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Salim Ghazi Saeedi born in 1981 in Iran, Tehran. He began
playing guitar in 1999. He has composed three albums "Abrahadabra" (2006),
"Sovereign" (2007) and "Ustuqus-al-Uss" (2008) in the band "ARASHK". His fourth
album, "Iconophobic" released in 2010 under his own title in which he played the
roles of composer, guitarist, keyboard player, drums arranger, mixing engineer
and producer. Some critiques have compared his sound to Univers Zero, Art Zoyd,
John Zorn, Patrick O'Hearn, Mike Oldfield, Sufjan Stevens and The Enid. Harmonie
Magazine #70 compares his guitar playing with Robert Fripp's. His albums are
concept albums in progressive rock genre with diversified use of instruments
ranging from classical instruments to rock instrumentation and electronic
sounds. He describes himself as "an ever improviser... either in performing or
composing."
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Music Street Journal Interview with Salim Ghazi Saeedi, Dec 2010
Stave
Magazine's Interview with Salim Ghazi Saeedi, August 2010
Progarchives.com
interview with Arashk, May 2010
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"The music has from time to time
the same darkness as we know from Univers Zero."
"I think we have an original talent here."
-Iconophobic Review, Vital Weekly, #767, Dolf Mulder, Jan 2011
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"far removed from the
avant-garde parts of any musical universe"
"rich variety of textures with different stylistic expressions and cultural
backgrounds"
-Iconophobic Review, Progressor.net, Olav Martin Bj?nsen, Feb 2011
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"Highly recommended,
particularly to an open-minded art rock audience."
-Iconophobic Review, Progarchives.com, Windhawk, Apr 2011
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"He lets the soundscape travel
where it will to go with delightful originality as the scenes in his iconophobic
movie progress."
-Iconophobic Review, Roman Midnight Music, Aaron Joy, Mar 2011
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"A real unique progressive
instrumental album."
-Iconophobic Review, Harmonic Lizard, Todders (Adrian Jones), Nov 2010
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"In many ways it would
be more natural to hear this kind of music coming from a French performer than
an Iranian one."
-Iconophobic Review, Music Street Journal, Issue 85, Gary Hill, Dec 2010
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"You need to tread carefully if
you are entering the Iconophobic world of Salim Ghazi Saeedi. You have been
warned."
-Iconophobic Review, DPRP, 2010, Volume 67, John O?Boyle, Dec 2010
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"Without information freely
given, the visceral heart of the creator will serendipitously change you."
-Iconophobic Review, Stave Magazine, Christy Claxton, Aug 2010
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