Musical collaboration by Azam Ali and Loga Ramin Torkian. They released their first album "Lamentation of Swans: A Journey Towards Silence" in 2013.
Azam explains: "This album, is a musical journey that began in 2009. While in the midst of a hectic touring schedule with our group Niyaz, my husband/musical collaborator Loga Ramin Torkian and I began to feel the need to create something that would allow us a world to lose ourselves into, a place of solace that could unburden us from the pressures that come from expectations placed on us as artists. Though tremendously grateful for the opportunity we had to perform our music in parts of the world we never imagined visiting, the physical demand of traveling, performing and being full time parents to our beautiful, magical little son Iman whom we refused to leave behind, took its expected toll on us. So in the quiet months back in our own home, we began creating this world for ourselves to escape into- a world where no expectations exist, a world where it sufficed just to be. As with all journeys, the unexpected happened along the way, and we slowly found ourselves discovering new plateaus of sonic landscapes which we would have never encountered had we not fully embraced the terrifying silence which comes with turning within. Hence, Lamentation of Swans became for us a Journey Towards Silence." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.