Oy is the third studio album by the Iranian singer-songwriter Mohsen Namjoo after Toranj and Jabr-e Joghrafiyaei. Released on 6 October 2009[1] this was Namjoo's first[2][3] album produced and published outside Iran.[2]
| Oy | ||||
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| Released | 6 October 2009 | |||
| Genre | Lo-fi, indie, alternative rock, Iranian traditional music | |||
| Length | 56:21 | |||
| Label | Stradivarius | |||
| Producer | Fabrica | |||
| Mohsen Namjoo chronology | ||||
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This also was the first collaboration between Namjoo and Golshifteh Farahani in which Golshifteh plays piano and also sings in some parts.[4][5] In addition to drums, piano and accordion other Iranian musical instruments including setar and Tonbak are played within the album.
Two Concerts were held in Italy, one in Venice on 11 September and the other in Milan on 8 October and songs of Oy album were performed with Italian instrumentalists and Golshifteh Farahani playing the piano. Both concerts were free of charge and served as a promotion for the album.[6][7][8]
Production
editAfter leaving Iran and nearly one year living in Vienna he moved to Venice. There he got acquainted with Babak Payami, the art director[9] of film and video section[10][11] in Fabrica institute, a subset of Benetton Group.[12] Both concerts and the album production was accomplished by the Fabrica.
"I got this chance to be acquainted with Mohsen Namjoo, a special artist above all .I think Namjoo both has made many innovations in the Persian music world and in the literature of the music and the poems. "
Babak Payami, bbc.co.uk[2]
Track listing
edit- "Hammash" – 5:16
- "Shams" – 5:51
- "Dela Didi" – 7:41
- "Qashqai" – 5:55
- "Binazir" – 8:00
- "Khan Baji" – 7:44
- "Cielito Lindo" – 7:36
- "Gladiators (Faghih Khoshgele)" – 8:18
Quran sura singing controversy
editIn 2006 the Iranian judicial system sentenced Namjoo in absentia to a five-year jail term for allegedly ridiculing the ash-Shams, a surah of the Quran, in his song "Shams". The conviction took place in spite of his formal apology. Later Namjoo claimed that he will perform an orchestral version of this song in Venice.[13][14][15] The song was also released as part of the album.
Allusions
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- In final section of the first track "Hammash", parts of Cher's Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) are sung by Namjoo in an Iranian traditional music style.
- "Dela Didi" is based on the poem "Yadegar-e Khoon-e Sarv" by Hushang Ebtehaj.
- "Khan Baji" is a Kurdish song and Hesen Zîrek already had song it.[16]
- "Qashqai" is based on the poem "Afsaneh" by Nima Yushij.1
- "Cielito Lindo" which is a popular traditional song of Mexico, written in 1882 by Quirino Mendoza y Cortés is performed by Namjoo and within it some verses of Molana and Shamloo are sung too.
- The prelude of "Gladiators" is the poem "Faghih Khoshgele" (Pretty Faqih) by Namjoo which is a satirical praise of the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei.
References
edit- ^ "Fabrica Musica Special Edition : Oy: Mohsen Namjoo: MP3 Downloads". Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ a b c مریم افشنگ بی بی سی فارسی. "BBC فارسی – ايران – "آخ" اولین آلبوم محسن نامجو در خارج از ایران". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ "نخستین آلبوم نامجو در خارج کشور". Archived from the original on 10 July 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
- ^ "محسن نامجو". Mohsen-namjo.blogfa.com. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ [1] Archived 7 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "BBC فارسی – صدای شما – کنسرت محسن نامجو و گلشیفته فراهانی در ونیز". Bbc.co.uk. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ Jahanshah Javid (1 April 2009). "Mohsen Namjoo". Iranian.com. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ "آخ نامجو در ميلان". Ebtekarnews.com. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
- ^ Go to Les yeux ouverts image gallery. "Colors Crosses The Atlantic | Fabrica". Fabrica.it. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ [2] Archived 13 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "غوطه ورشدن در موسیقی ایرانی با آلبوم تازه ای از محسن نامجو | خبرها | فارسی". .voanews.com. 2 January 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ احمد رافت. "یک فیلمساز ایرانی در راس بخش فیلم گروه صنعتی بنتون". Radiofarda.com. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ موسیقی ما. "با حکم قاضی شعبه 1083 دادگاه عمومی استان تهران؛ : محسن نامجو به 5 سال حبس تعزیری محكوم شد :: موسیقی ما". Musicema.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ "Iran: Mohsen Namjoo convicted for "unconventional singing"". International Free Press Society. 1 July 2009. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ "روزنامه اعتماد87/6/7: شكايت قاري مشهور قرآن از محسن نامجو". Magiran.com. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
- ^ "Hassan Zirak – Xan Baci". YouTube. 1 January 2009. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2012.
External links
edit- Listen to the album in iranising.com
- Read the Review in Persian and English at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 July 2011) in wordpatch.com