I just
got numb! A music
review on Iranian alternative band "127"
This
piece is about my favourite Iranian band.
Nassir Mashkouri
2007
www.zirzamin.se
For some years ago I found out about an unusual Iranian band named 127. Since
then I have tried to follow up their musical journey through Internet, the one
and only playground for our Iranian alternative generation.
To me 127 have always been a very respectful band that has put a bold signature
on the progress of today's Iranian popular music. We are talking about a small
alternative music scene, which is oppressed and forest into underground.
Unfortunately in this small scene, 127 is one of the most unappreciated bands
in
The band has its own
original sound with a blend of Jazz and Alternative folk music. They also have
written some brilliant English music text that can definitely be considered as
master pieces. The tracks that I have always enjoyed listing to by 127 are
"My sweet little terrorist song" and the "Perfect Esfehan Blues". The thing is that I have always been
touched by their simple easy going and cosmopolitan sound. They have a type of
sound that is melodic and in a way melancholic and very depressive too. All and
all together has created a characteristic style that is 127.
These days, there is something going on in the 127 studio! I guess they have
gone through some difficult crises and are back on track, but on a different
track this time.
Newly I found out about their latest song called "Khosro-e
Khooban" and the moment that I heard it I just
got numb. It was in "Persian" and it was an up-tempo track with a
very funny song and video clip that simply suggests the fact that 127 is back
with a new attitude. The sound and the style of the band is
more or less the same but somehow jazzier and at the same time more Persian in
the sense of rhythm and melody. But I can't and shouldn't judge by this only
one track that we've got from them. . Let's wait and see what comes out soon,
hopefully as an album this time I am writing this review only because I believe
that they must be appreciated and recognized, probably as one of the most
original alternative bands ever that is based in Iran and still alive and
kicking in the underground of Teheran.
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ذکر منبع
بلامانع است.
تمام
حقوق این سایت
متعلق به نویسنده
است.