Length 47:54 Simorgh
(2012) Beyond Any Form
(2014) Release date 31 March 2014 | Producer Sadroddin Hosseinkhani Artist Homayoun Shajarian | |
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Released March 11, 2014 (2014-03-11) (Iran)
March 31, 2014 (2014-03-31) (Worldwide) Recorded 2011–2014
Fantasy Studios (Berkeley)
Rusl Studio (Los Angeles)
MDM Studio (Istanbul)
Shamss Studio (Tehran)
Studio Bell (Tehran) Label Mystic World Music (Worldwide), Irangam (Iran) Genres Persian traditional music, World music Similar Homayoun Shajarian albums, Persian traditional music albums, Other albums | ||
Beyond any form top 5 facts
Beyond Any Form (Persian: نه فرشتهام نه شیطان; lit. I am neither Angel nor Devil) is a collaborative studio album by Persian traditional musicians Homayoun Shajarian and Tahmoures Pournazeri, as vocalist and composer respectively.
Contents
The album was unveiled on March 11, 2014, in a ceremony held in Vahdat Hall.
Beyond Any Form includes eight songs in Persian language based on lyrics from renowned Persian classical poet Mowlana Jalaleddin Rumi and contemporary poets Shafiei Kadkani, Simin Behbahani and Hossein Monzavi.
Composer Tahmoures Pournazeri describes the album as an "Iranian contemporary music" album, lacking Radif and inspired by classical, Tanbur, Flamenco and Kurdish music.
The 5th track, is based on a melody from Paco de Lucía and the 7th track is played improvisationally.
The album also features American composer David K. Garner, Indian Sitar virtuoso Shujaat Khan, Venezuelan flautist Pedro Eustache and American blues guitarist Jimmy Johnson.
Beyond Any Form was among the best-selling albums in Iran.
A Music video of Why Did You Leave Me? was directed by Baran Kosari for the unveiling ceremony, featuring a number of Iranian actors, including Sahar Dolatshahi, Navid Mohammadzadeh and Mehrdad Sedighian among others.
Personnel
Credits are adapted from Beyond Any Form liner notes.
Songs
1Why Did You Leave Me?5:18
2Inside the Mirror [درون آینه]6:02
3Heart to Heart5:34