Aria C Jalali! is a San Francisco-based solo indie musician, originally from Los Angeles, California. His music is considered Art Rock or indie.^[1] After signing to Filthy Little Angels records in 2006 ^[2], Aria gained notoriety for the fact that his music is self produced.^[3][4] Generally, his songs consist of full rock music instrumentation, with influences of new wave music heard in his use of synthesizers and art rock heard in his diverse set of instruments, including but not limited to the sitar, dulcimer, mandolin, glockenspiel, lute, and accordion.^[5] However, all instruments on his recordings are played by himself. When performing live, his act expands to a two-person operation, with his girlfriend Megan Riley playing a drum machine and synthesizer, while he sings and plays various instruments, predominantly guitar^[6]His music is described as having, "pastel-coloured vocals suitbly warped, but with a low-cut frenetic backdrop surrounding them."^[7] His lyrics are generally described as being vague or ambiguous, which are often found in front of vibrant, major scale riff-based melodies. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... In popular music, indie music (from independent) is any of a number of genres, scenes, subcultures and stylistic and cultural attributes, characterised by perceived independence from commercial pop music and mainstream culture and an autonomous, do-it-yourself (DIY) approach. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... Art rock is a term used by some to describe rock music that is characterized by ambitious or avant-garde lyrical themes and/or melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic experimentation, often extending beyond standard modern popular music forms and genres, toward influences in jazz, classical, world music or the experimental avant... In popular music, indie music (from independent) is any of a number of genres, scenes, subcultures and stylistic and cultural attributes, characterised by perceived independence from commercial pop music and mainstream culture and an autonomous, do-it-yourself (DIY) approach. ... Filthy Little Angels is a UK-based independent record label who have released records by artists such as The Long Blondes, The Boyfriends, Vichy Government, etc. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... New Wave was a pop and rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the early-to-mid 1980s. ... Art rock is a term used by some to describe rock music that is characterized by ambitious or avant-garde lyrical themes and/or melodic, harmonic, or rhythmic experimentation, often extending beyond standard modern popular music forms and genres, toward influences in jazz, classical, world music or the experimental avant... Diagram of some sitar parts. ... Dulcimer is the name given to two types of stringed musical instrument: The Appalachian dulcimer, a three-course, fretted, plucked instrument which is also referred to as a mountain dulcimer or just a dulcimer, and The Hammered dulcimer, which is a hammer-struck, trapezoid-shaped zither The instruments are quite... This article is about the musical instrument. ... Most orchestral glockenspiels are mounted in a case. ... A medieval era lute. ... This article is about the instrument as a whole. ... In music theory, the major scale is one of the diatonic scales. ...

Aria Jalali (Aria C Jalali! is the formal name under which his albums are released) has been the subject of many blog articles and links, often citing the fact that he is a "one-man band." ThisisFakeDIY.com, a notable UK indie music site, said that Jalali is "what the 2.0 generation is capable of without the need for big budget major label support and the restriction of a closed mind."^[8][7]

Jalali is currently at work on his first full-length album, Cities and Submarines. It has been rumored that his upcoming album is much darker and electronic, taking influence from his Canadian friends, Handsome Furs.^{[citation needed]} Handsome Furs is an indie rock band from Montreal, Canada. ...

Releases

• Upcoming: Cities and Submarines (Absolutely Kosher)^[2]
• 2007: Postmodernism! EP 7" Vinyl (FLA Records (UK))^[2][9]

Aria C Jalali! performing in Los Angeles

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References

External links

• Official website
• Aria C Jalali! on Myspace
• Aria C Jalali! on iTunes