Kourosh Yaghmaei - Back from the Brink (2011) CD RIP

Kourosh Yaghmaei ‎– Back from the Brink

Pre-Revolution Psychedelic Rock from Iran: 1973-1979


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"By the early 1970s, Iranian artists such as the diva Googoosh, her R&B influenced

saxophonist and musical director Erik, sitar-funker Abbas Mehrpouya and the angelic

tenor Pourain took the stage. Using indigenous instruments and forms and adding

electric guitar as well as other Western influences, these artists set a new

standard for Middle Eastern pop music. And so did Kourosh Yaghmaei. But Kourosh was

of a different sort.


While the aforementioned artists are giants in their own right, Kourosh stands as

the godfather of Persian Rock and Psychedelia. Alongside his brothers, the

guitarist Kamran and the keyboardist Kambiz, the trio created vocal and musical

stylings that bear a striking resemblance to Turkish fuzz-guitar god Erkin Koray.

But their tales – such as “Hajme Kahali,” a meditation on loneliness, are uniquely

Iranian.


Kourosh’s 7” singles are exceedingly rare. They are all masterful in their cross-

cultural melding but they – alongside music Kourosh recorded in the mid-to-late 70s

but never officially released – have languished since the Revolution, and are

unheard of by those outside of the immediate Iranian diaspora. We at Now-Again

Records, alongside Kourosh and his son Kaveh, have corrected this glaring

inaccuracy in the world of Psychedelic Funk and Rock music with the Back from the

Brink anthology, which we released in August 2011."


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Label: Now-Again Records (NA 5066)

Format: 2 x CD (Compilation, Remastered)

Country: US

Released: August 2011

Genre: Rock, Pop, Folk, World, & Country

Style: Psychedelic Rock

Phonographic Copyright: Stones Throw Records

Copyright: Stones Throw Records


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Personnel: http://www.discogs.com/Kourosh-Yaghmaei-Back-From-The-Brink/release/3025704

iTunes Screenshot: http://bayimg.com/NAOePaaFp


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Imported from my personal iTunes library in m4a format, complete with correct track

listing and artwork.


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