Music is a power in our life, our greatest gift. „In the life of the Sufi music is as important as air for breathing. Nevertheless is music of greatest importance in his life. Whatever may come, I take it like it is, because it is good as it is.“ Bahram does not expect anything and this seems to be his secret. I take life simply gratefully and with open heartily – just as it is. Bahramji continues to say: „I never commit myself to only one thing. Today I am a musician and tomorrow … a cook.“ And a good cook he is. „I identify myself with my music – however not just only herewith. He also began to sing in order to interpret the words of mystic poets such as Rumi, Saadi, Attar or Hafez.įor a long time Bahramji studied the doctrines of the Sufi and also lived through the teachings.
Besides the Santoor, he also began to play the Persian Settar and „Ney“, a Persian bamboo flute. His instrument is the Persian Santoor, a traditional string instrument, from which is said to be able to cause the tone of total emptiness. By playing whirling music for restless globetrotters of most various cultures, his style changed and melted the traditional songs into a new form, creating a sphere refreshing the body and soul. Nature and people are wonderful – it changed my life.“ says Bahramji. A good friend taught him the first steps on this traditional instrument and already soon he became such a virtuoso, that he already performed in public.Īfter Bahram had lived 25 years in Iran, where he also went to school ending with a highschool diploma, he left the country in 1977, studied in and travelled to India and later to Europe. Bahrams musical career began at the age of 15 when his father, who plays the violin himself, gave him a Santoor. As a child he heard the old Sufi melodies, which are still inspiration for him today. He therefore had contact to music at early age. Bahram grew up in a large family, in which there were many good musicians and singers. Kermanshah is a small city in a beautifully location: surrounded by mountains, rivers and trees, it was therefore also called „the city of the kings“. To draw parallels with Western music, Madonna’s song “Bedtime Story” (released in 1995, written by Björk et al.) has a similar lyrical and graphical inspiration drawn from Sufism.Bahram was born 1952 in the Persian city Kermanshah, in the Kurdish part Iran. Deriving its roots from Persian poets such as Rumi, Hafez and Saadi, the mystical renditions of the poetry was reflected in beautifully arranged songs that portrayed the mysticism surrounding Sufism, and the one notion of monotheistic beliefs. I was inspired to incorporate some samples from his tracks, and the album Sufiyan was the culmination of spiritual and poetic music in the world of chillout and meditative music. He melts old songs into a new form, creating a meditative sphere to uplift body and soul. Through playing whirling music for wanderers from different cultures, his style has changed from the traditional approach to his own. At the age of 13 he learned to play the Santoor and started to perform at several places in his hometown. As a child he heard the ancient Sufi melodies, which are the inspiration for his music today. Here is a short introduction to Bahramji from his website:īahram (Bahramji) was born in 1952 in the Kurdish city of Kermanshah in Persia.
So it wasn’t until I released the second track that I mentioned Soul Awareness. Bahramji & Mashti in 2012, when I released a second remix featuring Bahramji and Mashti. It has taken a long time since I got around to write about this track. I briefly mentioned it in my post Ethnic Chillout meet Disco Music: Sina ft.