Radiodervish
In Search Of Simurgh

"Men on Earth are birds of different plumage,
each with their own type of music and song,
and as soon as the limitless power of God descends to the lesser spheres,
the song of birds is heard bringing the Most High
through all the rooms to hear the sweet music"

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Inspired by "The Conference of the Birds", a classic poem of Sufi literature by Farid ad-din Attar, a Persian author of the 12th century, "In Search Of Simurgh" is a practical demonstration of how poetry can transform into music, turning into scores of refined elegance and an intense aura of enchantment. It is a metaphor for a long and difficult journey, a climb from the Maelstrom and a journey of life, a babel of voices and colors that finds expression in the song of birds and in the variations of plumage, representation of men in constant search of their own goal, their own Simurgh, Lord of the Self.

The entire "Concept", a suite impeccably arranged and performed by the band, is articulated on the fundamental theme of the literary work and finds its highest expression in "The Moth and the Candle", an immensely sweet yet sad piece, first proposed in a sung version and later revisited in an instrumental form to better underline the common thread of the musical journey. Meditation and dream, violins and piano, fairy tale and ethnic encounter.

"You are clothed only by the light
You speak words of love to me
Never known before
Far from here
Memory of the only moth
That will not return"

The tracks, very far from the classic structures of a song format and transcribed in different languages (English, French, Arabic, Italian), revisit fundamental aspects of oriental culture: the love between Layla and Majnun, the Hoopoe and the flight, introspection and journey. Different civilizations converge in a sort of absolute council of races, where languages and traditions finally find common space, the West and the East overlap and in the narrow Mediterranean area intonate a single and refined song, a comforting harmony.

Essentiality, inspired lyricism, and originality characterize a work that sacrifices commercial appeal in favor of an ethereal beauty.
Simurgh has been found.