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| name = Niyaz<br />
| image = Azam Ali 2007.jpg<br />
| caption = : Azam Ali at Cafe du Nord, San Francisco. March 11, 2007.<br />
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| origin = [[Los Angeles]], United States<br />[[Montreal]], Canada<br />[[Iran]]<br />
| genre = [[World music]]<br />[[Folk music]]<br />[[Electronica]]<br />[[Sufi music|Sufi]]<br />
| years_active = 2005–present<br />
| label = [[Six Degrees Records]]<br />
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| website = {{URL|http://www.niyazmusic.com/}}<br />
| current_members = [[Azam Ali]]<br />[[Loga Ramin Torkian]]<br />[[Habib Meftah Bouchehri|Habib Meftah Boushehri]]<br />
| past_members = [[Carmen Rizzo]]<br />
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'''Niyaz''' ({{lang-fa|نياز}}) is an [[Persian musical instruments|Iranian Canadian musical]] duo. The group was created in 2004<ref name="carmen retires">{{cite web|title=Carmen Rizzo retires from Niyaz|url=https://www.facebook.com/Carmen.Rizzo.Music/posts/10151642568785768|accessdate=2013-06-18|quote=After 3 wonderful albums and touring around the world many times with the band I co-founded in 2004 with Azam Ali & Loga Ramin Torkian, I have decided to retire from the Niyaz.}}</ref> by [[Disc jockey|DJ]], programmer/producer and remixer [[Carmen Rizzo]], vocalist and [[hammered dulcimer]] player [[Azam Ali]], formerly of the group [[Vas (band)|Vas]], and Ali's husband, [[Loga Ramin Torkian]], of the Iranian crossover group [[Axiom of Choice (band)|Axiom Of Choice]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95607779|title=Niyaz: From Iran To India To Los Angeles}}</ref> In 2013, Carmen Rizzo announced via Facebook that he was retiring from Niyaz.<ref name="carmen retires" /> "Niyaz" means "yearning" in [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Urdu]]<ref name="Niyaz: self-titled">{{cite web|title=Niyaz: self-titled|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/niyaz-st2005}}</ref> and [[Turkish language|Turkish]].<br />
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Niyaz's music, described as "mystical music with a modern edge",<ref name="SFC">{{cite web | title = NIYAZ – World music | url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/29/PK1R116QTI.DTL | last = Curiel | first = Jonathan | publisher = San Francisco Chronicle | date = 2008-06-29 | accessdate = 2009-02-20 }}</ref> is primarily a blend of [[Sufism|Sufi]] mysticism and trance electronica.<ref name="official">{{cite web | url = http://www.niyazmusic.com/ | title = Niyaz official site | publisher = niyazmusic.com | accessdate = 2009-02-20 }}</ref> Niyaz adapts Persian, Indian and Mediterranean folk sounds, poetry and songs including the poetry of Sufi mystic [[Rumi]], with Western electronic instrumentation and programming.<ref>{{cite web|title=Niyaz Bio|url=http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/view/page.basic/artist/content.artist/niyaz_26516/en_US|access-date=2011-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102222418/http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/view/page.basic/artist/content.artist/niyaz_26516/en_US|archive-date=2011-01-02|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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Their [[Niyaz (album)|self-titled debut album]], released in 2005, combined 13th century [[Sufi]] and [[Urdu]] poetry with "swirling, hypnotic beats".<ref name="Niyaz: self-titled" /> Their 2008 follow-up album, [[Nine Heavens]], featured two discs; the second disc contained acoustic renditions of the tracks on the first disc.<br />
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Their third album, ''[[Sumud (album)|Sumud]]'' (صمود), released in spring 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=News|url=http://www.niyazmusic.com/}}</ref> A companion piece to the album, an [[Sumud Acoustic EP|acoustic EP]] with six songs, was released 19 March 2013.<br />
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== Lyrical sources ==<br />
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Though they have several songs with original lyrics, the bulk of their lyrics are derived from Persian and Urdu [[Sufi]] poetry by the likes of [[Rumi]], [[Ubayd Zakani|Obeyd-e Zakani]], [[Amir Khusrow]] and [[Khwaju Kermani|Khaju-ye Kermani]], and folk songs from Iran, [[Afghanistan]], [[Pakistan]] and other parts of the Middle East and central Asia.<br />
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The lyrics of their first two albums are almost exclusively in [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Urdu]], with the exception of a [[Turkish language|Turkish]] song on [[Nine Heavens]], but their third album, [[Sumud (album)|Sumud]] featured mostly Persian songs with two songs in Turkish and one each in [[Palestinian Arabic]] and the [[Kurmanji dialect]] of [[Kurdish language|Kurdish]].<br />
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== Discography ==<br />
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=== Albums ===<br />
* ''[[Niyaz (album)|Niyaz]]'' (2005)<br />
* ''[[Nine Heavens]]'' (2008)<br />
* ''[[Sumud (album)|Sumud]]'' (2012)<br />
* ''[[Sumud Acoustic EP]]'' (2013)<br />
* ''[[The Fourth Light]]'' (2015)<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{Official website|http://www.niyazmusic.com/}}<br />
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[[Category:Iranian musical groups]]<br />
[[Category:Performers of Sufi music]]<br />
[[Category:American world music groups]]<br />
[[Category:Musical groups established in 2005]]<br />
[[Category:Six Degrees Records artists]]<br />
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