a r t i s t : VA
t i t l e : Persian Electronic Music: Yesterday and Today 1966-2006
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Sub Rosa (SR277)
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : 11/2007
t r a c k s : 21
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 180,3 MB
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From Alireza Mashayekhi to Ata Ebtekar/Sote, the quantum leap
of the very unknown electronic music composed in Iran from the
Sixties till today. Two Iranian music masters who work
(mainly) on ancestral structures to create something radically
new, who travel around the world to finally live and work in
their country - two vivid creators through the hazards of
History.
Alireza Mashayekhi : a short biography
Alireza Mashayekhi was born in 1940 in Tehran, Iran. He is one
of the pioneers of modern music in Iran. Mashayekhi's works
have been performed in Iran and abroad for more than 35 years.
Mashayekhi believes that contemporary composers should create
music in wide range of styles. His own compositions have
tended towards three major direction: pieces that are directly
inspired by Iranian music (e.g. Symphony No. 5, Persian Suite
and Shahrzad) and compositions that are not directly related
to Iranian music (e.g. Symphony No. 6, Concerto for Violin and
Orchestra,Sonata for Piano) and multicultural compositions
(e.g. Symphony No. 8 and the electronic composition East-
West). At the time of Stalin in the USSR, many pieces were
composed with predetermined identities in honor of Marxism and
Leninism by the request of the governmental authorities or by
the artist's own whishes. Among these pieces those with
artistic rightfulness remained and they were honored in both
East and West, but the political weight of the other ones did
not succeed to help them survive. Alireza Mashayekhi
Alireza Mashayekhi is regarded as a pioneer Iranian avant-
garde composer whose ideas and works, which have been
performed in Iran and abroad for more than 35 years, have
greatly influenced the contemporary music in Iran..
Hooman Asadi of the University of Tehran, Iran
Ata Ebtekar aka Sote : a short biography
Ata Ebtekar aka Sote is an electronic composer, sound artist
and recording engineer who was born on September 2nd, 1972.
His goal is to create unique and timeless pieces of music that
are not available anywhere except in his mind. Sote is
interested in keeping the tuning of Persian classical scales
(Radif) and melodies from old Persian folk songs within a new
electronic framework. Since he has a firm conviction that
rules and formulas have to be deconstructed and rethought, he
alters some of these modal systems from their original
tonality and rhythm (tradition). He has released several cds
and vinyls on Dielectric/RLR, Spundae and especially on Warp.
We're glad Sote's finally graced us with a full cd, this needs
the time to work its magic, to envelop the listener...
Recommended. (Reviewed by Aquarius Records)
Sote is for sure the most puzzling artist I've ever come
across. His single on Warp had been a shock. (Igloo magazine)
http://www.subrosa.net/index_fr.htm
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Disc 1
01-Alireza Mashayekhi - Shur, Op.15 (1966) [06:28]
02-Alireza Mashayekhi - Mithra, Op.90 (1982) [10:24]
03-Alireza Mashayekhi - Development 2, Op.24 (1970) [04:56]
04-Alireza Mashayekhi - East-West, Op.45 (1973) [19:05]
05-Alireza Mashayekhi - Chahargah 1, Op.75 (1979) [09:54]
06-Alireza Mashayekhi - Panoptikum 70, Op.27 (1970) [10:47]
07-Alireza Mashayekhi - Stratosphaere 1, Op.46 (1973) [10:42]
08-Alireza Mashayekhi - Yaad, Op.66 (1970) [07:39]
Disc 2
01-Ata Ebtekar (Sote) - Miniature Tone [05:51]
02-Ata Ebtekar (Sote) - Nashid [05:37]
03-Ata Ebtekar (Sote) - Saint Homayun [02:47]
04-Ata Ebtekar (Sote) - Synthetic Overture [02:29]
(Satan's Lullaby)
05-Ata Ebtekar (Sote) - Micro Tuning [07:11]
06-Ata Ebtekar (Sote) - Breadth Digit (Glass Lung) [01:56]
07-Ata Ebtekar (Sote) - Robot Radif [03:13]
08-Ata Ebtekar (Sote) - Tahrir [08:43]
(Love-Birds Drowned In Sorrow)
09-Ata Ebtekar (Sote) - Picture Of A Whisper [02:19]
10-Ata Ebtekar (Sote) - Cry [02:50]
11-Ata Ebtekar (Sote) - Lovaz [03:24]
12-Ata Ebtekar (Sote) - Niaaz [01:40]
13-Ata Ebtekar (Sote) - Plainsong [01:40]
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