| Paiman Abdali is a synthesist who has created a Persian soundscape on his CD, "Angel of Thoughts". This instrumental album is a powerful sonic story that will take you to distant Persia. Paiman moved to the U.S. in 1983 and started writing music on synthesizers and computers, honing his personal musical vision. Here he paints a picture of a land and culture torn between the ancient and the modern, and shares with his listeners his gift of harmony and rhythm.
Style/Genre: New Age /World /Ambient
Instrumentation: Voices, Electric Guitars, Keyboards, Tombak.
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The other night in a mood of tranquillity and utter exhaustion, I was reflecting back on the days' events with a modicum of satisfaction and inner peace. A jumble of thoughts began marching across my mind in their usual inharmonious fashion. I was too tired to whip them into shape, or to demand an organization or priority. Just like any spectator, I was screening selected episodes of my life in living color with no particular order. Perhaps I had been working too hard to produce an album for an old friend and an admirable musician. I have known him a long time, as his music has evolved through these many years. Music is his dream, refuge, and companion, without equivocation. I presume that if his life were to be divided into its main constituents, music would take the bigger half. He is dedicated, progressive, unique, talented, with a god given gift for harmony and rhythm. In this album he bares his soul, and shares with you listeners, the essence of his dreams as he so aptly has called "The Dream Land."
This is a journey through time, cultures, evolutions, revolutions, fears, and joys that a young man with all his aspirations and inspirations is reciting with no uncertain melody. ... X
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Synthesizers: Sequential Circuits Prophet 5, Sequential Circuits Prophet 610, Emulator II, Oberhim Matrix 1000, Oberhim DSP Sampler, Korg M1, Korg 03/Wr, Korg Wave Station, Ensoniq EPS 16+ Turbo Sampler, Kawai K4r, Roland S550 Sampler, Roland U220, Roland R8M, Roland GR1 Guitar Synthesizer, Yamaha TG33
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"All one together as one forever. "
Continuum: You plant a seed and you watch it grow. Some seeds were planted thousands of years ago and the plant grows through centuries; through wars, through invasions, happiness and sorrow. The superior plants continue without a stop. Continuum!
Pegah: Pegah means the dawn; clear your mind and breathe the morning breeze.
The Smiths (Ahangar): According to ' Shah - Nameh ' ( The King of Books ), by Ferdosi ( the reviver of Parsi Language, 1000 years ago ), Zahaak, a king of bad blood, ruled in darkness for one thousand years. Cursed by the " Ahriman " (the Devil), snakes began to grow out of his shoulders. They harassed the king until they were daily fed the brains of two young Persian men. Gradually two cooks found their way to the king's kitchen and freed one man a day, substituting a sheep's brain for his. When the number of men thus freed reached two hundred, they escaped to the mountains and became the Kurds. There was an Ahangar (swordsmith) named Kaveh, who had lost eleven of his twelve sons to Zahak. He led a revolt against the dark king, to bring in the true king of pure blood, Ferydoon Shah.
The Agony: Zamaan (Time), Zendegi (Life), Bashariaat (Humanity), Sabre (Patience), Taarikh (History), Tabiaat (Nature), Sher (Poetry), Khandeh (Laughter), Erfan (Spirituality), Geryeh (Cry), Honaar (Art), Vafadari (Fidelity), Mousighi (Music), Doshmani (Animosity), Khiyannat (Betrayal), Dosti (Friendship), Khanevadeh (Family), Doshmani (Animosity), Hayvanaat (Animals), Parvaaz (Flying), Mohabbat (Caring), Soghoot (Fall), Mohabbat (Caring ), Piroozi (Victory), Tavalod (Birth), Eshgh (Love), Marg (Death), Tanafour (Hate), Kodam Zaman? (When?), Shekast! (Defeat!), Kodam Zaman? (When?), Shekast? (Defeat?) , Bia baa man be shahre royaahaa va ba khodat ashena show. (Come with me to the land of dreams and get to know yourself.), Amma! (But!), Amma! (But!), Amma! (But!) ....... But the Dream Land is agonized!!
Counting Sheep: Sheep-like minds metamorphose into free thinking humans. " All one together as one forever. "
Eastern Sun: The sun is in the East, but the challenge is yet to be faced.
Just a Dream: All that I am. All that I feel. All that I have seen. All to be faced. Life in the real train. History in the real train. Grace and sorrow, yesterday and tomorrow. Pass by the train.
Overdose: Witness the herd following the wolf. The Overdose Stage.
Thief:
X: "Why don't you sleep? ..... I asked you why don't you sleep?'
Y :"I don't know. .... I cannot sleep."
X: "Can't you sleep?"
Y: "No."
X: "Why?"
Y: "I don't know. I am thinking."
X: "About what?"
Y: "About the sheep."
X: "The sheep?!"
Y: "Yes. ..... You know better than that."
X: "What do you mean by that ?"
Y: "You know what I mean by that. And you know it well "
X: "I don't understand it clearly. Be clear."
Y: "The sheep that you associate with."
X: "I don't understand a thing."
Y: "Huh! You know it .... you know it really well."
X: "Me?!"
Y: "Yes"
X: "I associate with them?!"
Y: "Yes, you associate with them!"
Z: "HEY GUYS, GET BACK TO SLEEP. DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS? "
Y: "Leave us alone. You don't know anything."
Angel of Thoughts: The angel of thoughts is the lonely one in the deepest valleys of the Motherland (Zagross Mountains in the Bakhtiari region). In the swamps of the Motherland (Gilan).
Pooneh: The flower. Grows in the Alborz Range, after rain. |
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