Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily Love in Exile (2 LP)

Beautiful Trio Album Featuring Vocals from Arooj Aftab on Double LP!
2024 Grammy Award Nominee:
• Best Alternative Jazz Album: Love in Exile
• Best Global Music Performance: "Shadow Forces"
Consequence Top 50 Albums of 2023 - Rated 34/50!
Pitchfork 50 Best Albums of 2023 - Rated 25/50!
Love in Exile asks you to step inside its sense of time, to stretch out alongside these delightful and unhurriedly unfolding songs. Profound impact is achieved with minimal instrumentation: Iyer on pianos and electronics, Ismaily on bass and Moog synth and Aftab's exquisite Urdu vocals. Subtle musical interrelationships build into moments of deeply felt drama. Shimmering keyboard melodies and stirring vocals, earthy basslines, and hypnotic drones: together they create an album of stunning gravitas and beauty.

Features:

• Double LP
• Mastered by Matt Colton
• Lacquers Cut by Chris Muth
• Gatefold Jacket
• Made in Germany

Musicians:

• Arooj Aftab, vocals
• Vijay Iyer, piano, Fender Rhodes, electronics
• Shahzad Ismaily, Moog synth, 1964 Fender Precision bass

Selections:

Side A
1. To Remain/To Return
2. Haseen Thi
Side B
1. Shadow Forces
2. Sajni
Side C
1. Eyes of the Endless
Side D
1. Sharabi