Cyminology has spread its music all over Germany, Europe, to the near and middle East, to New York and to the far South Corea. The audience is abducted into a world between orient and occident, to the bazaars from the tales of '1001 Arabian Nights'. This occurs, at least for the members of Cyminology, right in their neighbourhood: Berlin.
It's no surprise: Cyminology is a multi-national band. Cymins family descends from Iran; Benedikt Jahnel (piano) was born in France, Ralf Schwarz (bass) comes from Germany and Ketan Bhatti (drums) is a native of India. They met in a city where the intercultural music matches the multicultural way of living. Cyminologys music combines oriental exoticism with the new music from Germanys capitol to form a unique style of Jazz. Sometimes energetic, sometimes full of far eastern melancholy, Cymin Samawatie and her musical partners paint a musical horizon for their metropolis.Therefore, Cyminology presents not only a unique musical genre, but also brings to the stage an intercultural view of life. Always presented with great virtuosity in a strictly acoustic setting, this is a flavour of vocal jazz somewhere between 'new-jazz' and the 'old-classical' style; an intense musical colour is created to support the mystical Persian Lyrics.
Bobby McFerrin invited her 2003 on stage in Braunschweig (Germany) to sing a vocal remix of Persian poems from the 11th century. This reference from the father of modern Jazz singing shows clearly how talented the german-iranian singer Cymin Samawatie is. 2007 the daughter of Iranian emigrants published her second album 'bemun' with her quartet. It succeeds in connecting the fairytale-like language of Persian poetry with first class World Jazz of American and European influence. The album was co-produced by the german jazz-guitarist Frank Möbus, who also appears on two tracks on the CD. Like on their first album ‘perse’, the fusion of modern vocal jazz and influences from poems and songs from the ancient Persia are the main topic of the music.
The Musicians of Cyminology have already performed on international festival stages with jazz-giants like Bobby McFerrin, Herbie Hancock, George Benson, Dianne Reeves, Monty Alexander, Till Brönner, Charlie Mariano, David Friedman, Jasper van't Hof and Frank Möbus. Audiences love the band - it is clear, that Cyminologys music is at its peak, when its played live. The band is touring constantly in countless clubs as well as big festivals.
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