A "progressive" musician knows no border; but it seems that Salim Ghazi Saeedi's ancestors enjoy hunting him down in his veins!
Iran, Tehran, Apr 2011- Salim grew up in Iran; a country too proud of its ancient art. Nevertheless Salim from his early childhood, barely followed Iranian traditional music. But interestingly enough, now after 5 years of music composing and releasing 4 albums mostly in progressive rock, Salim is constantly receiving notions about his Middle Eastern themes and using Persian influences.
The oriental mystery within eastern musical themes along with their dance elements versus raw energy restrained in western rock could result in a thrilling experience. Meanwhile to Salim's own surprise: "My music listening habit has mostly been focused around jazz, blues and modern rock. I've never studied eastern music or dedicatedly listened to such records! Actually if there is any eastern influence discernible in my works, it has happened involuntarily."
In this regard, one may conclude that as a musician, no matter which genre you prefer or what listening habit you adopt, sometimes you cannot elude your ancestors, who may have hunted you in your veins for centuries! The following speculations on Salim's latest release, Iconophobic, may testify the eastern lore within Salim's veins while his ears dignify western tradition:
- "It mixes classical, rock, jazz and Persian music to create a mish mash of pain, longing and anger." -Stave Magazine, Christy Claxton, Aug 2010 [more]
- "Equal parts fusion, classical, heavy rock, and Persian" -Spiritual Prog, Oct 2010 [more]
- "You do hear the definite eastern sound mixed in with most of his songs." -ProgNaut webzine, Lee Henderson, Oct 2010 [more]
- "We can appreciate the writing skills of Salim and his great imagination to create images and sounds to merge styles that are located in the middle of far apart East and West" [In Italian] -Arlequins webzine, Jessica Attene, Oct 2010 [more]
- "There are definitely some Middle-Eastern sounds..." -Music Street Journal, Issue 85, Gary Hill, Dec 2010 [more]
- "With his one-man band, the artist also detour into areas such as fusion / jazz-rock and oriental music." [In German] -Babyblaue Prog, Siggy Zielinskim, Oct 2010 [more]
- "Asian-Iranian folklore patterns combined with Western rock music." [In German] -Progressive Newsletter #70, Volkmar Mantei, Nov 2010 [more]
Iran, Tehran, Apr 2011- Salim grew up in Iran; a country too proud of its ancient art. Nevertheless Salim from his early childhood, barely followed Iranian traditional music. But interestingly enough, now after 5 years of music composing and releasing 4 albums mostly in progressive rock, Salim is constantly receiving notions about his Middle Eastern themes and using Persian influences.
The oriental mystery within eastern musical themes along with their dance elements versus raw energy restrained in western rock could result in a thrilling experience. Meanwhile to Salim's own surprise: "My music listening habit has mostly been focused around jazz, blues and modern rock. I've never studied eastern music or dedicatedly listened to such records! Actually if there is any eastern influence discernible in my works, it has happened involuntarily."
In this regard, one may conclude that as a musician, no matter which genre you prefer or what listening habit you adopt, sometimes you cannot elude your ancestors, who may have hunted you in your veins for centuries! The following speculations on Salim's latest release, Iconophobic, may testify the eastern lore within Salim's veins while his ears dignify western tradition:
- "It mixes classical, rock, jazz and Persian music to create a mish mash of pain, longing and anger." -Stave Magazine, Christy Claxton, Aug 2010 [more]
- "Equal parts fusion, classical, heavy rock, and Persian" -Spiritual Prog, Oct 2010 [more]
- "You do hear the definite eastern sound mixed in with most of his songs." -ProgNaut webzine, Lee Henderson, Oct 2010 [more]
- "We can appreciate the writing skills of Salim and his great imagination to create images and sounds to merge styles that are located in the middle of far apart East and West" [In Italian] -Arlequins webzine, Jessica Attene, Oct 2010 [more]
- "There are definitely some Middle-Eastern sounds..." -Music Street Journal, Issue 85, Gary Hill, Dec 2010 [more]
- "With his one-man band, the artist also detour into areas such as fusion / jazz-rock and oriental music." [In German] -Babyblaue Prog, Siggy Zielinskim, Oct 2010 [more]
- "Asian-Iranian folklore patterns combined with Western rock music." [In German] -Progressive Newsletter #70, Volkmar Mantei, Nov 2010 [more]
Salim Ghazi Saeedi born in 1981 in Iran, Tehran. Since 1999 he started self-teaching guitar and music composition. 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.
His albums could be regarded as concept albums hiring elements of classical and electronic music and progressive rock with diversified use of instruments. He describes himself as "an ever improviser... either in performing or composing!"
Beside being an instrumentalist and composer he has also extensive experience in sound recording and studio devices including controllers, keyboards and DAW based music production and related hardware/software
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His albums could be regarded as concept albums hiring elements of classical and electronic music and progressive rock with diversified use of instruments. He describes himself as "an ever improviser... either in performing or composing!"
Beside being an instrumentalist and composer he has also extensive experience in sound recording and studio devices including controllers, keyboards and DAW based music production and related hardware/software
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