| Niyaz / Nine Heavens |
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| Album: | Nine Heavens | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Niyaz | Added: | Jul 2008 | |
| Label: | Six Degrees Records | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2008-08-17 | Pull Date: | 2008-10-19 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Oct 19 | Oct 12 | Oct 5 | Sep 21 | Sep 14 | Sep 7 | Aug 31 | Aug 24 |
| Airplays: | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Feb 23, 2013: | Music Casserole Ishq - Love And The Veil (Acoustic) | 4. | Jan 04, 2011: | Fo at the Café Bohemian Allah Mazare (Acoustic) | |
| 2. | Feb 09, 2013: | New World Disorder Beni Beni | 5. | May 29, 2010: | New World Disorder Beni Beni | |
| 3. | Sep 10, 2011: | New World Disorder Beni Beni | 6. | Apr 24, 2010: | New World Disorder Beni Beni |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2008-08-17 | ||
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Niyaz – Nine Heavens Reviewed by Sadie O., 8/15/08 Stunningly gorgeous Middle Eastern (mostly Iranian) music combining traditional instrumentation and a bit of electronics with traditional poetry. Azam Ali has an amazing voice, and the playing and interpretation is flawless. CD 1 is the main CD, and CD 2 has the acoustic versions. Ordinarily I’m not a big fan of acoustic versions, but these really showcase the fine playing and singing, and are simply excellent. Nothing in English – FCCs extremely unlikely. Everything is fantastic. CD 1: 1. ****forceful and simple midtempo beat, lovely stringed things and female vocals. Sufi poetry, Turkish tune. 2. **ethereal electronics, trance-y drone, pretty, warbly vocals. Urdu love song. 3. **drones and echoes, sad traditional Iranian song. Gets drums and energy after a minute and a half – lovely strings. 4. ***flutes and drones intro, tabla and lush instrumentation and singing. Urdu poem of unrequited love, much in common with Indian secular music. 5. ***drone fade-in, slow and swingy groove, traditional Iranian song about springtime. Lovely stuff. 6. *flutes and drones, no beat, very slow and ethereal, Urdu religio-philosophical poetry. 7. ***midtempo lilting groove and strings, Persian poem of celebration. 8. ***swingy instrumental hand drums and strings – should we eat dates or dance? 9. ***fade-in to midtempo 4/4 beat with strings and drones, Persian love poetry. CD 2: 1. ***forceful hand drums, strings – the vocals get to shine. (traditional Iranian song about springtime) 2. **vocals and simple hand drums intro, much more austere than studio version. (Sufi poetry, Turkish tune.) 3. ***rather martial hand drums, fast strings – very different mood from studio version. (Persian love poetry.) 4. **plucked strings and relaxed drums – mellow and gorgeous. Great drums near end. (Urdu love song.) 5. *ethereal intro – very sad sounding. Drums and strings after 1.5 minutes. (traditional Iranian song.) 6. **swingy drums, solo strings taking turns. Groovy instrumental. 7. **tabla and sitar (?), flutes – Indian sound, very pretty. (Urdu poem of unrequited love) 8. ***strong drums, pretty strings. (Persian poem of celebration.) | ||
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