Azam Ali - Elysium For The Brave

http://www.azamalimusic.com

http://www.myspace.com/azamali





Origine du Groupe : Iran , Canada

Style : Alternative Fusion World Music , Electro , Experimental

Sortie : 2006





By Christina Roden from http://www.amazon.com

For this, her second solo album, Azam Ali, lead vocalist of Vas and Niyaz, takes her patented polycultural blend of ancient and contemporary influences even farther beyond the stratosphere. That
she is now a veteran of numerous film scores, including Children of Dune, Earthsea, and Matrix Revolutions, perhaps explains her present more cinematic direction. Born in Iran, reared in India
and the US, and gifted with a voice of improbable tonal breadth, flexibility, and beauty, she is backed by collaborators like Trey Gunn (King Crimson), Chris Venna (Nine Inch Nails), Turkish
DJ/composer Mercan Dede, the Japanese ensemble Kodo, and Grateful Dead drummer/world percussion enthusiast Mickey Hart. One of the more interesting conundrums inherent in Ali's work is that no
matter how much electronic technology she employs, her immersion in her heritage unfailingly comes across loud and clear. Whether she is singing in English, which predominates on these sessions,
Farsi, or another language, a prayerful sensuality informs every note. It's as though a sexy Tanagra temple figurine or silk-clad court lady from an antique parchment were to suddenly turn her
lovely head and step daintily into the modern world, unfurling precisely the kind of voice one expected but never could have imagined.





Product Description :



"Elysium For The Brave", Azam's second solo album, signals a new turn in her musical evolution. The album, her most ambitious work to date, brings together musicians from varied musical
backgrounds performing in diverse permutations. The result is a highly coherent body of work that seamlessly weaves together all of Azam's cultural and musical influences into a haunting tapestry
of atmospheric rock, electronic, and global sounds. Singing predominantly in English for the first time, the songs are based on lyrics written by Azam herself and reveal a poetic lyricism heard
only in glimpses in her previous work.





Tracklist :   

1 Endless Reverie 5:47

2 Spring Arrives 5:17

3 In Other Worlds 6:07

4 Abode 5:59

5 Forty One Ways 6:09

6 The Tryst 6:04

7 From Heaven to Dust 4:19

8 I Am a Stranger in This World 7:24

9 In This Divide 5:18