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info (at) salimworld (dot) com For Immediate Release United Ubiquity of Flesh :: His Body Wandering as His Guitar Screams Brisbane, Australia – United Ubiquity of Flesh (2017) is an instrumental prog rock album by Salim Ghazi Saeedi, reconciling sonic and conceptual contrasts of his last decade of life: Energetic hard rock guitar and drums balanced by rhythm-free solo guitar parts – similar to traditional Middle Eastern players. In parallel to composing this album, Salim also migrated to Australia, leaving his eastern home town behind except for sonic memories and stories. Salim migrated by the vehicle of his body, as United Ubiquity of Flesh refers to “the flesh” being borders of confinement, the dwelling home and fountain of ideas. The album’s booklet reads: “In flesh we are born and in flesh we live. The flesh, thine body is the boundary of desire and belief. The flesh is thine boundary of life and law. The flesh is thine country. The rest are all arbitrary.” In United Ubiquity of Flesh, silence – aka musical rest – plays an active part; sometimes by bolding music tones or naked solo guitars on intensively rhythmic bass and drums. In the meantime the album has more references to Salim’s Arashk band years compositions and it is less avant-garde in comparison to his recent albums. Until release of previous album in 2012, Salim lived in Iran where he had released 6 albums. Now his 2017 album shows a man’s body outlining country borders. Conceptually the composer communicates his challenges around territorial limitations and changes he faced in real life. Salim says: “I was discontent and disturbed of the situation I was raised and breathed in. You could find my life story in the albums I started releasing since 2006 and how I idealized my dream world in 3 albums I released through Arashk band and then claustrophobic Iconophobic (2010), revengeful Human Encounter (2011) and reconciliated namoWoman (2012). Now after migration, I can refer to United Ubiquity of Flesh (2017) as more liberated and progressed.” United Ubiquity of Fleshis available in digital and CD format at www.salimworld.com Track Listing 1. Drenched by Desire of You |
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Salim Ghazi Saeedi was born in 1981 in Tehran, Iran. Despite the inactive rock scene in Iran, he decided to challenge his fate by becoming a rock musician.
Salim started self teaching electric guitar and music production from 1999. Meanwhile living outside contemporary rock music currents in Iran made Salim shape his music style in a unique personal way. It has been compared to surprisingly diversified bands from all over the world like Univers Zero, King Crimson, John Zorn and Birdsongs of the Mesozoic. In this regard Salim has found himself composing in genres like art rock, rock in opposition, progressive metal and jazz-fusion – with tinges of oriental music according to critics. Harmonie Magazine compared his guitar playing to King Crimson’s Robert Fripp.
He is the producer, composer and performer of all instruments in his instrumental music. He has coined the term “Pictorial Rock” as a description of his compositions which is also the title of his blog: “Pictorial rock” he says “is a term I use for my music that is usually based on series of mental images, a nightmare or maybe dreams of a sound sleep… As a listener, you have to wait for the pictures to materialize in your mind!”
Salim had little chance to expand his music career in his hometown, he has regularly kept on working. While in Arashk band he released Abrahadabra (2006), Sovereign (2007) and Ustuqus-al-Uss (2008). Afterwards he released Iconophobic (2010), Human Encounter (2011), namoWoman (2012) as a one-man-band in Iran. Then he migrated to Australia and released United Ubiquity of Flesh (2017).
His albums are concept albums hiring elements of classical and electronic music and progressive rock with diversified use of instruments. He describes himself as “an ever improviser… both in performing and in composing.” His main influences include Jeff Beck and Thelonious Monk. Salim says about his style of music: “I never decided to compose in progressive genre. I just have a very versatile taste of music listening… Maybe this is how progressive genre takes place. You let your mind free and it becomes progressive!”
Salim currently lives in Brisbane, Australia.
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