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Live Set From Los Angeles

Reza Safinia and his instruments silhouetted on a hilltop against an orange sunset
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An hour on a hilltop in Montecito Heights, from full sun to city lights, streamed by Mixmag.

Keys, voice, electronics and a table of singing bowls face the downtown skyline as the sun goes down. The set premiered a new evolution of Reza’s Yin and Yang material: to play the piano parts live with the sound he recorded, he sampled his 1957 Steinway at different velocities and built it into a playable instrument.

It is the most complete document of Reza as a performer: slow-building, physical and unhurried, finishing in near darkness with the city glittering below.

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