Lian Records Release

Lian Records Release

Lian Records Release

The Window

to Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (1926-2008)

2010 RELEASE

The tracks on “The Window” are their first, uncut takes. They are firsts of their kind: Persian classical and Sufi music coupled with the earth-mystic sounds of the Tuvan Master Throat Singers. Go ahead, give it a listen: be transcendent.

Lian Ensemble

Pirayeh Pourafar  tarMani Bolouri  kamanchehHouman Pourmehdi  vocals,udu drum, frame drum

Chirgilchin Ensemble

Igor Koshkendey, igil, doshpoulour, throat singing,

vocalsAldar Tamdyn, byzaanchy, igil, doshpoulour, throat singing, vocals

Mongun-ool Ondar,igil, doshpoulour, throat singing, vocals

PANGEA
The Tale of Unity
Lian Ensemble
2006 RELEASE

Djivan Gasparyan, Duduk
Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri, Tabla
Pirayeh Pourafar, Tar
Miroslav Tadic, Guitar
Houman Pourmehdi, Tonbak
Randy Gloss, Riq

In the Pangea, musicians are playing for the first time together. These recordings were the result of first take improvisations in the studio.

The Silence Of Solitude

Love's Tale

Love is Sweet

The Traceless Ocean

You and I

The Hidden Sacred

Dark Wing

"Dark Wing's The Hidden Sacred is one of the most unusual and enjoyable records I’ve ever heard."

Tom Schnabel, KCRW

Dark Wing (David Johnson, Ivan Johnson, Houman Pourmehdi, Pirayeh Pourafar) plays a unique blend of world music and jazz using free improvisations and original compositions for marimba, vibraphone, bass, tar, setar, ney and a variety of percussion instruments.
This recording is dedicated to all those who seek and practice the principals of peace and human rights. There is a scared core in all of us and it is our hope that this hidden sacred core will be open and willing to accept God's desire for us to love life and to learn from each other.

www.kqed.org

Hymn For Bam

Insulin Man

La Llorona

Memoria E Fado

Sezavar

Lian Records Release

Khak-e-Heyran
Lian Ensemble
2004 RELEASE

The music presented in this recording was written as a requiem for the victims of the appalling and tragic earthquake in Bam that has left over 80 thousand dead and injured in 2003. It is music not just to be heard, but felt. Khake Heyran (Bewildered Earth) shows powerful compositional skills in writing classical Persian music for incorporating Western and Eastern orchestration techniques. It is an album that compelling and imaginative ideas will find its rightful place among world music lovers collections.

Faryaad

Pegah

Saraban

Lian Records Release

When Lian Ensemble begins to play, the hues of their exquisite instruments, the mystic poetry, the superb improvisations in Persian, Hindustani, and World Jazz traditions - all of these elements converge, and the subtle alchemy begins to work its magic, generating sparks that have transported their huge audiences time after time ... come closer to the fire, and enjoy the light.
John Schneider, Global Village, KPFK-FM

Lian Records Release

THE CALL OF LOVE
The art of Persian and Indian Improvisations

HOUMAN POURMEHDI: TONBAK, DAF
RAJEEV TARANATH: SAROD

This CD by Rajeev and Houman is very special as it bridges a gap in the history of Persian/Indian music. These incredible artists, although being of two different traditions, clearly show the influence of Persian music on the music of north India...
John Bergamo

Listen to excerpts from the CD

Lian Records Release

Listen to excerpts from the CD

Lian Records Release

Listen to excerpts from the CD

Lian Records Release

Listen to excerpts from the CD

Lian Records Release

Listen to excerpts from the CD

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