This album has certainly opened my ears to what a single percussionist is capable of, with the right instruments and an extremely rich tradition of rhythm and percussion behind him...

10 MP3 Songs
WORLD: Middle East, WORLD: World Traditions



Details:
⢠Madjid Khaladj

Daf, Dayre, Zang-E Saringoshti



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David DALLE
http://www.dalle.ca

This album has certainly opened my ears to what a single percussionist is capable of, with the right instruments and an extremely rich tradition of rhythm and percussion behind him. I canât believe the first track, a rhythm heard in a lot of sufi dihkrs, is only a single daf. It has promoted this frame drum to my favourite percussion instrument found in Iran. Unbelievably powerful, this rhythm is a hurricane force, and the daf can sound like a dozen percussion instruments all playing together, with its deep bass and lighter textures all sounding at the same time. The dayre is a smaller frame drum, which doesnât have the same power, but it allows very intricate finger work. The only reservation is the one track featuring the Zang-E Saringoshti. These are tiny cymbals fitting on the finger and thumb. Normally used by dancers, this piece features them solo, and it doesnât work at all, and are actually quite irritating. But thatâs just one track, and you just have to put it back to track one "La Ilaha IllâAllah" and it will certainly purge any bad feelings.

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