We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Call of the Mountains

by Shahriyar Jamshidi & Mohsen Badri

supported by
Leah Roseman
Leah Roseman thumbnail
Werner Wiesinger
Werner Wiesinger thumbnail
Logosophia
Logosophia thumbnail
sardars
sardars thumbnail
/

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $7 USD  or more

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 4 Shahriyar Jamshidi releases available on Bandcamp and save 50%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of My Sunset-Land ROJAVA, The Lullaby of A Nomad, A Yellow Flower, and Call of the Mountains. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      $14 USD or more (50% OFF)

     

1.
Hengameh (Reference to the Revolutionary Souls), Shahriyar Jamshidi-Call of the Mountains 06:12
buy track
2.
Bo Mirzadeh (In Memory of Mojtaba Mirzadeh), Shahriyar Jamshidi-Call of the Mountains 04:02
buy track
3.
Shini Kurd (The Mourning of the Kurd), Shahriyar Jamshidi-Call of the Mountains 05:58
buy track
4.
Sarkhoshi (Joy), Shahriyar Jamshidi-Call of the Mountains 06:58
buy track
5.
Buni Dalaho (The Scent of Mt. Dalaho), Shahriyar Jamshidi-Call of the Mountains 05:13
buy track
6.
Jazhni Garmian (The Garmian Festivities), Shahriyar Jamshidi-Call of the Mountains 02:50
buy track
7.
Biravari Menalim (My Childhood Memories), Shahriyar Jamshidi-Call of the Mountains 04:40
buy track
8.
Paala Bidar (To My Kurdish Poet Friend), Shahriyar Jamshidi-Call of the Mountains 05:11
buy track
9.
Pajare (Grief), Shahriyar Jamshidi-Call of the Mountains 03:15
buy track
10.
A Quartet for Rajabi & Shabhai Berke (To the Pioneer of Modern Tonbak), Mohsen Badri & Shahriyar jamshidi-Call of the Mountains 13:43
buy track

about

Prologue:
A lonely flame, lit in the blistering cold of loneliness, is
the spark of life. Once the darkness of the night takes
its toll, nothing is left but the cold pile of ashes of time.
In the heart trembling darkness that consumes all, a
lonely voyager searches with all the hopes of a man of
desert beneath the deepest ashes for the warm spark of
the last remnants of the fire… Life blazes through that
small flicker of fire. The legends of the enchantments of
Zoroaster still linger in the grieving hearts of the Fire
Temples upon the lonely heights of Zogros Mountains.
The vivacious chorus of life, love and the whispered
worships of the people of the Sun, still runs through the
ceaseless veins of river Alvand and Sirvan.
In this piece, with dedication to the Kurdish origins and
traditional Persian music, a revolutionary presentation
has been made through improvisional instrument playing
in an exceptional method; with liberate and altering
themes of sonority in Kamanche. In some pieces,
Kamanche appears in petite and ephemeral figures based
on Kurdish themes accompanied with percussion,
resembling the natural yet hoarse sounds of the gypsy
players of past generation. The rhythm, unlike what has
been presented up to date, has been pre-determined; the
creative mingle of sounds and assortment of several
percussions is evident in some parts. Caution has been
taken as to avoid any recurrence of archetypal, tedious
rhythms and instead replaced by duets with melodic
instruments such as a tête-à-tête between the melody
and the rhythm causes the Kamanche and the percussions
to merge together.

credits

released November 8, 2008

Mohsen Badri : Percussion
Shahriyar Jamshidi: Kamanche
Recording, Mixing and Mastering: Kaveh Abedin
Saba Studio - Tehran, Iran (2006)

shahriyarjamshidi.com

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Shahriyar Jamshidi image

Shahriyar Jamshidi

Shahriyar Jamshidi, an illustrious Kurdish Kamānche player with pronounced cultural background has devoted his artistic profession to the preservation and transmission of the Kurdish musical heritage. He’s also well-known for his creative and masterful kamānche improvisations, both as a soloist and in ensembles. ... more

contact / help

Contact Shahriyar Jamshidi

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Call of the Mountains, you may also like:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Saxophonist Isaiah Collier chats about his new LP and the influence of Pharoah Sanders.
listen now