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2011
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The Jester Reviving... Music Moves in Mysterious Ways
Sovereign Album (2007) Did you know that Sovereign album has an unofficial full title as "Sovereign, as sung by a jester" mentioned in its CD booklet? Now Gerald Van Waes at "Psyche Music" has added an interesting new angle to this concept: It is…
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Human Encounter: An uncensored story of an Iranian musician's encounter with you!
Iran, Tehran - Iranian art rock musician Salim Ghazi Saeedi released his 5th album, Human Encounter. This is a concept album with a story backing up by artist's real life experiences. Most of the songs are dedicated to events of his life or to…
Read article →In Between Doing and Undoing
There is an urge for doing and there is an urge for undoing. I feel like composing music when these two meet.
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Come As You Are!
English: Welcome to my daydream: "Avant-garde ancient art-rock from Iran"Russian: Добро пожаловать в мой сон наяву: "Авангардный исторический арт-рок из Ирана"German: Willkommen zu meinem Tagtraum: "Avant-garde historischer Art-Rock aus dem…
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Iranian Progressive Rock in your language!
"Progressive rock knows no border! Salim Ghazi Saeedi, an Iranian progressive rock composer launched his multilingual website!" My music has always been instrumental, knowing no language barrier in nature. But still my mind does not stop from…
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Iconophobic: Music Beyond the Visible
The world does not always arrive as a coherent picture. Sometimes it comes in fragments: a face, a gesture, an image that refuses to settle into meaning. I find myself lingering over these impressions, listening for something that the eye cannot…
Read article →Multicultural Sonic Unconsciousness
After releasing Iconophobic album, something extraordinary happened. Critics started comparing my sound to composers and bands I have never listened to. Here are four examples: "In many ways it would be more natural to hear this kind of music…
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Music is Bloody! A True Story
A "progressive" musician knows no border; but it seems that Salim Ghazi Saeedi's ancestors enjoy hunting him down in his veins! Iran, Tehran - Salim grew up in Iran; a country too proud of its ancient art. Nevertheless Salim from his early…
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Oud and Electric Guitar: Ancient Lore vs. Modern Technology
"an instrumental jewel that would have corpses dancing in the graveyard." - Keith "MuzikMan" Hannaleck, MuzikReviews.com, Jan 2011 [more] Iran, Tehran, 1/1/11 - Unusual as it may sound, a musician of classical Persian background working in…
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