| Sibarg Ensemble / Cipher |
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| Album: | Cipher | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Sibarg Ensemble | Added: | May 2018 | |
| Label: | Self Release | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2018-05-14 | Pull Date: | 2018-07-16 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Jul 15 | Jul 8 | Jul 1 | Jun 17 | Jun 10 | Jun 3 | May 27 | May 20 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 04, 2021: | ad hoc variety show (rebroadcast from Jul 17, 2018) Faryad, Deylaman, Four Parts | 4. | Jul 14, 2018: | the acupuncture hour Cipher, Sari Galin, Azal | |
| 2. | Jul 24, 2021: | At the Cafe Bohemian (rebroadcast from Jun 14, 2018) Azal | 5. | Jul 08, 2018: | Gong Songs Sari Galin | |
| 3. | Jul 17, 2018: | ad hoc variety show Faryad, Deylaman, Four Parts | 6. | Jul 07, 2018: | Music Casserole Faryad |
| Album Review |
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| Margy Kahn Reviewed 2018-05-10 | ||
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Music composed for both Iranian and Western audiences originally played by students at the Tehran Conservatory of Music; now based in the U.S, the Sibarg Ensemble combines jazz, classical, and traditional Iranian music; each piece is a real mixture of styles and influences; similar in concept to the Kurdish Hawniyaz but more experimental and spikier with lyrics mostly based on classical Persian poetry rather than folk tunes; very much in the Persian tradition of marrying poetry with music; all tracks are worth playing NO FCC's; Favorite tracks: 2, 6 1-Azal-6:49 – intro sounds like western contemporary classical then rhythm kicks in with piano, drums, bass, strings—piano repeats motif as bass and violin and maybe kamanche noodle around; more than halfway through vocalist comes in with the words from a poem by Omar Khayyam; kamanche comes to the fore; abrupt end *2—Sari Galin –8:57 – Eastern flavor from the beginning with tar; devolves into improv with tar and then violin holding down the melody based on a folk tune sung in Farsi and Armenian; vocals start almost halfway through; instrumental bridge with piano chords modulating under bass fiddle and then singer comes back 3-- Cipher –6:28 – faster paced; Iranian motif leads off; singer has traditional vibrato; interesting mixing of vocal textures with jazz piano and Middle Eastern bowed instruments; words from a poem by Rumi 4-Four Parts—6:59 – bass and percussion lead off here, piano comes in; sounds a bit like a traditional dance then devolves into extended improvisation with double bass and instrument that sounds like a santour (although not listed on the album); vocalist comes in quite late as the other instruments play with him; words from a poem by Fereydoon Moshiri 5—Deylaman –5:01 – starts with bass-- a bit desultory with percussive effects and tar; presumably to create the right atmosphere for the Sa'adi poem which follows **6-- Faryad – 9:21 – much faster rhythm based on a Kurdish melody with words from a poem by Hafez-- slows down a quarter of the way through as piano and other instruments play improvisations; vocalist comes in about halfway through; a bit dreamy | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Azal | 4. | Four Parts | |||
| 2. | Sari Galin | 5. | Deylaman | |||
| 3. | Cipher | 6. | Faryad |