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Pre-save the New Album ‘ECSTASY’: Download/Stream: Watch SY’s Official YouTube Playlist – Join Sami Yusuf on @Spotify and add your favourite tracks to your personal playlist – Subscribe to Sami's official YouTube channel Follow Sami Yusuf on: DESCRIPTION: Sami Yusuf’s composition ‘Veritas’ premiered at the Holland Festival in Amsterdam as part of his concert series ‘When Paths Meet’. From the minimal and ethereal sound of the intro, it subtly transitions to a sense of awe at the astonishing majesty and multiplicity of creation. The Persian-influenced musical phrasing of Sami Yusuf’s vocalisations in the intro are inspired by the Daramad of Avaz-e dashti, a subgroup of the Shur dastgah, a Persian modal system evocative of a meditative state. Cappella Amsterdam sings quarter tones here and they do so brilliantly. The flamenco and Andalusian sounds of the Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra interplay with Western classical elements and the vibrant Arabic maqam Bayati. When the mode shifts to the passionate yearning of maqam Nahawand, its similarity to the Western classical minor scale brings an effortless resonance between the two. The outro joins Bayati and a harmonic minor scale in a multi-faceted, fiery expression of multiple, even contradictory states of being, while the vocalists insist, ‘Veritas’, ‘Veritas’ – Truth, Truth – and cast our focus beneath the turbulent surface storms to the calm depths below. CREDITS: Composed and arranged by Sami Yusuf Mode: Shur with allusions to Nahāwand Sami Yusuf & Ensemble: Sami Yusuf: Vocal Ömer Avci: Bendir Eyüpcan Açikpazu: Ney Hasan Hekimoglu: Oud Onur Cicin: Qanun Guo Gan: Erhu Seyyed Mohammad Jaberi: Daf Huseyin Can Pala: Baglama Mahyar Toreihi: Santoor Jon Lawton: Guitar Cappella Amsterdam: Soprano: Sanda Audere, Elisabeth Blom, Marijke van der Harst Alto: Hebe de Champeaux, Irene Sorozabal, Inga Schneider Tenor: Jon Etxabe Arzuaga, Jelle Leistra, Diederik Rooker Bass: Jan Douwes, Angus van Grevenbroek, Johan Vermeer Production: Francesca Thompson Follow Cappella Amsterdam: Spotify: The Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra: Abderrahim Semlali: Violin Jaafar Lougmani: Violin Mohamed Al Mokhlis: Violin Hessel Moeselaar: Viola Hannelore de Vuyst: Violin Haytam Safia: Oud Marianne Noordink: Ney Ruven Ruppik: Percussion Khaili Ahmed: Percussion Salah Mesbah: Vocals Dwight Breinburg: Percussion,Vocals Mohamed Chairi: Rabab,Vocals Daniël van Huffelen: Double Bass Ahmed el Maai: Qanun, Oud, Vocals Follow The Amsterdam Andalusian Orchestra on: Spotify: Mixed and Mastered by Vishnu Rajan @ Andante Studios Video Editing & Postproduction by Omar Al-Balushi @ Andante Studios ASTIANA: Christine Höchstötter Katherine O’Brien Claire Mcrandal Vishnu Rajan Omar Al Balushi Audio Editing & Premixing: Omer Avci & Erdem Altinses Recording Engineer: Joost Dellebare FOH Engineer: Sachin Savio Scoring Assistants: Ruslan Salimov, Amin Ebrahimi Director: Henk van Engen Assistant Director: Lieke van Zutphen Producer Holland Festival: Rianne Super Technical Producer: The Crew: Daan Kluin, Kaj de Groot, Shading: Niels Hakkel, Ray van Verseveld Technical Facilities: The Crew The Netherlands 1st Camera: Job Scholtze Camera: Ivo Borkus, Feline Potshuizen, Kees Patijn, Lars de Jong, Frits Schrijvers Crane cam: Marjolein Hooting Junior Cam: Lex Brouwer Assistant Coordinator: Monica Hoogendoorn Graphic Design & Artwork: Mahdi Jahangir Learn more: Published by Andante Records & Administered by Fairwood Music (UK) Ltd for the World © 2023 Andante Records. All rights reserved. #samiyusuf #veritas #whenpathsmeet
