The hottest time of the year has already begun. Most festival lineups have been finalized and announced, and now we can invite you to get a taste of Shahab’s Middle Eastern guitar riffs during his guest appearances with the international ethno-bass band N.O.H.A. Sure you know them by their hit “Tu Café” (2008)
The opening concert already took place in Brno (Czech Republic) on May 13th (Vankovka fest) for approximately 2500 attenders. Also, at the end of the month there’ll be two grand opening concerts at the RedBull fest.
4th Iranian Film Festival
This year the 4th Iranian Film Festival in Prague will feature Shahab Tolouie Duo during its special Night of Music and Film.
Held on 8th of January from 7.30pm in the Royal theatre, Vinohradska 48, the evening is composed of a Persian & Flamenco fusion guitar concert performed by Shahab Tolouie and Jan Urbanec.
The second part of the evening is dedicated to poetic meditation on love and death in contemporary Tehran, in the screening of The Last Step movie (1988) by Ali Mosaffa. Tickets available at theater’s box office.
New T-shirts Available for Pre-order
Have you heard about our new Merch-line yet? Many of you helped us choose the final design of the t-shirt. So, now it’s our pleasure to set the start for pre-order process today and to see you as the part of our team of decision makers. Till 1st of November anybody can order the t-shirt with a discount of 3.00€ as our thanks for being active and involved at each step of Shahab’s musicianship.
All preorders will be shipped from our facility on November 1st, 2014 and next day t-shirt will be available in our shop for 14.99€ + shipping. If you have any additional questions about Pre-Orders, please feel free to send us a comment using the form below or by e-mail info@atlas-music.org! Please also make sure to include the subject for Pre-Order, so that we may assist you as soon as possible! New designs are on the way!!!
Habiboo Boushehri as Guest of Summer concerts
Just two weeks from now, we would like to invite you to the first Prague concert of Shahab Tolouie. He will be accompanied by his long-term fellow musician/friend Jan Urbanec on semi-acoustic fretless bass. Together they formed the 1st “Shahab Tolouie trio” in 2008 and now, after years, they’re sharing the stage again with new songs and news tight arrangements. Exceptional guest of Prague’s debut will be Iranian percussionist from France Habiboo Boushehri. He is well known through his cooperation with Jorge Pardo, Adnan Joubran or Azam Ali…
- 30th August festival “Barevna Devitka” invites you to a short performance of the trio.
- 5th September you can enjoy 2 hours music journey of Shahab Tolouie, Jan Urbanec and their guest Habiboo Boushehri at Jazz Dock.
- 6th September join band’s musical trip in Usti nad Labem – festival “Barevna Planeta” Thanks for you support. See you soon.
Guitar Lessons on Youtube
As promised from now on we publish new series of videos (guitar lessons) at Shahab Tolouie’s YouTube Channel. You can find them under Guitar Lessons playlist. Also, you can Subscribe to the channel to get notifications about new guitar lessons.
The videos of the playlist will be those where Shahab will explain how to play a particular song of his and will answer your questions.
The first song is “Cafeteria by Vltava” composed in Prague years back. This instrumental composition suits the compass of flamenco “Tangos” with some slight changes in compas in chorus section of the song.
Cafeteria by Vltava & My Lost Smile
Two new songs have already been published at Shahab Tolouie’s youtube channel.
“My Lost Smile”
The main theme of the song is played on both Guitar & Persian Setar (triple neck fusetar). At the same time while semi-acoustic fretless bass holds the groove. The use of the little chain and coins on the 1st bass string is a very interesting creativity. This adds a tambourine-like sound to the overall sound.
Shahab Tolouie composed this song about 15 years ago and by time he made some minor changes to the main theme, which was previously written for quintet. This is the short version of the song for demonstration purposes and the main (full length) song will be released officially on the upcoming album “Terra Mediterranea”
Video News on Official Youtube Channel
As Internet technologies rapidly developing and opening more possibilities, we try to use the most advanced ones to bring you news as fast as possible. Now, with your help, we hope to transform our YouTube channel into band’s broadcasting platform. So, you will be able to find there fresh dose of information. Often directly from rehearsal room when arranging new material… Or Shahab promised to take you on the road, to do sound-check together. Sometimes you can also watch his concert from the back-stage and maybe to cook together and look at who will come to see the band off.
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At the very beginning of the year we’d like to answer some major questions fans & friends asked us the most. We hope this will not only answer questions on downloads, but will also navigate to best possible deals near you. So, read further to learn:
- How to download Shahab’s music
- Where to buy digital MP3/physical CD
- Possible cost per track/album
- And why it is not available for free
New Documentary by Behzad Bolour on BBC Persian TV
This is new documentary about Shahab Tolouie (شهاب طلوعی) for weekly music show by Behzad Bolour (بهزاد بلور) – Bolour Banafsh (بلور بنفش). Produced and broadcasted by BBC Persian TV.
The movie was recorded in Prague at the beginning of May 2013. It slightly opens the creative process of the new album “Terra Mediterranea”, which is set for release this autumn. Besides of listening to several samples of new music, you get to meet Shahab’s band members and pry about recording of the song “My Lost Smile” in studio. At the same time there is a fresh look on Prague’s musical and historical attractions such as: John Lennon Wall, Vltava River, Prague Castle, Charles Bridge, Lavka, Kampa and Lovers Bridge.
…View the rest of this postRainforest Single Release
The song Rainforest, also known by the names of Raining Forest or Jangale Barani, was released yesterday. It has become a favourite track with many people after a live performance on BBC TV (2009). Due to high demand, it’s been chosen as the debut single before the new album release.
Rainforest emphasises the problem of deforestation of tropical forests around the World. All the facts say that we are losing vast tracts of one of the Earth’s greatest biological treasures. Rainforests once covered 14% of the earth’s land surface; now they cover a mere 6%. If deforestation continues at its current rates, scientists estimate nearly 80 to 90% of tropical rainforest ecosystems will have been destroyed by the year 2020.
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