User:Abjeezooloo1973

Abjeez(aab.gee)-- Persian slang for "sister"-- is led by Iranian sisters Safoura and Melody Safavi. Born in Iran, raised in Sweden and drawing inspiration from their families' ancient Persian lineage, the sisters have put together a kaleidoscope ensemble that includes bassist Erland Hofgaard, flamenco guitarist Johan Moberg, drummer Robin Cochran, percussionist Paulo Murga, Keyboard/Synth player Nicolas Laso Zubieta and the two sister's older brother and the bands sound engineer Sufi Safavi. The Abjeez's unique sound is influenced by wide mixture of styles like Reggae, Flamenco, SKA, Rock and Latino mastered to its' own description of original melody and songs. The lyrics that are written and composed by the two “abjee's” are mainly in Persian but they also write and sing in English, Spanish and Swedish. The two sisters began writing and composing songs already back in 1996 but the band as whole was created in 2004. The Abjeez' break-out album "Hameh" - including the track from their DVD "Eddeaa",Eddea chosen by New York's Tribeca Film Festival for the short film competition was released in late 2006. Their second album "Who's Yo Daddy?" was released in 2007, which is a remix of some of the songs from band's first album in Lounge and Drum and bass. Their third bilingual album "Perfectly Displaced" was released in 2009. The band has performed in various tours and music festivals in Europe, Canada and the United States, including a live performance at the IFFR (International Film festival Rotterdam) in Holland and other sold out concerts at The legendary Roxy theater in Los Angeles Great American Music Hall in San Francisco and New York City's Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts and The Opera House in Toronto. Abjeez is one of the first Iranian musical groups to react on the Iranian regime’s crackdown of the people after 2009’s presidential elections in Iran with the song “Biyaa” during the first days of the demonstrations to provide moral support for the protesters, activists and freedom-seekers inside the country. Abjeez continued writing other songs such as “Parcham” and “Freedom Call” which they perform in their live concerts in hope to promote unity among the people and help the world hear the voice of the captive youth of Iran.