Lahlezar, by Javid Asfari Rad

Lahlezar

by Javid Asfari Rad

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1.	Bahar 09:45	buy track
2.	Lahlezar 06:46	buy track
3.	Choopi 07:09	buy track
4.	Lama Bada Yatathana 04:46	buy track
5.	Kurdi 04:11	buy track
6.	Baran 10:32	buy track
7.	Baroque Fantasi 06:14	buy track
8.	Ahoo based on an sephardic song 05:12	buy track
9.	Banafsheh 02:31	buy track
10.	Chaharpareeh 04:27	buy track

about

Lalehzar is Javid Asfari Rad second album, released August 2017. While the album still contains tunes with vocals and lyrics, compared to In the Footsteps of Rumi the main focus of Lalehzar lies with instrumental music. The album features a unique blend of Persian, Indian and Arabic music and the Baroque tradition, which endows the movements with different characters and rhythms.

The tunes Choopi, Baran and Baroque Fantasi are good examples of Javid’s fascination with baroque music and his current pursuit to make music reminiscent of eighteenth-century baroque dance music. Yet, the album contains many more surprising treasures. The tune Kurdi for instance, inspired by the rhythms of Kurdistan, further attests to the band’s ability to bring a wide range of music traditions to life.

The title track Lahlezar, meaning ‘The Garden of Tulips’ is named after a street in Tehran known for its nightlife, where theatres, cinemas, restaurants, bars and cabarets flourished from the 1930s until the Iranian revolution of 1979. The song reflects the form of Arabic-inspired music which was played in this street during the 1970s and echoes a nostalgia for happier and more optimistic times in Iran. The track Lambda Yatatana is based on an old Lebanese tune, one of those melodies one never forgets, combined with the lyrics from the great Persian poet Hafez. Javid’s compositions reflect a deep knowledge of Persian and other music traditions. Nevertheless, with their surprising musical flexibility and on-stage improvisations, Javid Afsari Rad Ensemble continuously creates new vocabularies, inflections and accents.

credits

released July 27, 2017

Javid Afsari Rad: Santur and vocal
Harpreet Bansal: Violin
Minna Eline Fors: Violin
Bendik Foss: Viola
Tove Margrethe Erikstad: Cello
Reza Samani: Tombak, Daf
Habib Meftah: Percussion