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Panjir

About Me

Panjir is the next step in the evolution of the great musical tradition of the Uyghur people of Northwestern China's Xinjiang Autonomous Region. A tradition with over 2000 years of history, Uyghur music has links with Arabic, Persian, Indian and Chinese music, and is at once complex, beautiful and emotional. Panjir adds an element of improvisation, taking the music beyond the strongly codified tradition, and creating forward motion in the music for the first time for many years. We are proud to present Panjir, the new sound of Central Asia. NOTE: PANJIR is a musical group with no affiliation to any political or religious groups.

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Member Since: 09/11/2006
Band Website: www.sonicbids.com/Panjir
Band Members: Akbar Abliz - Guitar, Vocals David Mitchell - Guitar, tambur Azmet Ikkim - Percussion Nurmamet jan - Percussion Adil Abliz - Ghijek, Satar, Dutar Pierre Billiard - Bassand featuring: Mahmut Memet: Tambur, dutar, satar, saz Kayser Osman: Qang Eziz jan: Ney
Influences: Traditional Uyghur music, Traditional music of the Islamic world, modern improvisation, jazz.
Sounds Like: Central Asian music with fiery modern improvisation.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Back in Beijing

Hello everyone,For all of you who have visited our site recently, welcome to the beautiful world of Uyghur music!I am recently returned to Beijing, the band's home base after a three month stay in Xin...
Posted by on Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:37:00 GMT

Some thanks, and a sad farewell

Dear AllA short blog entry to say thank you and to say goodbye to a great friend of Panjir.Ian Sherman, former music critic for Time Out Beijing sadly died of cancer on April 8th, after a long battle ...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Apr 2009 22:15:00 GMT

The Further Adventures of Panjir

Dear all, I am very bad at doing this, please forgive me!  Anyway, here is some news from Panjir: We recorded a second album in October 2008, with a much larger group (nine in all, featuring all sorts...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 07:40:00 GMT

Panjir goes International!

Hello friends of Panjir,Sorry for the (massive) delay in posting a new blog on the site.I am pleased to be able to report that today Feb 6th, Panjir are the featured artist on Lucky Oceans' show "the ...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:18:00 GMT

We are musicians

Dear guests and friends,I will write a longer blog this week with details of the band's upcoming performance at Star Live, but would like to just add a short entry with some words about Panjir, and th...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:58:00 GMT

New Adventures

Hello!This weekend Panjir had the great pleasure to play with Dr. Brian Silver, a Washington based sitar player with many years of experience in the world of Hindustani music.Brian, who is here in Bei...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 21:32:00 GMT