: Azam Ali at Cafe du Nord, San Francisco. March 11, 2007.
Background information
Origin
Los Angeles, United States Montreal, Canada Iran
Genres
World music Folk music Electronica Sufi
Years active
2005–present
Labels
Six Degrees Records
Members
Azam Ali Loga Ramin Torkian Habib Meftah Boushehri
Past members
Carmen Rizzo
Website
www.niyazmusic.com
Niyaz (Persian: نياز) is an Iranian Canadian musical duo. The group was created in 2004[1] by DJ, programmer/producer and remixer Carmen Rizzo, vocalist and hammered dulcimer player Azam Ali, formerly of the group Vas, and Ali's husband, Loga Ramin Torkian, of the Iranian crossover group Axiom Of Choice.[2] In 2013, Carmen Rizzo announced via Facebook that he was retiring from Niyaz.[1] "Niyaz" means "yearning" in Persian, Urdu[3] and Turkish.
Niyaz's music, described as "mystical music with a modern edge",[4] is primarily a blend of Sufi mysticism and trance electronica.[5] Niyaz adapts Persian, Indian and Mediterranean folk sounds, poetry and songs including the poetry of Sufi mystic Rumi, with Western electronic instrumentation and programming.[6]
Their self-titled debut album, released in 2005, combined 13th century Sufi and Urdu poetry with "swirling, hypnotic beats".[3] Their 2008 follow-up album, Nine Heavens, featured two discs; the second disc contained acoustic renditions of the tracks on the first disc.
Their third album, Sumud (صمود), released in spring 2012.[7] A companion piece to the album, an acoustic EP with six songs, was released 19 March 2013.
^ ab"Carmen Rizzo retires from Niyaz". Retrieved 2013-06-18. After 3 wonderful albums and touring around the world many times with the band I co-founded in 2004 with Azam Ali & Loga Ramin Torkian, I have decided to retire from the Niyaz.
^"Niyaz: From Iran To India To Los Angeles".
^ ab"Niyaz: self-titled".
^Curiel, Jonathan (2008-06-29). "NIYAZ – World music". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
^"Niyaz official site". niyazmusic.com. Retrieved 2009-02-20.
^"Niyaz Bio". Archived from the original on 2011-01-02. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
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