Salim Ghazi Saeedi
Salim Ghazi Saeedi (Persian: سلیم قاضیسعیدی, 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, jazz fusion, avant-garde classical chamber, progressive surf, progressive rock, RIO (Rock in Opposition), to art rock with a minimalist approach.
Salim Ghazi Saeedi

Salim Ghazi Saeedi · CC BY-SA 3.0
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- 1981. · Tehran.
- Nationality
- Iran.
- Occupation
- composer, guitarist and jazz musician.
- Fields
- art rock.
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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. Some critics have compared his sound to Univers Zero, Art Zoyd, John Zorn, Patrick O'Hearn, Mike Oldfield, Djam Karet, Birdsongs of the Mesozoic, David Bedford, Richard Pinhas, ZNR, Mecano, Present, Aranis, the entire Belgian chamber rock scene, Dick Dale, Anne Dudley, Jaz Coleman, and X-Legged Sally. Some progressive rock publications have also compared his music to King Crimson and Robert Fripp.
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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- 2.MP, "Albumbesprechung Salim Ghazi Saeedi - Iconophobic , Rezensator.de, 2010.
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- 23.Peter van Haerenborgh, Iconophobic Review, Progwereld, Mar 2011.
- 24.Artrock.pl, Iconophobic Album Review, Wojciech Kapała, May 2011.
- 25.Gary Hill, Human Encounter Review, Music Street Journal, Issue 85, Dec 2011.
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