Farhad

Farhad was created in January 1944 in Tehran. In 1966, he started to play with Shahbal Shabpare, Shahram Shabpare, and Hassan Shammaiezade within an early Iranian music music group: Dark Cats. (The music group is still dealing with Shahbal Shabpare plus some additional young music artists in the U.S.) 2 yrs later, Farhad remaining the music group and began to make his method in music. Why is Farhad exclusive among his counterparts is definitely 1st the nihilistic part of his music lyrics (that have been mainly by Ahmad Shamloo, Ardalan Sarafraz, and Shahriar Ghanbari) and secondly, the road culture which may be heard around his music. In 1969, twelve months after splitting up with Dark Pet cats, Farhad released his 1st single, “Unhappy Guy,” with lyrics by Shahriar Ghanbari and music by “Esfandiar Monfared Zadeh.” It had been area of the soundtrack for the film Reza Motori (Reza, the Motoracer). After “Unhappy Man,” his following three singles had been “Fri,” “Grey Week,” and “Reflection” from 1970-1971. The theme of most of these tracks is definitely nihilistic. “Smell of present, smell of cannon, smell of lamps” or “Worries of departing undone, the vacation homework of college” through the well-known music “Puerile sound extremely familiar to Iranians, specifically in the times near the festivities of nowrooz (New Times, New Yr). His music frequently includes such road culture. In fact, he is highly recommended as an musician with avant-garde ambitions in the first times of newborn Western-oriented Iranian well-known music. Parallel towards the pre-Islamic trend tensions in Iran, Farhad released some politics conceptual singles with lyrics by Shahriar Ghanbari and Ahmad Shamloo like “Nocturnal 1,” “Tired,” “Ceiling,” “Collapse,” “Special Little Parrot,” and “Nocturnal 2.” (Afterwards, basically “Exhausted” were collected within a album known as Oneness.) Following the Islamic Trend, Farhad didn’t keep Iran and produced three album produces, Oneness, Asleep in Wake, and Snow. Oneness and Snow had been completely unique albums throughout sleep in Wake is nearly a covers recording. In Asleep in Wake, Farhad protected many English tracks, including Leonard Cohen’s “Hey, That’s NO CHANCE to state Goodbye.” Snow included eight new tracks, which were created in the post-revolution period. In the post-revolution period, Farhad experienced many problems finding a concert hall for his shows. In 1997, he produced a solo efficiency in the U.S. having a piano performed by himself, similar to the past for an viewers when they utilized to maintain their own house country. Farhad passed away after 2 yrs of treatment in Iran and France, in August 2002 at age 59. After his loss of life, a assortment of his functions, right from the start of his profession to the finish, entitled Farhad 159, was released like a five-disc arranged. It also included a few of his interviews using the media aswell. He’s buried in Thiais cemetery outside Paris.