (or Persian or Turkish), the temptation when listening to a Niyaz album is simply to sit back and let the sinuous grooves and "exotic" melodies wash over you in a state of blissful Orientalist incomprehension. But that's always been a good way to miss a significant part of what this band is doing. While the lyrical themes of their first two albums have focused mainly on issues related to Iranians in exile around the world, their third, titled Sumud (Steadfastness) deals with broader issues of cultural diaspora and ethnic minority status. The program draws on Kurdish, Turkish, Afghani, and Palestinian material as well as folk songs from Iran; some of the songs are traditional folk music, while others are settings of secular and mystical poems from the 11th to the 17th centuries. For the most part, the songs are not directly political; instead, they tend to address predictable themes of love and longing, cultural tolerance, suffering as a shared experience, and endurance. But for those with ears to hear, there are subtle messages about the ultimate ineffectuality of borders, the implications of universal experience, and cultural resistance. If you are uninterested in such messages, there is still the option of sitting back and letting Ali's gorgeous voice and the band's tough, dark, powerful grooves carry you away.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
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Azam Ali, Songwriter, ComposerLyricist - Loga Ramin Torkian, Songwriter, ComposerLyricist - Niyaz, MainArtist
2022 Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc 2022 Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc
Azam Ali, Songwriter, ComposerLyricist - Loga Ramin Torkian, Songwriter, ComposerLyricist - Niyaz, MainArtist
2022 Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc 2022 Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc
Azam Ali, Songwriter, ComposerLyricist - Loga Ramin Torkian, Songwriter, ComposerLyricist - Niyaz, MainArtist
2022 Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc 2022 Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc
Azam Ali, Songwriter, ComposerLyricist - Loga Ramin Torkian, Songwriter, ComposerLyricist - Niyaz, MainArtist
2022 Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc 2022 Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc
Azam Ali, Songwriter, ComposerLyricist - Loga Ramin Torkian, Songwriter, ComposerLyricist - Niyaz, MainArtist
2022 Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc 2022 Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc
Azam Ali, Songwriter, ComposerLyricist - Loga Ramin Torkian, Songwriter, ComposerLyricist - Niyaz, MainArtist
2022 Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc 2022 Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc
Azam Ali, Songwriter, ComposerLyricist - Loga Ramin Torkian, Songwriter, ComposerLyricist - Niyaz, MainArtist
2022 Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc 2022 Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc
Azam Ali, Songwriter, ComposerLyricist - Naser Musa, Songwriter, ComposerLyricist - Loga Ramin Torkian, Songwriter, ComposerLyricist - Niyaz, MainArtist
2022 Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc 2022 Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc
Azam Ali, Songwriter, ComposerLyricist - Loga Ramin Torkian, Songwriter, ComposerLyricist - Niyaz, MainArtist
2022 Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc 2022 Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc
Azam Ali, Songwriter, ComposerLyricist - Loga Ramin Torkian, Songwriter, ComposerLyricist - Niyaz, MainArtist
2022 Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc 2022 Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc
Album review
For those who have grown up with Western pop music and who don't speak Arabic (or Persian or Turkish), the temptation when listening to a Niyaz album is simply to sit back and let the sinuous grooves and "exotic" melodies wash over you in a state of blissful Orientalist incomprehension. But that's always been a good way to miss a significant part of what this band is doing. While the lyrical themes of their first two albums have focused mainly on issues related to Iranians in exile around the world, their third, titled Sumud (Steadfastness) deals with broader issues of cultural diaspora and ethnic minority status. The program draws on Kurdish, Turkish, Afghani, and Palestinian material as well as folk songs from Iran; some of the songs are traditional folk music, while others are settings of secular and mystical poems from the 11th to the 17th centuries. For the most part, the songs are not directly political; instead, they tend to address predictable themes of love and longing, cultural tolerance, suffering as a shared experience, and endurance. But for those with ears to hear, there are subtle messages about the ultimate ineffectuality of borders, the implications of universal experience, and cultural resistance. If you are uninterested in such messages, there is still the option of sitting back and letting Ali's gorgeous voice and the band's tough, dark, powerful grooves carry you away.
© Rick Anderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:12
- Main artists: Niyaz
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc
- Genre: World
2022 Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc 2022 Terrestrial Lane Productions Inc
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