Open Barrier

Jon Hemmersam, Asal Malekzadeh, Evelyn Glennie.
Jazz, Improvization, Middle East, Iran, Persia, Guitar, Percussion
World-renowned guitarist Jon Hemmersam joins forces with international daf-player Asal Malekzadeh and virtuoso percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie CH DBE. Together they combine 7,000 years of Persian musical culture with ancient and new sounds from Scotland and Denmark. Open Barrier is an improvisational album portraying the idea that there are no barricades in improvised music, only an ‘open barrier’ that allows for music from around the world to come together in any desired form or structure.
1. RESTLESS HANDS
2. TWISTED
3. THE TEASEA
4. ZAHRA’S SONG
5. WATER BABY
6. DANCE OF HANDS (daf-solo)
7. LAVA
8. BROKEN CLOWN
9. SUMMER’S ITCH

OPEN BARRIER SUITE:

10. THROBBING WHINE
11. PRISON OF SOUND
12. OPEN BARRIER