| Niyaz | 
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 37 reviews)
Sales Rank: 9687
Category: Music
Artist: Niyaz
Publisher: Six Degrees
Studio: Six Degrees
Manufacturer: Six Degrees
Label: Six Degrees
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 5 x 0.4
MPN: 361110
UPC: 657036111028
EAN: 0657036111028
ASIN: B0007W7H98
Release Date: April 19, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | Ghazal | | • | Nahan "The Hidden" | | • | Allahi Allah | | • | The Hunt | | • | Dunya | | • | In the Shadow of Life | | • | Golzar | | • | Dilruba | | • | Minara |
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Album Description
Niyaz is an acoustic electronic project that brings together three prominent musical figures to form an exciting new fusion of traditional Persian music and modern electronics.. Vocalist and composer Azam Ali, one of the founding members of the acclaimed group Vas was born in Iran, raised in India and moved to The United State as a teenager. Multi instrumentalist and composer Ramin (Loga) Torkian of Axiom of Choice was also born in Iran and moved to the United states as a teenager. His extensive travels combined with his in-depth understanding of Persian music and Indian culture and spirituality have enabled him to cultivate a sound that is extremely authentic, yet can lend itself to the modern framework within which the music is created. Twice Grammy nominee producer/ remixer Carmen Rizzo is one of the most in demand producer- programmers on the electronic dance scene today. He has worked with artists ranging from Ryuichi Sakamoto, Khaled, Seal, Paul Oakenfold & Cirque Du Soleil bringing his unique approach to beats and electronic textures. These three veteran masters have all experienced success on their own and have found a new common ground in Niyaz where the mystical poetry of Urdu and Persian Sufi poets of the 14th and 15th century forms the lyrical framework for a fresh new musical adventure.
Amazon.com
Azam Ali, who sings with the duo Vas, has one of the most seductive and effortlessly disciplined altos active on the world stage. Now based in Los Angeles, she is a child of three cultures, Indian, Persian (Iranian) and American, so her music encompasses a triple conundrum. She is joined by Loga Ramin Torkian of Axiom of Choice, who has mastered an impressive array of traditional instruments from Europe, Turkey and his native Iran, and Grammy-winning producer/remixer Carmen Rizzo. The project was inspired by Sufi devotional poems written in Farsi (Persian) or Urdu, which is spoken in much of India and Pakistan. Although interpreted through ultra-modern beats and ambient drones, the traditional material reigns supreme, bringing a sense of adventurous continuity to grooves that, in less inspired hands, could well have emerged slap-dash and prosaic. Unlike most tracks intended for nightclubs, these are as compulsively listenable as they are danceable. --Christina Roden
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| Customer Reviews: Read 32 more reviews...
 Niyaz November 26, 2008
I had never heard of this group or any of their music and I happened to see it at one one of the bookstores. Normally I don't even buy music but this was just awesome.
If you belly dance you must buy this August 15, 2008
I love it - MUST have more from Niyaz. It is so beautiful and moving. It really gets me up on my feet and belly dancing.
 fusion: ghormeh sabzi with tabasco? February 18, 2008
0 out of 8 found this review helpful
Not iranian music anymore. Something else has been created with this fusion which doesn't seem to work under the category of persian music anymore.
relaxing music though.
It is like eating persian food with hot mexican saucce. It just doesn't work.
heavenly January 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
i never heard anything like that , this music takes my mind and soul places that it never been.
it is amazing listen for chicha sessions/lounge, and of course it is an essential for love making .
this is a must have for open minded music listeners.
cheers and enjoy .
Bassam
Sensuality incarnate in sound. October 2, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
If it was possible to encapsulate Tantric Sex in audio form, this would be the album. The melodies and the voice physically touch you. A masterpiece of its kind. Azam Ali is Kali reborn.
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