Farzad Farzin

Farzad Farzin (Persian: فرزاد فرزین; born 24 June 1981 in Tehran, Iran[1]) is an Iranian singer, songwriter, arranger, and actor.[2]

Farzad Farzin
Born (1981-06-24) 24 June 1981
Tehran, Iran
Occupation(s)Musician, singer, songwriter, composer
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)
  • Vocals
  • Guitar
Years active2000–present
LabelsChehreye Khandan, IranGaam, Navaaye Raameshe
Websitewww.farzadfarzin.net

Music career

Early years

Farzad was one of the founders and original band member of the Corouz Group in 2001. He left the band before they could release their first album. Farzad's spot in Corouz was taken by Shervin Sohrabian.[3][4] Farzad had left Corouz Group for personal reasons,[5] but obviously did keep the rights to all songs he had created for Corouz Group.[6] [7]

Solo career

After many revisions in terms of content, title and record label, he finally was able to release his first (legal) album Sharaareh in 2005[8] on the Navaaye Raameshe label.[6] [9] His second (legal) album Shock took quite a while to see the light of day. Originally it was planned for release in 2006, but was postponed. This was mainly due to the fact that his new album(s) were leaked on the Internet prematurely.[10] As a result, he had a hard time publishing and performing his work inside Iran legally. In the meantime he was able to give a couple of European concerts together with Mohsen Yeganeh[11] in the Netherlands and Germany in May 2007.[12][13] The second album Shock was finally released in 2008.

To avoid the same problems from happening again, Farzad tried to come to some sort of understanding with blogs and pirate websites not to freely distribute songs from his next album directly after its release in stores.[14] For his third album Shaans Farzad was so afraid this it would be leaked and bootlegged that he released the album prematurely on a late afternoon, with a misprinted cover![15] He was so nervous that he could not sleep for nights.[16] While (legal) music television is non-existent inside Iran, it was quite a novelty that this album was promoted in movie theatres and on VCD/DVDs with a 3-minute music video medley[17] featuring four of the new album's songs.[18]

Late August 2010, he managed to make his European chart debut with the second song Chikeh Chikeh from his third album Shaans[19] and managed to stay there for two weeks with an introduction to his new album.[20] This received high attention in the Iranian on-line media.[21][22]

Acting career

Farzad Farzin also has a modest acting career. His first role was that of singer in the movie Pesaraane Ajori,[23] directed by Majid Gharizadeh. Many years before that he appeared in many shortfilms as well as the TeleFilm Donyaaye Mahboob, directed by Arsalan Amirhosseini.[5] Farzad Farzin recently starred in a motion picture about an aspiring singer whose biggest dream is to sing a song for the Persian Gulf while standing on a boat.[24] He also featured on the soundtrack. He also acted in Sag haye poshali and in a serial called Asheghaneh.He is also cast member of Mankan Serial.

Filmography
  • 2021: Ahang-e 2 nafare (Director: Arezou Arzanesh)
  • 2021: Queen of Beggars (TV Series) (Director: Hosein Soheilizadeh)
  • 2019: Mannequins (TV Series) (Director: Hosein Soheilizadeh)
  • 2017: Asheghaneh (TV Series) (Director: Manouchehr Hadi)
  • 2013: Sag-haye poushali (Director: Reza Tavakoli)
  • 2011: Concert rouye ab (Director: Jahangir Jahangiri)
  • 2006: Brick Boys (Director: Majid Gharizadeh)

Discography

Farzad released the following albums with a government permit.

The following albums were leaked on the Internet before Farzad was able to secure a government permit for official release. As a result, Farzad Farzin did not get the necessary permits and was even barred from publishing any work for a certain period of time.

  • Chase[28] (Persian: تعقیب)
  • Threat[29] (Persian: تهدید)
  • Jazzab (Persian: جذاب), Avaye Doran (2019),(Arrangement By: Hamed Baradaran)[30]
  • Atish (Persian :اتیش)

Remixes

Farzad released officially a remix album for his track "Tabestooneh".

References
  1. Allmusic Biography
  2. Shaans review
  3. Farzad Farzin – Sharareh review
  4. "Farzad Farzin Koocheha". Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  5. Facebook | Farzad Farzin
  6. Farzad Farzin – Sharareh | Iranian Album Review
  7. "Farzad Farzin". Archived from the original on 23 May 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  8. IranSong آلبوم شراره فرزاد فرزین
  9. "Farzad Farzin Dorit". Archived from the original on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  10. "New Release: Farzad Farzin – Shock". Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  11. Farzad Farzin & Mohsen Yeganeh (concert)
  12. "Coming to Europe in May". Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  13. Farzad Farzin – Sharareh live in NL
  14. "Farzin comes to agreement with pirates!". Archived from the original on 26 January 2010. Retrieved 2 September 2010.
  15. "Music360 album review". Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  16. "Farzad Farzin: I lied sleepless many nights!". Archived from the original on 29 July 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  17. Farzin flippin’!
  18. Farzad Farzin – Shaans | Iranian Album Review
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  21. "قطعه «چیکه چیکه» فرزاد فرزین وارد چارت برترین‌های رادیوی هلندی شد". Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2010.
  22. فرزاد فرزین در چارت رادیوی هلندی
  23. Farzad Farzad – Shock | Iranian Album Review
  24. "Farzin's concert on waters". Archived from the original on 14 August 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
  25. آلبوم شانس فرزاد فرزین فرزاد فرزین » شراره
  26. آلبوم شانس فرزاد فرزین فرزاد فرزین » شوک
  27. آلبوم شانس فرزاد فرزین فرزاد فرزین » شانس
  28. آلبوم شانس فرزاد فرزین فرزاد فرزین » تعقیب
  29. آلبوم شانس فرزاد فرزین فرزاد فرزین » تهدید
  30. New Music Farzad Farzin «Jazzab»
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