{"title":"Saba Alizadeh","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"scattered-memories","title":"Scattered Memories","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn his debut album \"Scattered Memories\", the composer, musician and true master on the Iranian spike fiddle kamancheh SABA ALIZADEH blends his instrumental virtuosity with spherical electronics, samples of Persian music instruments and field recordings from his hometown Tehran. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Tehran in 1983 as son of the world renowned Tar and Setar virtuoso HOSSEIN ALIZADEH, SABA ALIZADEH studied the Iranian spike fiddle with SAEED FARAJPOURY and KEYHAN KALHOR plus photography and later experimental sound art with MARK TRAYLEat the California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles. His musical activities that lead him all around the globe for performances (a.o. at Carnegie Hall) branch into 2 different areas: on the one side ALIZADEH is a highly reputated virtuoso on his traditional instrument, on the other he likes to approach music from a more experimental \/ technological aspect in his electronic \/ electro-acoustic pieces. This not being enough, he founded Noise Works in 2014, a platform and label for organizing experimental concerts and for the transfer of knowledge of music technologies among young Iranian musicians which makes him a central figure at the forefront of the current, very vivid Persian music scene that gained a lot of attention through artists like SIAVASH AMINI, PORYA HATAMI and of course SOTE who included a track by ALIZADEH on the compilation \"Girih: Iranian Sound Artists\" that he had curated.In 2018, ALIZADEH self-released his debut \"Scattered Memories\" on CD in Iran which now, in a reworked version, sees its deserved world-wide release as LP and DL. Over the course of 10 tracks ALIZADEH melts his 2 musical worlds into 1: tradition meets modernism, eastern sounds meet western production, folklore meets contemporary electronics. An album that will appeal to an open-minded \"world music\" audience as well as fans of current streams like ambient or drone in its most subtle forms.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karlrecords","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50903141417291,"sku":"1056656","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/5cfbe03c-a1b2-4aec-83aa-3149d3c119ee_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1732800382"},{"product_id":"temple-of-hope-2","title":"Temple Of Hope","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow can a sense of beauty be found amidst fear and cruelty? How can all the unspeakable be made audible, but also anger, hope, and an unyielding will to live? With his third album Temple Of Hope, Iranian composer Saba Alizadeh has created a moving homage to the people of his homeland. He transforms the events during the \"Woman Life Freedom\" movement, as well as the struggles of the population in previous years, into poignant electro-acoustic music. Intensified by the vocals and lyrics of Andreas Spechtl, Sanam Maroufkhani, and Leila Rahimi. In his compositions, Saba Alizadeh combines the traditional string instrument Kamancheh with strings, modular synthesizers, and a no-input mixer. This results in a tense sound that explores the speechlessness and torn emotions between suffering, rebellion, and hope. Historical radio sequences ground his pieces in the culture and history of the country. The strong alienation and deconstruction of these acoustic elements, in turn, point to the incomprehensible - to existential upheavals and dissolution processes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"30M","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50932241662283,"sku":"2235284","price":33.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_bd92dff0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1733337673"},{"product_id":"rituals-of-the-last-dawn","title":"Rituals of the Last Dawn","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew album by Saba Alizadeh, a groundbreaking voice in contemporary Iranian music who blends classical Persian traditions with avantgarde experimentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in Tehran in 1983 as son of the world renowned tar and setar virtuoso Hossein Alizadeh, Saba Alizadeh established himself not only as a true master on the Iranian spike fiddle kamancheh but one of the groundbreaking voices in contemporary Iranian music, blending classical Persian traditions with avantgarde experimentation. His music, praised by THE WIRE as \"a bridge between the ancient and the contemporary\", turns sound and image into powerful narratives of memory and resistance. Over the past years, he(who relocated to the Netherlands a few years ago) has appeared at key festivals and venues such as Reeperbahn Festival, CTM, Flow Festival, Philharmonie Berlin, Kölner Philharmonie, solidifying his reputation as a singular live performer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis new album fascinates again with a unique artistic voice, weaving together centuries-old sonic heritage and the urgency of the present through deeply immersive, meditative landscapes in two epic pieces. \"Rituals Of The Last Dawn\" may feel like a sad or resigned title (compared to the positively fierce \"Temple Of Hope\"), but at the same time the highly meditative music provides a good lot of contemplative strength. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karlrecords","offers":[{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":56326837469515,"sku":"R1568-9958","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/cover.ki-1_72ad04c8-26c3-44fc-b131-9ab0811f8f2b.jpg?v=1768741067"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/saba-alizadeh.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}