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A Thousand Butterflies

by Aftab Darvishi

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Madeline v. F.
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Madeline v. F. Beautiful music. Think Arvo Pärt, but in Iran. Favorite track: Sahar.
Md8177
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Md8177 I came across this by chance and have to say I was captivated immediately favourite tracks change with my mood but you can’t beat Hidden Dream and A thousand butterflies, which are particular stand out tracks. Favorite track: Hidden Dream.
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rick0361 I started out interested in this album primarily because the Sax quartet intrigued me and having listened to that I moved on to the other tracks and was entranced by the music of each track. Over all I would say I definitely relate to the quartet however I enjoy listening to the whole album and can find a kind of calm in the music.
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Der Ohlsen "No matter whether you imagine yourself in a cavern or under a starry night sky in the desert, “Plutone” is the most mysterious and dreamlike experience on an album that, by combining different cultures and traditions, personal and over-arching inspirations, leads you through new worlds in each piece."

full review of the album here on Veil of Sound: veilofsound.com/2022/08/02/Aftab_Darvishi-A_THousand_Butterflies.html Favorite track: Plutone.
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Sahar 04:49 video
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Hidden Dream 06:16
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Plutone 14:50

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A portrait album that looks back on Darvishi’s 11-year journey as a composer, A Thousand Butterflies evokes a life that has crossed continents. It spans a range of styles and includes work for a variety of instrumental forces as well as electronics.
“When I compose, I don’t think about style,” Darvishi says. “It’s not that logical, it’s not with a lot of calculation. It’s more by instinct.
“My music is not only Persian music – it’s bigger than that. It’s an approach to being.”
The album begins with Sahar (Dawn), the most recent work of Darvishi’s on the album. It is named after a mode from the Kermanshah region that is traditionally played at dawn to wake people up, and is written for a cello using traditional Persian techniques. This piece will be released as the album’s lead single.
After Hidden Dream, a piece for saxophone quartet that was recorded live at a concert in Stockholm, comes the title track, A Thousand Butterflies. For clarinet and piano, the piece is inspired by experiences of immigration. Each of its three movements looks at immigration from a different perspective, charting the diversity of the immigrant experience and the range of emotions that immigrants feel.
Forgetfulness is the earliest composition on the album and was recorded in Tehran. The album’s final track is Pluton, an atmospheric, 15-minute work for four instruments and electronics.

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released July 22, 2022

Graphic Design: Sanaz Soltani (Studio Kargah)
Cover photography: Tahmineh Monzavi
Model on cover photo: Ava Darvishi

In friendly collaboration with Javan Records, Tehran

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Aftab Darvishi Tehran, Iran

“What comes from the heart, goes to the heart. Aftab’s music enraptures. She is an Iranian composer who is inspired, with her innate instinct, by Iranian music and employs it deftly in her works. This music is so emotional and far from the common shenanigans and ostentations in European contemporary music” – Ahmad Pejman ... more

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