Samavayo

Band

Samavayo recorded and self released their debut EP in 2003 on their label Setalight Records. Soon after they signed with Nasoni Records and released their debut Album "Death.March.Melodies!" in 2005. Between 2003 and 2012 Samavayo played more than 500 concerts in Europa, which made the band a high quality live band. They played a lot festivals such as Rock Am Ring or Hurricane or Taubertal Festival and a lot small pubs and clubs. Samavayo was supporting many international acts such as Biffy Clyro, Nebula, Mustasch, Brant Bjork or The Kooks. 2010 the released their second full length Album called "One Million Things" that also was released in Benelux and Iran. This record contains songs as Rollin, Wait or Go or Teheran Girl. With the Song "Teheran Girl" the band showed their engagement with the Green Revolution in Iran. An Interview with singer Behrang Alavi, who was born in Teheran, was broadcast on BBC Persia in the evening of June 12, 2009 after the election was announced and the revolution started. The Video of "Teheran Girl" was released shortly after and shows the violence in the streets of Teheran in these days. Samavayo was nominated with "Teheran Girl" for the "Freedom to Create Award 2009". In 2010 Behrang Alavi was also interviewd in Iranian Dokumentary "Rock on Fans"(director: Shahyar Kabiri). 2011 the 3rd album "Cosmic Knockout" was released on Setalight Records. The Album was recorded in their own studio with their live sound engineer Jens Güttes. The Idea was to show the band's live energy on a record. "Cosmic Knockout" was released in Iran in January 2012 on Zurvan Records. In 2012 Samavayo released their 4th album named "Soul Invictus", which also contains the first song with Persian lyrics, called "Roozhaye Roshan" (engl. Days of Light), on Setalight.

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