Saint Abdullah - To Live A La West Pt. 2 (2021)

One of the most intriguing new avant-electro-jazz duos, Canadian-Iranian siblings Saint Abdullah perplex and enlighten on the 2nd part to a CD issued with Cassauna’s parent label, Important.

‘To Live A La West Pt. 2’ sees the brothers build on inspirations related to their Shia Islamic heritage, deploying a mesmerising sonic vocabulary of microtonal motifs and intricate geometric rhythms at the service of an instrumental, storytelling narrative arc that best expresses their roots and branches in different spheres. The storytelling aspect is key to the allure of their work, and at its most absorbing on this release, working to the more legible and poetic side of Active Listeners Club or Sote’s take on Persian music, and with echoes of the intricacies to Dariush Dolat-Shahi’s classics.