Aril Brikha

Aril Brikha (born 1976 in Tehran, Iran) is one of the world's leading Assyrian techno musicians. He has been nominated for the Best Dance album in the Swedish National Radio Gold Gala contest in his adopted country of Sweden.[2]

Aril Brikha
Brikha at Detroit Detroit Electronic Music Festival in May 2011
Background information
Also known asArt Of Vengeance, Ataril, First Movement
Born1976 (age 44–45)
Tehran, Iran
OriginAssyrian
GenresTechno Music, Ambient Techno, Detroit Techno, Minimal Techno.[1]
Occupation(s)Musician, producer
Years active1998-present
LabelsTransmat, Peacefrog, Fragile, Kompakt
Websitewww.myspace.com/arilbrikha

History

In 1998 Aril Brikha’s ‘Groove La Chord’ crossed generic boundaries. Is it techno? Is it house? Is it deep house? No one was more surprised by the success of the record than Brikha himself – he’d originally presented it on his demo as a potential B-side. It was not until two years after he recorded the track, when Derrick May played it in a club, that he realised it was good.

Brikha was born in Iran and emigrated to Sweden at a young age. In his early teens he developed an interest in electronic music – artists such as Depeche Mode, Front 242 and Jean Michel Jarre. Brikha obtained an Atari and started to use a sequencer and, after initially emulating the music of others, he began composing. Friends who heard his material told him it was 'Detroit techno'. Brikha had no idea what that was - and so they played him records by Robert Hood and Berlin's Basic Channel.

Brikha disseminated his earliest material on Swedish imprints - Dunkla, Plump, and Placktown - but realizing that his music was not what the local labels were seeking, he looked for fresh outlets – among them Derrick May's Transmat Records. Transmat contacted Brikha and, as a consequence, his Art Of Vengeance EP (with ‘Groove La Chord’) was issued on its sister label, Fragile, in 1998. A year on, Aril followed it up with the LP Deeparture In Time, a collection of evocative grooves gathered over a six-year period and laid down with just one keyboard, a drum machine and an Atari. It drew exultant reviews.

Since forging an alliance with Transmat, Brikha has toured solidly with his live show, playing everywhere from the inaugural DEMF (Detroit Electronic Music Festival) to clubs such as London's Fabric and Tokyo’s Air and Yellow.

Discography

Albums
  • 2020: Prisma
  • 2020: Dance of a Trillion Stars
  • 2007: Ex Machina
  • 2000: Departure In Time

12"
  • 2012: Definition of D EP [3]
  • 2011: Palma
  • 2011: Forever Frost
  • 2010: Deeparture In Time - The Remixes
  • 2007: For Mother / Lady 707
  • 2007: Room 337 / Kept Within
  • 2007: Akire
  • 2007: Winter E.P.
  • 2005: Prey For Peace
  • 2003: Simplicity
  • 2000: Deeparture In Time
  • 1998: Art Of Vengeance EP
  • 1998: Art Of Vengeance MP

References
  1. "AllMusic". Rovi. Retrieved 24 December 2012.
  2. P3 Guld 2008: Årets dans P3 Guld 2008 http://sr.se/cgi-bin/p3/nyhetssidor/artikel.asp?ProgramID=3014&Artikel=1745148%5B%5D
  3. "AllMusic". Retrieved 2012-12-24.

"AllMusic". Retrieved 2012-12-24.

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