The music of Hamraaz is both magical and atmospheric. The moment you hear the sounds, they grab you, draw you in, hypnotize you, and transport you to a state of ultimate bliss. The duo (expanded to a trio for this occasion) plays Iranian and Armenian music, and they enjoy creating contemporary music inspired by the traditional music, modal systems, and maqam traditions in which the musicians were raised.
Their music draws inspiration from the beauty of modality, the dynamic character of the duduk, and the rich rhythms produced by the strokes on the tanbour and tar.
About their performance at In The Great Wide Open, de Volkskrant wrote: “You experience the ultimate festival feeling when the music merges with its surroundings. (…) The Iranian Khorshid Dadbeh plays abrasive, woody chords on the small Iranian tanbur, seemingly seeking contact with the divine. The French Lucie Lelaurain weaves pleading melodies through it on the duduk, a wind instrument through which you can whisper something to God. The hypnotic music is almost unamplified and drifts through the dunes…”
Over hun optreden op In The Great Wide Open schreef de Volkskrant: ‘Je ervaart het ultieme festivalgevoel wanneer de muziek opgaat in haar omgeving. (…) De Iraanse Khorshid Dadbeh speelt schurende, houtachtige akkoorden op de kleine Iraanse tanbur, die lijken te zoeken naar contact met het goddelijke. De Franse Lucie Lelaurain weeft smekende melodieën erdoorheen op de duduk, een blaasinstrument waarmee je iets tegen God kunt fluisteren. De hypnotiserende muziek is vrijwel onversterkt en kringelt door de duinen…’
Performers
- Hamraaz Trio More information ebbmusic.eu/artists/hamraaz