Hamasyan, Tigran / Red Hail
| Album: | Red Hail | Collection: | Jazz | |
| Artist: | Hamasyan, Tigran | Added: | Jun 2009 | |
| Label: | Plus Loin Music | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2009-07-05 | Pull Date: | 2009-09-06 | Charts: | Jazz |
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| Week Ending: | Sep 6 | Aug 30 | Aug 23 | Aug 2 | Jul 26 | Jul 12 |
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| Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 13, 2021: | No Cover, No Minimum (rebroadcast from Mar 2, 2012)
Falling |
4. | Oct 20, 2016: | No Cover, No Minimum
Falling |
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| 2. | Aug 31, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum
Shogher Jan (Dear Shogher) |
5. | May 05, 2015: | In Your Ear Radio
Part 1: Serpentine |
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| 3. | Apr 21, 2017: | No Cover, No Minimum
Falling |
6. | May 23, 2014: | No Cover, No Minimum
Falling |
Album Review
Fo
Reviewed 2009-07-02
Reviewed 2009-07-02
TIGRAN HAMASYAN & ARATTA REBIRTH: Red Hail
Plus Loin, 2009
MODERN JAZZ/FUSION – Dynamic, hard-hitting 3rd CD by this young Armenian piano phenom, with a band that draws heavily on the folk music of his homeland (with lovely vocals by Areni Agbabian) but comes on strong with solid jolts of rock energy. Hamasyan has a spiky, pointillist piano style like soft raindrops… or a thrashing hailstorm.
* * * * | Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 8
1. 9:04 – speedy piano squalls alternate with lilting vocal, soprano sax break
2. 3:11 – insistent rock riffing over high droning voice/keys; very repetitive
3. 3:17 – uptempo undulation, exotic melody, then hard guitar riff takes over
4. 5:49 – gentle and pretty, wordless vocal: sinuous melody, firm interludes
5. 4:51 – infectious: fast, jittery rhythm jostles against a floating melodic line
6. 8:24 – midtempo: lyrical but steely, a mélange of sounds but deadly serious
7. 1:53 – brief lyrical intro, then metallish guitar and smashing rhythm
8. 9:20 – mechanized “futuristic” fusion feel: rises slowly, then roams broadly
9. 5:43 – cont’d from #8: dreamlike, soft & atmospheric, then full of anxiety
10. 5:42 – melancholy folk ballad, just voice and piano
11. 6:09 – jazz/rock fusion, alternately blaring and calm, guitar solo dominates
12. 2:43 – traditional folk song, a cappella, quite nice, just a touch of sadness
[ Fo ] 07/02/09
Plus Loin, 2009
MODERN JAZZ/FUSION – Dynamic, hard-hitting 3rd CD by this young Armenian piano phenom, with a band that draws heavily on the folk music of his homeland (with lovely vocals by Areni Agbabian) but comes on strong with solid jolts of rock energy. Hamasyan has a spiky, pointillist piano style like soft raindrops… or a thrashing hailstorm.
* * * * | Fo’s Picks: 1, 3, 4, 5, 8
1. 9:04 – speedy piano squalls alternate with lilting vocal, soprano sax break
2. 3:11 – insistent rock riffing over high droning voice/keys; very repetitive
3. 3:17 – uptempo undulation, exotic melody, then hard guitar riff takes over
4. 5:49 – gentle and pretty, wordless vocal: sinuous melody, firm interludes
5. 4:51 – infectious: fast, jittery rhythm jostles against a floating melodic line
6. 8:24 – midtempo: lyrical but steely, a mélange of sounds but deadly serious
7. 1:53 – brief lyrical intro, then metallish guitar and smashing rhythm
8. 9:20 – mechanized “futuristic” fusion feel: rises slowly, then roams broadly
9. 5:43 – cont’d from #8: dreamlike, soft & atmospheric, then full of anxiety
10. 5:42 – melancholy folk ballad, just voice and piano
11. 6:09 – jazz/rock fusion, alternately blaring and calm, guitar solo dominates
12. 2:43 – traditional folk song, a cappella, quite nice, just a touch of sadness
[ Fo ] 07/02/09
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