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Music Review | Works of Shida Shahabi

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Shida Shahabi is female Iranian root Swedish pianist-composer.

Homes (FatCat Records, 2018)

“Homes” is the debut album of Iranian root Swedish female composer, Shida Shahabi.

“Abisme” is mysterious and curious song suit associates Erik Satie’s “Six Gnossiennes”.

“Smygkatt” is a mysterious and minimal composition features impressive up and down phrases.

“Petula” is 4 beat amusing and wonderful exotic dance song.

“Pretty in Plums” is Islamic or Asian taste Electronica or Ambient. Piano plays arpeggios, ethnic mallet or pluck instruments play melodies with harmonies.

“Dawning and Wind” is a melancholic and apathetic improvisational piano solo song has the element of Blues.

“Vassen” is a minimal apathetic and little bit Asian taste song like Federico Mompou and Jazz piano solo.

“Epilog” is a sorrowful a sorrowful, apathetic and vague simple piano solo piece with reflection noise.

“Afterword” is sentimental and fantastic, Classical and European Folk taste song like Fabrizio Paterlini.

Very wonderful, mystic and exotic piano solo album has elements and tastes of Modernist Music, Asian and Persian Ethnic Music and Jazz. I recommend this album who like Satie, Mompou, Scriabin, Nunu and Gonzales (aka Chilly Gonzales).

Living Circle (FatCats Records, 2023)

“Kinsei” is an abstract Classical song with cello solo and reflection noises.

“Deep Violet Of Gold” is a vague. Ambient song with cello improvisational solos and noisy synthesizer chords like myst.

“Living Circle” is a calm and odd slow Post-classical song. It begins with soft piano backing and cello solo. Female chorus and sythesizer pad follow.

“Aestus” is a song a song is consist of mysterious female chorus and few tones of piano backing and keen reverb reflections.

“Tecum” is nostalgic mood Ambient like Aphex Twin “Ambient Works vol. 2”. It’s consist of synthesizer pad backing and another pad lead.

“Remain” is an apathetic and transparent Post-classical song. It begins with unemotional piano backing. Layers of pads and strings follow.

“Tree Mountain” is abstract Drone Ambient is consist of beautiful and noisy pad chord and cello solo and environmental noises.

A good album of the music is in between Post-classical and (Drone) Ambient.

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Furniture Music 2: Ambient Music for Solo Piano & Two Pianos ACM050

1 – Music for a WInd Bell
2 – Bright Rays from Sheer Curtains I
3 – Balcony I Sunny Balcony
4 – Music for Mobiles (Acoustic Piano Mix)
5 – Prescious Kitchen I
6 – Music for One’s Own Room IV Teenage Girl’s Room
7 – Music for One’s Own Room I Neat Room of a Madame
8 – Bright Rays from Sheer Curtains IV
9 – Music for a WInd Bell (Version 2)
10 – Toys 01 Building Blocks
11 – Balcony II Balcony at Noon
12 – Aqualium 03 Norman’s Lampeye
13 – Music for a WInd Bell (Version 3)
14 – Balcony IV Rest in the Balcony
15 – Heavy Duty Frying Pan I
16 – Bright Rays from Sheer Curtains III
17 – Balcony III
18 – Music for a WInd Bell (Version 4)
19 – Plain Plates
20 – Music for a WInd Bell (Version 5)
21 – Aquarium 01 Neon Tetra
22 – Music for a WInd Bell (Soprano Version)
23 – Toys 02 Teddy Bear
24 – Heavy Duty Frying Pan II
25 – Music for a WInd Bell (Alto Version)
26 – Mirrors I
27 – Mirrors II
28 – Mirrors III
29 – Mirrors IV
30 – Mirrors V
31 – Mirrors VI
32 – Music for One’s Own Room III Room of a Dormitory of Single Employees
33 – Kitchen Table I Large Wooden Kitchen Table
34 – Bright Rays from Sheer Curtains II
35 – Mirrors II (Two Pianos Counterpoint Version)
36 – Music for a Wind Bell (Alto Version of Version 5)
37 – Heavy Duty Frying Pan IV
38 – Furniture Piano I
39 – Furniture Piano II
40 – Furniture Piano III
41 – Furniture Piano IV
42 – Aquarium 02 Southern Platyfish
43 – Music for One’s Own Room 01 Neat Room of a Madame (Alto Version)
44 – Heavy Duty Frying Pan III
45 – Music for a WInd Bell (Soprano Version of Version 5)
46 – Music for One’s Own Room II Room of A Student Boy
47 – Heavy Duty Frying Pan I (Minimal Music Version)
48 – Mirrors I (Reflections Version)
49 – Music for a WInd Bell (Two Piano Dubbing Mix)
50 – Heavy Duty Frying Pan I (Slow Atmospheric Version)

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from Apfel Café Music, ACM050

released February 23, 2024

Jean-Michel Serres (composition, piano, mixing, mastering, cover art, direction, publicity)

© 2024 Apfel Café Music
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Music Review | Works of Green-House

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Green-House is the project of Los Angeles based Environmental and Ambient artist Olive Ardizoni. Her characteristic is natural, peaceful and wonderful mood, but using electric and electronic instruments and technologies.

Six Songs for Invisible Gardens (Plancha, 2020)

“Six Songs for Invisible Gardens” is the debut EP of American environmental and ambient music artist Green-House.

“Peperomia Seedling” is simple and beautiful song with vibraphone improvisational melodies and electric piano backing and samples of water splash.

“Sansevieria” is wonderful Electronica which is consist of vibraphone and electric piano arpeggios, organ long tones and sample of birds sing.

“Parlor Palm” begins with keen birds sing. Organ and synthesizer pad follow. Then beautiful fine synthesizer sequences ride on.

“Perennial Bloom” begins with a grandiose bold synthesizer lead solo with bird singing samples and high tone synth sequences, then they fade out. Mid-tone synthesizer sequence follows and closes the song.

“Soft Meadow” is slow Electronica, begins delay modulated sythesizer riffs and electric piano arpeggio backing. Vibraphone arpeggio and water murmur sample follow.

“Xylem” is a electric piano solo song with electronic noise, noisy synthesizer sequences. Later part vibraphone plays ensemble with electric piano.

A very beautiful, elegant, wonderful, calm, peaceful and natural Electronica and Ambient album has nostalgic New Age also today’s Drone and Chillhop taste.

Music for Living Spaces (Leaving Records, 2021)

Music for Living Spaces is the first LP or album of Green-House was released by Leaving Records.

“Top Soil” is a slow very beautiful and charming song is consist of electric piano, vibraphone, organ, synthesizer pad and sample of water murmurs. Each instrument plays melodies and accompaniment, and they cross.

“Nocturnal Bloom” is a nostalgic and Folk taste song. Electric piano plays backing and melodies, organ plays arpeggios and synthesizer flute plays lead.

“Sunflower Dance” is a wonderful, beautiful and warm composition. Electric piano plays backing arpeggios. Organ, synthesizer pad and flute plays melodies. Vibraphone play ornamental phrases.

“Bird of Paradise” is a wonderful and mysterious New Age, World Music or Afro taste song. Glockenspiel or marimba plays backing sequence. Electric piano and synthesizer pad play mysterious and impressive melodies.

“Soft Coral” is very slow nostalgic and traditional mood Ambient song like Aphex Twin and Brian Eno. Electric piano plays bass part and melodies. Vibraphone plays ornamental phrases. (Electric) noise(s) like wave and organ lead follow.

“Royal Fern” is a New Age taste nostalgic and elegant song. It begins with synthesizer sequence like a pluck instrument arpeggios and synthesizer lead like fuel play melodies. Synthesizer strings play chord accompaniment.

“Rain” is melancholic and a little bit Debussy and Asian taste song. It begins with pentatonic scale arpeggio by electric piano and samples of rain falls. Vibraphone and chorus sytnesizer follow. Vibraphone plays ornamental phrases. Chorus synthesizer plays chords.

“Find Home” is minor key, British traditional taste vocal song with electric piano, vibraphone and synthesizer pad arpeggio accompaniments.

“Middlenist” is slow Ambient song features improvisational plays of one or two electric piano(s).

The very beautiful, cute, cheerful, precious, natural excellent Ambient and Electronica album, and the greatest work of Green-House at present.

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