Mohsen Namjoo

Mohssen Namjoo’s music is most beneficial known for just two details: merging Persian (Iranian) traditional music with western music (Jazz, Blues and Rock and roll) resulting in intelligently-arranged assimilative music and a complete new method of performing, latter being the idea he continues to be extremely criticized upon. Namjoo was created in 1976, in little town of Torbat-e-Jam in northeast of Iran, but was raised in Mashhad. Torbat-e-Jam is most beneficial known because of its dotar (a normal Iranian music device) players. He started to find out Iranian traditional music at age twelve, after loss of life of his father–which broadly affected his existence. He began his research in traditional Iranian performing (avaz) under guidance of Nassrolah Nasseh-Pour in programs structured by Ministry of Tradition and Islamic Assistance in Mashhad. After six years, ultimately he finished the repertoire of Iranian traditional performing. In 1994 he joined the University or college of Dramatic Arts in Tehran as he was provided a position to review Theatre. A 12 months after, in 1995 he became a member of the undergraduate music system at Tehran University or college where he was students of some professional music trainers. During the times of learning music he also got acquainted with traditional western music. His music is actually affected by Jim Morrison, Chris Issak, Tag Knopfler, The Doorways, Leonard Cohen as well as others. Namjoo began to create music in early 90’s. He offers made up up to 100 bits of music so far nine which have been released by Barbad Music in his 1st official recording Toranj in 2007. He’s also a lyricist however in many tracks of Toranj, he provides mainly recommended to make use of poets from great Iranian traditional poems like Hafez, Rumi and Sa`di. A fascinating stage about Namjoo’s tracks is certainly that for a good Persian who listens to his music for the very first time what may be somewhat hard to comprehend! It really is totally due to his unique method of executing the vocals. This aspect is exactly what many critics possess criticized him upon. Some conventional people could find his method of performing, which often actually is quite unusual and funny throughout a track, rude to Persian books while others could find his attempts very romantic. As he himself says inside a documentary produced predicated on his existence, his music is focused on tearing aside taboos and going through new moulds. So far as Namjoo’s music in worried, it is apparent that he offers appropriate affinity with both Persian and traditional western music. He also offers the courage to combine them. Namjoo in addition has had some worldwide performances until now. He performed at a concert that was a part of Tehran Hotspot at Rotterdam International Film Event at Ro theater as well as with couple of various other occasions in Utrecht, Venice, Rome (Academy of Good Arts) and Paris (La Baline Balanche). Furthermore, he has made up music for quantity of Iranian short movies, animations and has since 1995.