Niyaz / Fourth Light
Album: Fourth Light   Collection:World
Artist:Niyaz   Added:Apr 2015
Label:Six Degrees Records  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2015-10-05 Pull Date: 2015-12-07 Charts: Reggae/World
Week Ending: Dec 13 Dec 6 Nov 29 Nov 22 Nov 15 Nov 1 Oct 25 Oct 18
Airplays: 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1

Recent Airplay
1. Sep 04, 2021: Music Casserole (rebroadcast from Oct 24, 2015)
Marg E Man
4. Dec 12, 2015: BravoMarco Variety Show
Kunda Bowad Yaret
2. Aug 21, 2021: Music Casserole (rebroadcast from Oct 10, 2015)
Eyvallah Shamim
5. Dec 06, 2015: Breakaway Bluff
Yek Nazar
3. Dec 16, 2015: Home on the Range
Sabza Ba Naz
6. Dec 05, 2015: BravoMarco Variety Show
Eyvallah Shamim

Album Review
Margy Kahn
Reviewed 2015-04-25
Niyaz: The Fourth Light – promoted as being inspired by Rabbia Al Basri, 8th century Sufi mystic and poet; classic Iranian female vocals sung over heavy electronic beat; no songs stand out; if you like Iranian music crossed with electro-drumbeats and reverb, this may be for you; FCC clean

1-Sabza ba naz (5:07) Afghan love song with western sounding electronic beat; lots of overdubbing, reverb

2-- Tam-e Eshq (5:28) vocal with santour; heavy electronic beat

3-- Eyvallah Shahim (5:50) Turkish Alevi song with nice instrumental solo midway where we get a break from that ubiquitous electronic beat

4—Yek Nazar (3:44) Faster beat; based on a Khorasani folk song

5 –Man Haramam (5:10) santour plus same vocalist; modern composed song

6—Aurat (4:16) based on Urdu poem; very repetitive

7—Khuda Bowad Yaret (5:14) Afghan song; very clearly sung and recorded lyrics over heavy beat

8—Shir Ali Mardan (5:57) electronic overkill almost obscures Bakhtiari origins of song

9—Marg-e Man (5:31) modern composed song

Track Listing
1. Sabza Ba Naz   5. Man Haramam
2. Tam E Eshq   6. Aurat
3. Eyvallah Shamim   7. Kunda Bowad Yaret
4. Yek Nazar   8. Shir Ali Mardan
  9. Marg E Man