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Aryan or Arian ( fa, Āriān - آریان) is the first Persian pop band consisting of both male and female singers and players in
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
after the
Iranian Revolution
The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...
. Pahlavan and Salehi are the band's lead vocalists, and the songwriters are Pahlavan, Salehi, Amirkhas, Khahani and Farnejad. Their second, third and fourth albums were the bestselling albums of their release years. They are the first Iranian band to feature in the "
International Who's Who in Music
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". They have released four albums, and played concerts around the globe. They donate part of their profits to the "
United Nations World Food Programme
The World Food Programme; it, Programma alimentare mondiale; es, Programa Mundial de Alimentos; ar, برنامج الأغذية العالمي, translit=barnamaj al'aghdhiat alealami; russian: Всемирная продовольствен ...
".
Albums
Their debut album, ''Gole Aftabgardoon'' (''The Sunflower'') was released in 2000. The album had huge success in Iran and between the Persian communities across the globe. The lyrics were simple, nice and different from the prior bands and singers, and the music had a positive feeling.
Their second album, however, had more complex lyrics. It was named ''Va Amma, Eshgh'' (''And Now, Love'') and released in 2001. The lyrics were again alternative and different, and in the first song, the fantasies of love are being criticized and described as "The Childish Tales".
It took three years to release the third album, ''Till Eternity...'', released in 2004 and they started to show their music to the rest of the world and were nominated for
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World Music awards recently. The
band
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has become so popular that more than 54,000 tickets to one of their concerts were sold in less than six hours.
In a recent interview with BBC they said, "Now we have a responsibility, we should be better and introduce ourselves all over the world. "If you go to Iranian movies all you see is misery - nothing else. People think Iran is like this - everything is a desert, all the people are crying.... We wanted to show the real Iran".
In 2008, they released their fourth album ''Bi to Ba to'' and they worked together with
Chris de Burgh and produced an English-Persian version of de Burgh's song "
The Words I Love You
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" (
A light for eternity).
In 2009, Arian released a single called "Here Comes Nowrouz, Here Comes Spring" for the Iranian new year.
In 2010, they released a single called "The Footsteps of Hope" for United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and received a Certificate of Appreciation from WFP.
Mohammad Reza Golzar
Mohammad Reza Golzar ( fa, محمدرضا گلزار , born March 21, 1977) is an Iranian actor.
Early life
Mohammad Reza Golzar was born on 21 March 1977 in Tehran in a family of Azerbaijani origin. His close friend Aria Sajadi helped him ...
, a famous actor and model, used to be one of the guitarists and soloists for the group.
Current members
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Ali Pahlavan
Ali Pahlavan ( fa, علی پهلوان) (born 1 May 1975) is an Iranian–Australian musician, singer-songwriter, lyricist and composer. He started his professional music career in 1999 by establishing the first Iranian mixed-gender pop band, Ar ...
(Vocals & Guitar)
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Payam Salehi (Vocals & Guitar)
*
Ninef Amirkhas (Keyboard) (studying in the United States)
* Siamak Khahani (Violin)
* Alireza Tabatabaee (Drum)
* Borzou Badihi (Percussion) (lives on Kish Island)
* Sharareh Farnezhad (Guitar, Chorus)
* Sahar Kashmari (Chorus)
* Sanaz Kashmari (Chorus)
Guest players
* Farzad Fakhreddini (Electric Guitar)
* Dara Daraei (Bass Guitar)
*
Shahab Hosseini
Seyyed Shahabedin Hosseini Tonekaboni ( fa, سید شهاب الدین حسینی تنکابنی; born February 3, 1974) is an Iranian actor, producer and director. He is known for his collaborations with Iranian Academy Award-winning director ...
(Keyboard)
* Alireza Miraqa (Percussion)
* Amid Bonakdar (Bass Guitar)
;Former guest players
* Tirdad Keshavarzi (Electric Guitar) - Tehran Milad Hall (Tehran International Fair)
* Saman Emami (Electric Guitar)- Tehran S'ad Abad Palace.
* Milad Zendeh Naam (Electric Guitar) - Dubai
* Babak Akhoundi (Electric Guitar)- Uk, Germany Tour
;Guest players in albums
* Abbas Sadeqi (Electric Guitar)
* Babak Akhoundi (Electric Guitar)
* Fleming Khoshqadami (Harmonica)
* Farzad Fakhreddini (Electric Guitar)
* Jaber Eta'ati (Accordion)
Discography
Albums
*''Gole Aftabgardoon'' (گل آفتابگردون) (2000)
*''Va Amma Eshgh'' (2001) (و اما عشق)
*''Ta Binahayat'' (2004) (تا بی نهایت)
*''Bi To Ba To'' (2008) (بی تو با تو)
*''Khoda Hafez'' (2015) (خداحافظ)
Singles
*"Here Comes Nowrooz, Here Comes Spring" (2009) (عيد اومد بهار اومد)
*"The Footsteps of Hope" (2010) (صدای پای اميد)
*"Seven" (2010) (هفت)
*"Since You Have Gone" (2010) (از روزی که رفتی)
*"Miss You Lots" (2010) (تو رو کم دارم)
*"Flight-Club Mix" (2010) (پرواز - کلاب میکس)
Videography
* Arian Band - Parvaz
*
The Words I Love You
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- (HD Quality DVD)
References
External links
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Arianon
Spotify
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Iranian pop music groups
Musical groups from Tehran
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