The fifth issue of “Divan” Magazine includes an interview with Farzad.
Divan is a Digital Persian Magazine which focuses on Rock and Metal music. Magazine is published as PDF file and it’s free to download.
For view and download this issue please visit this page or click on images below.
Farzad was guest of “Kook” program on BBC Persian. He performed some pieces from his forth and fifth albums during the program.
“Kook” is weekly program which follows the latest events in the world of music. It’s usually focused on Persian composers and musicians living in different countries.
Track “47” from album “Three” is now featured on Metal Hammer CD “Planet Metal” presented by Max Cavalera on April 2010 issue.
Previous albums with featured track by Farzad are:
– Flowers in the Desert (a compilation CD from EMI for a book with the same title)
– 89 (for the new Persian year)
– Empire of Rock vol. 1 (a collection from Persian Metal bands)
Farzad’s forth record “Four” released on January 2010.
Unlike previous records of Farzad this one is not in Metal genre. In entire album there is no Electric Guitar, Drums and even Percussion. Composition of the instruments includes: Steel and Nylon Acoustic Guitar, Resonance Guitar, Bass Guitar and Violin. Other elements of this “Fusion” album are influences of Iranian and Middle Eastern music and eastern tuning for Acoustic Guitars.
Farzad has played all the instruments and on last two tracks “Ali Sanaei” has featured on Bass Guitar.
Tracks of this record: “59″, “60″, “61″, “64″, “65″, “69″, “71″, “73″, “74″ and “75″
Album is available at Store page and Farzad’s store at Reverbnation, as well as: iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby, and other digital stores.
Farzad is an independent artist and he’s not signed to any record label, so please support and only buy the records officially.
Finally after 3 years Farzad Golpayegani’s new record “Three” finished in Jan 2008. This is an Iranian Progressive Metal album and it includes only 3 tracks that are about 17 to 18 min. each.
Electric, Acoustic and Bass guitars, vocals and programming for drums and keyboards has been done by Farzad. Also “Arash Jafari” has played Kooze, Darbuka and Daf. Like previous albums Farzad has done recording, mix, mastering and has designed the cover.
This album is a medley of various themes with obvious influence of Iranian and Middle Eastern music.
Tracks of this album are: 14, 39 and 47. Also there is one hidden track in this record which is a cover from some rock and metal songs including: Paranoid (Black Sabbath), Fire (Jimmy Hendrix), Speed King (Deep Purple), Fits like a glove (Kiss), War Ensemble (Slayer), Damage, Inc. (Metallica), Birth of Tension (Overkill), Desperate Cry (Sepultura), Holy Wars (Megadeth), Cowboys From Hell (Pantera).
Album is available at Store page and Farzad’s store at Reverbnation, as well as: iTunes, Amazon, CD Baby, and other digital stores.
Farzad is an independent artist and he’s not signed to any record label, so please support and only buy the records officially.
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Z.Z: Those who would like to know you as an artist, can read your biography on your website (https://www.farzadonline.com/) or read our older interviews with you on zirzamin’s archives (Here), but let me start by asking you how it’s going with the recordings of your next album “Three”? F.G: It’s about 2 to 3 years that I have started working on this album and due to lack of time and the amount of works involved, I’ve not been able to finish the recordings yet. There is nothing much left on mixing and mastering. I think the album will be ready in a month. But I can’t say anything firm about its release yet. I prefer to complete the works and then look for a suitable channel for the release. But I will have some parts of some tracks on the https://www.farzadonline.com.z.z/ The next album includes only 3 compositions which are 17 min in length, each. Is it because you wanted to give a more Progressive profile to it?
F.G: Yes, if the album wouldn’t have been Progressive, I could have increased the number of tracks to 15. Two of the songs (14 and 39) contain a lot of variations, they transform a lot and have depths. Also in track “47” I have sang little bit in it which has become an Read more
Farzad held a gig in “IRANIAN INTERGALACTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL” performing at October 2006 in Zaandam (The Netherlands).
Festival’s website:
Due to some problems Farzad couldn’t go with his band and he playbacked the songs (instead of guitar parts that he played) with video clips that had been made by his paintings, and he played on it. it was a concert with a different visual performance. Some tracks from Albums “One”, “Two” and “Three” was playing in that gig. For view some pics from that concert checkBand Photos page.
There were 12 Iranian bands and musicians from Iran and Europe with various styles in that Festival. Goal of festival was make progress for new Iranian music styles instead of current commercial styles.
More information about this festival at:
The second album of Farzad (Two) was going to be released by Bam Ahang Co. in May 2005 (only in Iran) but its license interned by relative ministry and it’s releasing from August 2006.
This album includes 11 tracks. Like the previous one, this album is an Instrumental Fusion-Metal and it’s is totally done by Farzad, and in two tracks “Kaveh Hamedanian” has played Cello.
Because the delay of releasing previous album , “Two” has been produced between 2004 and 2005.
This album is officially Free to download as MP3 files. To purchase Physical CD please visit Store page or Farzad’s store at Reverbnation.
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Farzad had a little perform in Switzerland’s Embassy in July 2006. He and “Ali Sardashti” (Iranian Percussion Player) played new versions of some tracks and some Improvise parts.
Also there were other bands with different styles in this program.
The first album of Farzad Golpayegani “ONE” is an Instrumental Fusion-Metal album. Farzad has composed, performed, recorded, mastered and even has designed album cover all by himself. He personally has played 7-string electric guitar, Acoustic guitar and Bass guitar and for the percussion instruments, he has composed the notes by computer programming. No Eastern or Persian instrument has been used in entire record and all the eastern sounds and melodies are simulated and played with Acoustic guitar in an innovated tuning.
Name of the tracks are the numbers in song writer’s track-list. The reason is the importance of Instrumental music and musical concept against understanding under track name’s influence.
Although there are many difficulties for Rock and Metal Music in Iran, this album succeeded to be the first licensed album in this genre in Islamic Republic of Iran in 2002. But it faced many problems for distribution and had two years of latency and finally was released in 2004. After a while because of Rock music being banned by the authorities in Persian’s government the MP3 version of album was officially distributed free to download at Farzad’s official website.
This album is officially Free to download as MP3 files. To purchase Physical CD please visit Store page or Farzad’s store at Reverbnation.
