Persian Rock Music set to Sohrab Sepehri lyrics

9 MP3 Songs
ROCK: Classic Rock, WORLD: World Fusion



Details:
Behzad:

Behzad was a self-taught guitar player in Iran before he moved to Sweden. He then began to study music in the University of Gothenburg. He has worked as a musician as well as a music teacher since he has been in Sweden.


Born in Tehran.
Began to play guitar when he was 15 years old.
Moved to Sweden in 1987.
Has studied music in Sweden.




Ramin:

Ramin was grown up in a family with a strong interest for music and painting. His father who passed away in 1980, was a skilful painter as his uncle is today. Ramin remembers that they also used to sing at home. In other words, Ramin was never too far away from music. "The most important thing here in my life is to succeed with my dream, i.e. my own music", he says.


Born in Tehran.
Began to sing at young ages.
Moved to Sweden in 1990.
Has studied music in Sweden.





FANOOS:

In 1993, Ramin and Behzad met each other for the first time and together they formed a band called "The Anonymous". The band was broken in 1997 but Ramin and behzad hold tight and continued playing together. At that time they formed the band "FANOOS" and began to write their own music. The lyrics couldn't be but by one of the greatest poets of Iran through the history, Sohrab Sepehri.

By the time they were studying world music at The School of Music and Musicology at Gothenburg University (1999), they also became members of the world music band "Euriadne" which toured in both Sweden and Germany.