Suspended

Description

Limited Edition, Heavy 350gsm Sleeve, Obi.
We Release JAZZ is very happy to announce the limited vinyl edition of Obad’s
powerful new album Suspended, a vivid document of the Tehran ensemble’s
endlessly evolving sonic universe — now available as a limited LP housed in a
heavyweight sleeve with an Obi strip and featuring original artwork by Iranian
painter Sadra Baniasadi.
Suspended is a superbly spontaneous, improvisational blend of exploratory jazz
fusion, progressive funk-rock, and transcendental groove. Built from lived experience
and shaped by Tehran’s pulse, Obad’s music is kinetic and intuitive — an ever-
morphing dialogue between rhythm and texture, emotion and message.
With Farid Farzian Pour on drums, Siavash Karimi on electric guitar, Kiarash Radmehr
on bass guitar, and Hamidreza Keshavrpajuh (aka Pajuh) on tenor saxophone, Obad
creates a soundworld where hypnotic
basslines meet thunderous, free-flowing percussion; where searing guitar motifs coil
around saxophone phrases that move from whispered invocation to explosive
catharsis. Suspended captures the quartet at full
creative stretch: alive, unguarded, and deeply attuned to one another.
Sadra Baniasadi’s striking cover painting mirrors the album’s energy — bold,
dreamlike, charged with movement, and extending Obad’s world into the visual
realm.
Suspended stands as a major statement from one of Iran’s most compelling
contemporary ensembles, marking Obad’s first release on We Release JAZZ and
continuing the label’s commitment to boundary-pushing music born from profound
listening, place, and collective intuition.