Salim Ghazi Saeedi () (, also Romanized as Salim Ghāzi Saeedi and Salim Ghāzi-Saeedi; born 1981) is an Iranian composer and guitarist who plays a variety of genres ranging from progressive metal,Windhawk, "Progarchives.com's review on Ustuqus-al-Uss album", ProgArchives, 23 May 2009. jazz fusion,MP, "Albumbesprechung Salim Ghazi Saeedi - Iconophobic , Rezensator.de, 2010. avant-garde classical chamber,Lee Henderson, "Iconophobic Album Review", ProgNaut, October 13, 2010 progressive surf,Richard Poulin, Abrahadabra Review, Gnosis2000, May 2008. progressive rock,Lee Henderson, "Iconophobic Album Review", ProgNaut, October 13, 2010 RIO (Rock in Opposition),Fred Trafton, Iconophobic Album Review ", GEPR, Jun 2011.Gary Hill, Iconophobic Album Review", Music Street Journal, Issue 85, December 2010.Mr. Blue, Iconophobic Album Review", Music Waves webzine, Jun 2011. to art rock with a minimalist approach.Steven Reid, "Iconophobic Album Review", Sea of Tranquility, 28 September 2010.
Biography Saeedi was born in 1981 in Tehran, Iran. He began teaching himself to play guitar in 1999. He has composed three albums with the band Arashk: Abrahadabra (2006), Sovereign (2007), and Ustuqus-al-Uss (2008). He subsequently released the solo albums Iconophobic (2010), Human Encounter (2011), and namoWoman (2012). The albums were entirely self-produced, with Saeedi laying down guitar and keyboards, drum arrangements, and mixing. On namoWoman, he incorporates Persian microtonal music influences.Progwereld, namoWoman album review, Peter Van Haerenborgh, Retrieved: 24 March 2013
Some critics have compared his sound to Univers Zero, Art Zoyd,Siggy Zielinski, "Iconophobic Album Review", BabyBlaue.de prog-review, 17 October 2010ProgNaut webzine, Lee Henderson, Iconophobic Review, Oct 2010.The Rocktologist, Rok Podgrajšek, Human Encounter Review, Oct 2011 John Zorn,Digg*, Human Encounter Review , Quincy Cloet, Nov 2011 Patrick O'Hearn, Mike Oldfield,Hard Rock Service, , Vincent, Jul 2011 Djam Karet, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic,"Gary Hill, Iconophobic Album Review", Music Street Journal, Issue 85, December 2010. David Bedford, Richard Pinhas, ZNR, Mecano,Lee Henderson, "Iconophobic Album Review", ProgNaut, 13 October 2010. Present, Aranis, the entire Belgian chamber rock scene,Peter van Haerenborgh, "Iconophobic Review", Progwereld, Mar 2011. Dick Dale,Richard Poulin, Abrahadabra Review, Gnosis2000, May 2008. Anne Dudley, Jaz Coleman,Rob F., "Iconophobic Review", Leicester Bangs, Jun 2011. and X-Legged Sally.Lee Henderson, "Ustuqus-al-Uss Review", ProgNaut, Aug 2011.
Some progressive rock publications have also compared his music to King Crimson and Robert Fripp.Philippe Gnana, "Iconophobic Review", Harmonie Magazine, No. 70, Nov 2010, p. 30.Peter van Haerenborgh, Iconophobic Review, Progwereld, Mar 2011.Artrock.pl, Iconophobic Album Review, Wojciech Kapała, May 2011.Gary Hill, Human Encounter Review, Music Street Journal, Issue 85, Dec 2011.
Discography
Solo Iconophobic (2010) Human Encounter (2011) namoWoman (2012) United Ubiquity of Flesh (2017)
with Arashk Abrahadabra (2006) Sovereign (2007) Ustuqus-al-Uss (2008) Yell (2008)
Collaborations "When There Is More Beauty in the Contrary" – Negar Bouban & Salim Ghazi Saeedi (2011)
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