Arooj Aftab: Vulture Prince - Deluxe Edition [Vinyl 2LP]

Ethno Jazz / Indian Classical
premiera polska: 2022-06-24
kontynent: Azja
kraj: Pakistan
opakowanie: Gatefoldowe etui
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Arooj Aftab odebrała w tym roku swoją pierwszą w historii nagrodę GRAMMY. Artystka świeżo podpisana z wytwórnią Verve Records, otrzymała statuetkę w kategorii Best Global Music Performance za niezwykle emocjonalny utwór „Mohabbat” z albumu „Vulture Prince”. Artystka przeszła także do historii jako pierwsza Pakistanka otrzymująca to wyróżnienie.
Oprócz Anoushki Shankar, na Vulture Prince (Deluxe Edition) usłyszymy także innych znakomitych artystów jak Badi Assad, Maeve Gilchrist, Jamey Haddad, Bhrigu Sahni, Kenji Herbert, Lady Jess, Jarvis Benson, Malcolm Parson, Jorn Bielfeldt, Shazhad Ismaily, Juliette Jones, Mario Carrillo, Petros Klampanis, Nadje Noordhuis, Gyan Riley i Darian Donovan Thomas. Album Vulture Prince (2021), odbił się szerokim echem wśród słuchaczy. Pojawił się także na wysokich miejscach list w The New York Times, Pitchfork, NPR czy Variety. Spotify wyróżnił Arooj Aftab jako Best New Artist i wybrał ją na swoją inauguracyjną ambasadorkę EQUAL w Pakistanie w marcu 2022 roku

Editor's info:
"Vulture Prince" is the third album from Brooklyn-based Pakistani composer Arooj Aftab. Championed by NPR, who praised her composition as one of the “Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+,” and the The New York Times, who celebrated her work as one of the “Best Classical Music Tracks of 2018,” Aftab’s liminal sound floats between classical minimalism and new age, Urdu poetry and electronic trance, jazz structures and states of pure being. On "Vulture Prince," the composer’s remarkable voice highlights classic old world poetry from Sudarshan Fakir to Mirza Ghalib. Backed by a team of renowned musicians, the record transports listeners to worlds once known.
“'Vulture Prince' is about revisiting places I’ve called mine,” says Aftab, “places that don’t necessarily exist anymore. It's about people, friendships, relationships—some relationships that were unexpectedly short term, and how to deal with that.”
While writing "Vulture Prince" Aftab lost her younger brother, Maher, and she dedicates this album to his memory—a signal of emergence from loss and grief. “E quindi uscimmo a revider la stelle,” as Dante says at last, out of the inferno, “and thence we came forth to see again the stars.”
Acting as a second chapter to Aftab’s 2015 debut, Bird Under Water, Vulture Prince opens with a new composition of “Baghon Main,” a track from her first album. The lead song, along with the avian album titles, serves to tie the two records together. “The Tower of Silence comes to mind,” says Aftab, “the Parsi funeral structure where their beloved deceased are left to be consumed by vultures, thus returning to the cycle of life. These sort of shapeshifting elements, the burning desire to embody and lead this mystic ancestral power, growth as a person and musician, all led to Vulture Prince.”
Of course, Aftab’s signature songwriting style also led to Vulture Prince. The composer has an uncanny ability to make music with layers upon layers of instrumentation, yet somehow it all feels very light, uncluttered, minimal on the ears. Aftab’s music then mirrors her voice, ethereal yet heavy—like a cloud crossed with a boulder.
A graduate of Berklee College of Music, the composer channels artists from Terry Riley to Begum Akhtar and Abida Parveen, and has played venues from Lincoln Center to (Le) Poisson Rouge to the Museum of Modern Art. In 2020, Aftab composed music for the Academy Award-shortlisted film Bittu and sang on Residente’s Latin Grammy Award-winning single “Antes Que El Mundo Se Acabe.” On Vulture Prince, she is backed by an all-star cast, including Badi Assad, Maeve Gilchrist, Jamey Haddad, Bhrigu Sahni, Kenji Herbert, Lady Jess, Jarvis Benson, Malcom Parson, Jorn Bielfeldt, Shazhad Ismaily, Juliette Jones, Mario Carrillo, Petros Klampanis, Nadje Noordhuis, Gyan Riley, and Darian Donovan Thomas.
So here is "Vulture Prince"—beautiful, powerful, dusky, and, above all, thoughtful. Included on the new album are singles, “Mohabbat” and “Last Night,” an old Rumi poem Aftab often sings live, but has never before released. Tucked subtly into "Vulture Prince" is “Saans Lo,” a song with words penned by the composer’s late friend Annie Ali Khan, who gently advises us to breathe—to move on. After seven minutes, “Saans Lo” fades into a washed-out drone before opening up into the colorful jazz-oriented closer, “Suroor”—a dynamic new world of possibilities.

muzycy:
01. Baghon Main
Maeve Gilchrist - harp
Darian Donovan Thomas - violin
Petros Klampanis - double bass

02. Diya Hai Feat. Badi Assad
arr. by Magda Giannikou
strings arr. by Juliette Jones
strings performed by Rootstock Republic:
Juliette Jones - violin
Lady Jess - violin
Jarvis Benson - viola
Malcom Parson - cello

03. Inayaat
Maeve Gilchrist - harp
Petros Klampanis - piano and double bass
Darian Donovan Thomas - violin
Nadje Noordhuis - flugelhorn

04. Last Night
Bhrigu Sahni - guitar
Mario Carrillio - double bass
Jorn Bielfeldt - drums

05. Mohabbat
Jamey Haddad - percussion
Gyan Riley - guitar
Maeve Gilchrist - harp
Nadje Noordhuis - flugelhorn
Shahzad Ismaily - synth

06. Saans Lo
Kenji Herbert- guitar
Shahzad Ismaily - synth
Annie Ali Khan - lyrics

Written, Sung and Produced by Arooj Aftab

utwory:
A1. Baghon Main (feat. Darian Donovan Thomas) 06:44
A2. Diya Hai (feat. Badi Assad) 05:40
B1. Inayaat 07:47
B2. Last Night 05:58
C1. Mohabbat 07:42
C2. Saans Lo 07:31
D1. Suroor 05:12
D2. Udhero Na (feat. Anoushka Shankar)

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