| Hamasyan, Tigran / Mockroot |
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| Album: | Mockroot | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Hamasyan, Tigran | Added: | Jul 2015 | |
| Label: | Nonesuch Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2015-08-07 | Pull Date: | 2015-10-09 | Charts: | Jazz |
| Week Ending: | Oct 4 | Sep 20 | Sep 6 | Aug 30 | Aug 23 | Aug 16 |
| Airplays: | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Mar 07, 2022: | Melange (rebroadcast from Oct 1, 2015) To Negate | 4. | Nov 25, 2017: | The Prism Experiment Song For Melan & Rofik | |
| 2. | Sep 09, 2021: | Rebop (rebroadcast from Oct 2, 2015) To Negate | 5. | Oct 15, 2015: | In Your Ear Radio Kars 1, Song For Melan & Rofik, To Love | |
| 3. | Aug 16, 2021: | Melange (rebroadcast from Oct 1, 2015) To Negate | 6. | Oct 13, 2015: | Clean Copper Radio To Love |
| Album Review |
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| Margy Kahn Reviewed 2015-07-28 | ||
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Interesting work by Armenian-born pianist Tigran Hamasyan using some Armenian melodies and imitating some Middle Eastern instruments and dropping in 21st American musical ideas; no FCC's; *favorite tracks: 6,8,9,10 1. "To Love" (2:06) – vocalization with piano accompaniment with interesting ornamentation 2. "Song for Melan and Rafik" (5:56) – dense piano with vocalization; gathers complexity; sound tapestry where drums come in, polyrhythmic; really hard to describe (!); 42/16 time signature!; horns come in near end 3. "Kars 1" (5:26) – Armenian folk melody with words, track has some random unpleasant scratch sounds that don't sound intentional (maybe they are); turns into banged bass chords 4."Double Faced" (5:30) – lots of drum work, synth, some vocals, more of a musical idea than a song 5. "The Roads That Bring Me Closer" (4:16) – vocalization, maybe meant to be haunting, no Middle Eastern flavor; sounds little like a film soundtrack *6. "Lilac" (4:10) – nice piano motifs to start; waltz in minor key; nice ornamentation; a little reminiscent of Satie (but keeps moving :-)) 7."Entertain Me" (3:19) – starts off loud and insistent; heavy chords with drums *8. "The Apple Orchard in Saghmosavanq" (4:22) – starts off quiet, contemplative with vocalization; adds sounds until it becomes very slowly more intense; and then drops back into quiet *9. "Kars 2 (Wounds of the Centuries)" (1:34) – nice folk motif in minor key; very santur-ish *10. "To Negate" (5:17) – starts mysteriously with Armenian mode on piano and vocalization; repetitive in a good way; nice tapered ending 11. "The Grid" (5:56) – starts neoclassical, fast; cuts off; jagged the way it goes in and out of rhythms 12. "Out of the Grid" (10:25) – starts off with nice treble santur-like figure; then synths cut in, gets heavier and bassier; goes a lot of different places as does this whole album | ||
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