A Tale, Foretold (Dastani na-Tazeh)
Audio CD + DVD

Live album and concert film of a live stage-performance in Tehran, 2014.
The concert was an evening of Oud music, featuring Babak Bouban (singing one of his compositions for Oud and Vocals)
And Sajjad Saghayi performing a Duet with Negar Bouban.

Concert film Directed by: Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
Edited by: Hayedeh Safiyari
Audio recorded, mixed and mastered by: Amir Mardaneh.


Released by: Barbad Music Inc, Tehran, 2016

List of tracks:

1.Tale Foretold
It begins a story of interwoven tones that as are woven on one end, get unwoven on the other; hence the tale goes on and on.

2. The Lonesome Sisyphus
The Greek mythical hero deceived gods and was condemned to roll an immense boulder up a steep hill. Every time he got near the top, the rock rolled back down and Sisyphus just had to repeat the action to eternity.

3. The Second of the Seven Labours
For the legendary Rostam, the Mythical mightiest Persian hero of Shahnameh (the Book of Kings), there is a second stage of the seven labours that is not a combat; in which he has to go through a desert of raging sun with no water to be found. The mighty hero, wishing he had to fight an evil enemy instead, feeling helpless, devastated and crushed, sees his death coming. But finally a sheep, passing by, shows him to a fountain.

4. In the Circle
In Persian literature, a circle can be referring to either a curve of the beloved's hair, or a closed group of prayers; repeating mantra-like verses.

5. Surrender
The piece illustrates bold nightmare-like sounds, invading one's mind; in a way that there is no choice but to surrender.

6. With Aref
Among many of beautiful songs expressing his political and social concerns, Aref Qazvini, the brilliant poet and song-writer os about a hundred years ago, has one song in Bayat-e Tork that takes his complaints of the power structure and authorities of his time to God; starting with: O Lord! You showed no mercy, no!

7. A Thousands Times
'A Thousand Times' is a narrative of each and every one of us, every day, every night. The narrative to wish that the one we love had stayed, or would stay to call our names a thousand times a day; to open us and turn us into love songs and to sing that love song by heart. It is the narrative of our days, nights, months and years.

/Babak Bouban/

8. A Musical Allusion
In the repertoire attributed to Maraqi (the renowned theoretician and prominent musician of 16th Century, Iran) there is a piece in the form of KAR and Maqam RAST, called RAST-KAR-e Mohtasham. This last piece of the concert can be either a musical allusion of Maraqi's RAST-KAR-e Mohtasham, or as welcome music to receive a great man coming back to tell the tale, foretold.