Sunday, April 8, 2007

Sounds of 300


I always been fascinated by the middle east music, sometimes you can find very unusual things that can brake the whole stereotype of how the public trends to represent that style. A good example of this is the singer Azam Ali. This Persian woman with 2 albums and a collaboration with "Vas" a multi award duo that Azam co-founded, is hitting the US market reaching different audiences. Her music is a mixture of sounds, of course the traditional strings and some percussion, adding groundbreaking process of the instruments, things that has to be hear in specific environments, i say this because when you put your headphones and play songs like Endless Reverie, Spring Arrives and In Other Worlds, you drown yourself into the world of Azam singing with so emotion, speaking to you, seducing you, the electronic sounds that surround her making string going backwards, or been stopped and going from left to right is a real trip.

Azam web site: http://www.azamalimusic.com

To be honest i feel incomplete when the c.d. ends, but there is more to hear. Tyler Bates composer of the soundtrack 300 and longtime friend of Azam hire her to become the powerful voice of this feature film, the score has incredible passages, to be quite honest sometime the score is more interesting than the story of this film, Azam bring to life some kind of subconciess to all the most obscure, dreamy and dramatic scenes, her voice take you to some particular places, is part of the movement of the shots and reaction of certain characters.

Both Cd's worth the try, Elysium for the Brave Azam her 2nd c.d. and 300 Original Score.

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