Songs of Horaman, by Mohammad Mostafa Heydarian

Songs of Horaman

by Mohammad Mostafa Heydarian

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OQ Backboned by virtuoso musicianship rather than musicality, the satisfactions rather than thrills it fulfills are merely textural. Favorite track: Tarz suite (Narratice to Seyyed Arash Shahriarti).

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	1.	Improvisation based on Shushtari 13:13
	2.	Bayeh Bayeh suite (narrative to Seyed Arash Shahriari) 04:36
	3.	Tarz suite (Narratice to Seyyed Arash Shahriarti) 12:36
	4.	Sahari suite (Narrative to Darvish Amir Hayati) 07:33
	5.	Improvisation based on Sahari suite and Sama e Sejaran suite 13:29

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Mohammad Mostafa Heydarian's 'Songs of Horaman'. Previously available digitally, as well as a limited run on cassette, this edition of the album is being presented in a 500 copy vinyl pressing.

Mohammad Mostafa Heydarian is a young Kurdish tanbur player from Kermanshah, a city in the mountainous western Iranian region of Horaman. The son of a local instrument builder, he
grew up surrounded by the local traditional music styles, studying with a number of well-known master musicians before recently entering university to study Persian classical music.
Heydarian currently resides in Tehran and has deep affection for the land of his upbringing.

Whenever he is feeling down, he thinks about Horaman and the role his home has played in making him who he is today. For Heydarian, it seemed only appropriate to title his album
accordingly.

Recorded in the city of Karaj with the percussive assistance of family friend and long-time collaborator Behzad Varesteh, Heydarian's debut includes a mixture of traditional tasnifs and maqams - thrilling and gorgeous tanbur pieces centered in the two musicians' talent for
extended improvisation and feeling.

'Songs of Horaman' was initially released on cassette by the European label Radio Khiyaban in November of 2021. It was immediately met with praise and positive energy, and it became clear that Heydarian’s music deserved to reach more ears. Plans to broadly distribute the
album on the vinyl format came together quickly with Centripetal Force (North America), Cardinal Fuzz (UK), and Ramble Records (Australia) joining the project.

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released October 6, 2022

Mohammad Mostafa Heydarian: Tanbur
Behzad Varasteh: Daf (Tracks 1, 2, and 5)

Recorded in Karaj at Aram Studio by Afshin Aram
Mixed in Sète, France by Valentin Portron
Mastered in Corrèze, France by Buck
Photographs courtesy of the Heydarian family
Liner notes and release assistance by Valentin Portron
Artwork by N.R. Safi
Mastered for vinyl by Chris Hardman

Tanbur instruments handcrafted by the great master Darvish Morteza

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