{"product_id":"nelia-safaie-songs-from-lands-of-silence-cd","title":"Nelia Safaie \/\/ Songs from Lands of Silence \/\/ CD","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNelia Safaie sings songs from Lands of Silence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Iranian singer-songwriter \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNelia Safaie\u003c\/b\u003e is making her debut this autumn with the album “\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSongs from Lands of Silence”\u003c\/i\u003e. This album is a testimony to hope and light against a dark background. Nelia has written most of the songs herself. Her lyrics are about expectations of a new morning with pure rivers, fertile fields and waves of light, and about the yearning that always fills us all.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNelia Safaie is a student of the famous artist Mahsa Vahdat. Nelia presented two songs in the project \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“Songs in the Mist”\u003c\/i\u003e in 2016, where also many other students of Mahsa Vahdat took part, among them Ooldouz Pouri whose debut album was released last year. The two students take part in building a longlasting educational and pedagogical platform of Persian vocal arts that Mahsa has established during more than 20 years as a teacher and mentor. The later years the record company Kirkelig Kulturverksted has supported this work in several ways. The albums of Nelia Safaie and Ooldouz Pouri are results of this work, and they represent important steps for the artists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn the cover she offers this preface:\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI caress your dark hair\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMildly, with patience, until the knots\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou are in my arms, hardened by the tears on your cheek,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSleeping sorrowful\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAnd I am preparing a feast to make you happy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is all I can do\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInvite the world to one day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTo gaze into your beauty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMy land!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe album title and the preface lead one’s thoughts immediately to the situation of female singers in Iran, where they are prohibited from singing solo in public. But Nelia reaches further than that. This album can also be about marginalization and neglect in a more existential perspective, experiences that many people have in our time, where violent and dramatic changes in people's everyday lives may leave them silent and impotent.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHere is an excerpt from one of Nelia's lyrics:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI come from an old land full of silence,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLips full of silence and heart full of words\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom silent and sad roads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom that precious mountain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStay an old, patient land\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMy Iran, show your face to the world\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMorning is coming, beautiful!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRemember, from that fra distance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI come back for you to smile\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThat’s it…\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne of the songs is a tribute to the legendary female musician \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNakisa\u003c\/b\u003e who lived in the pre-Islamic Persia:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI paint on canvas my own Nakisa in red\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003emy hair in black then request love passionately\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen the sunset light is bound to my canvas\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI become quiet then I create my own Nakisa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNelia Safaie has written most of the songs on the album. Three of them are folk songs from north of Iran, from the area by the Caspian Sea. Nelia sings and plays the string instruments \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003esetar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etar\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebaghlama\u003c\/i\u003e on her debut album. Contributors include the Norwegians \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGjermund Silset\u003c\/b\u003e on bass and \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKenneth Ekornes\u003c\/b\u003e on percussion, and the \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTurk Emre Sınanmış\u003c\/b\u003e on \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eduduk\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eErik Hillestad\u003c\/b\u003e has recorded and mixed the album in Maridalen Church. Nelia's mentor, \u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMahsa Vahdat,\u003c\/b\u003e has produced the record together with Erik Hillestad.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout Nelia Safaie:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNelia was born in 1977 in Gorgan in Iran, where her parents still live.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eHer father was a postmaster, her mother a PE teacher. Her father taught her to play \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003esantoor\u003c\/i\u003e and violin. At the age of 15 she started learning to play the \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etar\u003c\/i\u003e, and ever since has worked with music, for more than 20 years. She moved to Tehran ten years ago because her hometown was conservative when it came to performing music. In 2009 she started vocal studies with Mahsa Vahdat and later with Hamidreza Noorbarj. She also attended classes given by Hossein Alizadeh (\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etar\u003c\/i\u003e and composition), Keyvan Saket, Fariborz Azizi and Zeidollah Toloei (\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etar\u003c\/i\u003e). She is self-taught on the \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003esetar\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebaghlama\u003c\/i\u003e, which are both Persian string instruments in the same family as the \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etar\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTrack list:\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1. Shoopeh                              6.44\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2. Mouye-Zar                          6.11\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3. Me, the Cradle and You     7.00\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4. I’m Another Nakisa            3.32\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5. It’s the Time                        7.29\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6. Telavang                              6.15\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e7. True Hope                           7.58\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8. Iran, the Ancient Land       5.59\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kirkelig Kulturverksted","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41562616889539,"sku":"FXCD464","price":179.0,"currency_code":"NOK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0610\/7116\/3587\/products\/1000x1000_Nelia_forside_HOY.jpg?v=1646060811","url":"https:\/\/kkvbutikken.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/nelia-safaie-songs-from-lands-of-silence-cd","provider":"KKV Nettbutikk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}