Coup of Gods
| Coup of Gods | |
|---|---|
| Studio album by | |
| Released | 17 September 2021 |
| Genre | World music |
| Length | 34:00 |
| Label | Harvey Mason Jr - Hundredup |
Coup of Gods is the title of the album of an Iranian composer and arranger, Mehdi Rajabian. This album was released for the first time in 17 September 2021 in America, mixed and mastered by Harvey Mason Jr, CEO of Grammy Academy and published by«Hundredup», his subset company.[1][2][3]This work was arranged and composed by Mehdi Rajabian through his musical mindset of classic and world music by leaning on the tone of native players like Indian Sarangi and Armenian Duduk with two American folk singers and the assistance of ‘Yaybahar’s innovatory instrument and solo classical playing with accompaniment of Sao Paulo’s national orchestra.[4][5][6]
Critics review
Before global release, this album was praised and admired by more than 40 great critics of the music world like the critics of the Billboard[7] Newspaper, Rolling Stone[8], Financial Times,[9] Forbes[10], Time, BBC[11], Fox News[12], Newsweek[13], Sky News[14] and The Times[15] who also had a special approval of the album’s excellence and as for Rajabian’s Imprisonments records, they consider this album to be a brand new start for the raving eastern composer after the album ‘Middle Eastern’, plus, they introduced it as ‘one of the main chances to win the 2022 grammy awards.’[16]
Suspension of the album
A year before the album’s launch, BBC world service announced the start of making this album on the middle days of 11 August 2020 and this announcement was followed by a wide range of aggression toward Mehdi Rajabian, causing his detention. His detention had the great reflection of many in the world’s medias and eventually, after his liberation, the same restrictions put him through making connection with the world’s musicians and restarting the composition of the album this way[17].[18]
Track listing
All music is composed by Mehdi Rajabian
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Whip On a Lifeless Body" | 9:10 |
| 2. | "Murmur of the Naked Nun" | 10:10 |
| 3. | "An Epitaph on the Tomb of Companions" | 11:11 |
| 4. | "Coup of Gods" | 4:00 |
| Total length: | 00:34:10 | |
External links
- Whip On a Lifeless Body on youtube
- Murmur of the Naked Nun on youtube
- An Epitaph on the Tomb of Companions on youtube
- Coup of Gods on youtube
References
- ^ "Mehdi Rajabian: The Iranian musician risking it all for new album after being jailed for his music". Sky News. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ "Iranian Composer Who Risks Jail For Releasing Music Has Submitted Album For Grammy Consideration". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ September 17, rew R. Chow; Edt, 2021 12:39 Pm. "Meet the Iranian Musician Who Keeps Risking Imprisonment For His Music". Time. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Mehdi Rajabian risks rearrest with Coup of Gods". amp.ft.com. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ September 17, rew R. Chow; Edt, 2021 12:39 Pm. "Meet the Iranian Musician Who Keeps Risking Imprisonment For His Music". Time. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Iranian musician brutalized by Tehran hopes Grammys will save him: "My last chance"". Newsweek. 2021-09-16. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ "Iranian Composer Who Risks Jail For Releasing Music Has Submitted Album For Grammy Consideration". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ "Mehdi Rajabian: One Iranian Artist's Fight for Creative Freedom". Rollingstone. Retrieved 2021-06-05.
- ^ "Mehdi Rajabian risks rearrest with Coup of Gods". amp.ft.com. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ "In His Own Words: Iranian Musician Mehdi Rajabian On Why He Is Willing To Risk Jail For His New Album, 'Coup Of Gods'". Forbes. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
- ^ "Iranian musician risks prison for new album". BBC News. 2021-09-14. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ "Iranian artist defies regime by releasing new album, risking imprisonment | Fox News". www.foxnews.com. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ "Iranian musician brutalized by Tehran hopes Grammys will save him: "My last chance"". Newsweek. 2021-09-16. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ "Mehdi Rajabian: The Iranian musician risking it all for new album after being jailed for his music". Sky News. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ "Mehdi Rajabian: 'I make music to say I'm alive'". TheTimes. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
- ^ "Iranian musician risks prison for new album". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ "Iranian Composer Who Risks Jail For Releasing Music Has Submitted Album For Grammy Consideration". Billboard. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ "Iranian musician risks prison for new album". BBC News. 2021-09-14. Retrieved 2021-09-26.