Khyam Allami - Resonance/Dissonance

Resonance/Dissonance (released on Khyam Allami's own label Nawa Recordings) is a rare and ambitious effort.

Resonance/Dissonance is a complete work, a whole. A result of many years of hard work and immersion, the music was composed almost entirely in one weekend and recorded two weeks later in Feb 2011.

Musically, it is based on the concept of Maqam (the modal system of Middle Eastern music), seemingly stark and simple yet overtly complex. Unusual approaches to the Maqams combine with original, highly structured and detailed “composedimprovisations”. Recurring themes and melodic shapes render a cohesive narrative, accented by a sensitive dynamic and rhythmic outbursts using unusual rhythmic cycles. All of which intertwine around complete compositions and a dark rendition of the traditional Iraqi Maqam Nawa.

Mystical in its lucidity and abstract in its poetry, Resonance/Dissonance is unique, soulful, beautiful, dark, heavy and hopeful all at once. A truly boundary crossing musical work for fans of Middle Eastern, Classical, Progressive, Jazz, Improvised, World and Avant-garde.