Voices and Bridges - booklet

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“THE VOICES AND BRIDGES'' BY EHSAN MATOORI IS A MULTILINGUAL & MULTICULTURAL COLL ABORATION BET WEEN ARTISTS FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD. THE

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BENGALI, URDU, KASHMIRI AND FRENCH L ANGUAGES TO CREATE A NEW NARRATIVE THAT CELEBRATES DIFFERENT MUSICAL AND CULTURAL TRADITIONS. THE LYRICS FOR THIS PROJECT ARE PULLED FROM SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST RENOWNED POETS. THE WORKS OF RUDAKI, JORGE LUIS BORGES, NIMA YOUSHIJ, PIERRE RIVERDY, WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, ALL AMA IQBAL, L AL DED, RABINDRANATH TAGORE, NAZIM HIKMAT, MARAM ALMESRI, FOROUGH FAROKHZAD, AHMAD SHAMLOU, M. AKHAVAN SALES, F. MOSHIRI, IBRAHIM MESKEEN , HOSSEIN MONZAVI, MARGUT BIKEL, H. EBTEHAJ, KAMIL SHUTTARI, AND RUMI ARE ALL BROUGHT TOGETHER TO CREATE A MULTICULTURAL L ANDSCAPE THAT IS BOTH UNIQUE AND UNIVERSAL. THE ORIGINAL WORKS, COMPOSED BY EHSAN MATOORI ARE ANCHORED WITH PERFORMANCES FROM AN INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIANS, AND WITH LINGUISTIC AND ACADEMIC ADVICE OFFERED BY DR. SADAF MUNSHI. THE ALBUM IS A MESSAGE FOR SPREADING THE WORD OF PEACE THROUGH MUSIC AND POETRY AS A TRANSFORMATIVE TOOL THAT HEALS AND CONNECTS PEOPLE.

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ALNESA MESLI

(FT. MAYA HOBEIKA)

BU GEÇ VAKIT

(FT. OLCAY BAYIR)

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(FT. SOL ANGE MERDINIAN)

L A CLOCHE VIDE NIL CHASHM NOSTALGIA NĀZNINAY

(FT. MAYA HOBEIKA)

(FT. QAISER NIZAMI)

(FT. CELIA WOODSMITH) (FT. QAISER NIZAMI)

THE LOVE METAPHOR JETE NAHI DIBO

(FT. MICHAEL KELLY)

(FT. BOMBAY JAYASHRI)

LEAD VOCALS: ALIREZA GHORBANI | ORCHESTRATION BY EHSAN MATOORI & ALI MONTAZERI

ALL MUSIC COMPOSED BY EHSAN MATOORI 3

TRACK MUSICIANS: MIKE BLOCK, CELLO (1-3, 5-7, 9); ALI JAFARIPOUYAN , VIOLIN (1-3,9); MEISAM MARVASTI, VIOL A (1-3,7) + VIOLIN (2,7,9); FIROUZ VEYSANLOU, GUITAR (1); KOUROSH BABAEI, KAMANCHEH (1,3); HOMAYOUN NASIRI, PERCUSSION (1-4); BATURAY YARKIN , PIANO (2-3,8); MUSTAFA IPEKCIOGLU, KOPUZ (2-3) + BAQL AMAN (3); NAGME YARKIN , TURKISH CEMENCHE (3); JONATHAN JONES, CL ARINETS (4,8); RONNIE MELL AY, OUD (4,7); AZIM ROUHANI, GUITAR (4); FARSHAD SHEYKHI, HORN (4); HOSSEIN SHARIFI, TROMBONE (4); HASSAN FARAHANI, TRUMPET (4); HOOMAN NAMDARI, SAXOPHONE + ALTO SAX (4); DARA DARAEE, BASS (4); CAROLINA CALVACHE, PIANO (5); GREG ELLIS, PERCUSSION (5-6, 8-9); SHARLENE WALL ACE, HARP (6); BRAD EATON , TRUMPET (6); REZA MOGHADAS, BASS GUITAR (6); MASOUD HOMAYOONI, ELECTRIC GUITAR (6); MIL AD OMRANLOU & TEHRAN CHOIR (6,9); MIL AD MOHAMMADI, TAAR (7); MAHGOL SAFDARI AND EL AHEH HEYDARI, BACK VOCALS (7); HESAM NASERI, ELECTRONIC ARRANGEMENT (7); EDWARD PEREZ, BASS (9); SAMI MERIDIAN , VIOLIN (9); RAMAN KALYAN , INDIAN FLUTE (9); POOVUL AR SRIJI, SOLKATTU (9); NATHAN SCHRAM, VIOL A (9)

PRODUCED BY EHSAN MATOORI + LOUIS LEVITT ENGINEERED BY HESAM NASERI | MIXED + MASTERED BY ARASH PAKZAD | PUBLISHED BY SHEED RECORDS COVER ART BY ALIREZA L ATIFIAN | ALBUM PACKAGE DESIGN BY MARIAN C. HOLMES CELIA WOODSMITHʼS HEADSHOT BY AMANDA KOWALSKI | OLCAY BAYIRʼS HEADSHOT BY SAVAS ALPALTUN ALL OTHER HEADSHOTS BY INDIVIDUAL ARTIST TRACKS RECORDED IN MAY 2019 (1), OCT 2020 (2-3), JAN 2020 (4), JUNE 2020 (5), SEPT 2019 (6), APRIL 2020 (7), SEPT 2020, + (8)FEB 2020 (9) TRACKS RECORDED AT: MAGNETIC PINK, BROOKLYN , NY (1,8-9); TEM RECORDING STUDIO, TEHRAN , IR (1-4,6); TIBA RECORDS, TORONTO, CA (1,3); DIMENSION SOUNDS STUDIOS, BOSTON , MA (1,3,6-7); PÜR RECORDING STUDIO, ISTANBUL, TR (2-3,8); OPEN SOUND RECORDING STUDIO, BEIRUT, LB (2,4); FUTURA , BOSTON , MA (2,5,9); SOUND&COLOR RECORDING STUDIO, LONDON , UK (3); JANUARY SOUND STUDIO, DALL AS, TX (4-5,7-9); FUSION SOUND STUDIO, CHICAGO, IL (4,7); CULTURA RECORDING STUDIO, BOGOTA , CO (5); RHY THM PHARM STUDIO, L A (5-6,8-9); NOVAK STUDIO, TEHRAN , IR (1-9); ACADIA RECORDING, BOSTON , MA (6); SOUND CIT Y, TEHRAN , IR (6); BAMAHANG, TORONTO, CA (6); OFFBEAT MUSIC VENTURES, MUMBAI, IN (9); + ALPHA SOUND, WASHINGTON , DC (9)

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