Hip to the Jag

Hip to the Jag
Hip to the Jag
Studio album by Kavus Torabi
Released	22 May 2020
Genre	Psychedelia; progressive rock;
Length	45:45
Label	Believers Roast
Kavus Torabi chronology
Singles from Hip to the Jag
	"Cemetery of Light"; Released: 1 May 2020;

Hip to the Jag is the debut solo studio album by Iranian-born musician^[2] Kavus Torabi released on Believers Roast on 22 May 2020.

Critical reception

In his review for Louder, Joe Banks called the album "a meditation on – and sometimes confrontation with – unseen worlds and the realm beyond the senses."^[3] Roger Trenwith of The Progressive Aspect said that the album "leaves you feeling sad and happy all at once, and it has taken you on a journey through Kavus’s soul, and maybe shone a light into yours, too."^[4] On Echoes and Dust, Zachary Nathanson noted that Torabi "doesn’t pull any punches bringing his own music to life with his debut solo album [...] He always wants to push forwards and see what the next flight will take him to next. Is he ever going to slow down? Absolutely not. But Hip to the Jag is the album we need to have music inside our systems for a time of healing in 2020."^[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kavus Torabi

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Chart the Way"	2:42
2.	"Silent the Rotor"	4:24
3.	"A Body of Work"	2:31
4.	"The Peacock Throne"	3:49
5.	"You Broke My Fall"	7:02
6.	"Cemetery of Light"	3:54
Total length:		24:22

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Radio to Their World"	4:09
2.	"My Cold Rebirth"	4:57
3.	"Where the Eyeless Walk"	2:54
4.	"Slow Movements"	9:25
Total length:		21:25

Personnel

Musicians^[4]

Kavus Torabi – voice, harmonium, guitars, effects, starsail

with:

Sima Torabi – bells on "Where the Eyeless Walk"

Technical^[6]

Kavus Torabi – recording, mixing, artwork
James Plotkin – mastering
David Barclay – layout

References

^ Ewing, Jerry (3 May 2020). "Kavus Torabi releases Cemetery Of Light video". Prog. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
^ Smith, Aidan (4 April 2021). "Steve Davis: From snooker to DJ to having his own prog rock band. Interesting!". The Scotsman. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
^ Banks, Joe (22 May 2020). "Kavus Torabi - Hip To The Jag Review". Prog. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b Trenwith, Roger (25 May 2020). "Kavus Torabi – Hip to the Jag". The Progressive Aspect. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
^ Nathanson, Zachary (3 June 2020). "Kavus Torabi – Hip To The Jag". Echoes and Dust. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
^ Believers Roast (2020). Hip to the Jag (Media notes). Kavus Torabi.

External links

Hip to the Jag at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Ewing, Jerry (3 May 2020). "Kavus Torabi releases Cemetery Of Light video". Prog. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

[2] Smith, Aidan (4 April 2021). "Steve Davis: From snooker to DJ to having his own prog rock band. Interesting!". The Scotsman. Retrieved 23 November 2022.

[3] Banks, Joe (22 May 2020). "Kavus Torabi - Hip To The Jag Review". Prog. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

[:0-4] Trenwith, Roger (25 May 2020). "Kavus Torabi – Hip to the Jag". The Progressive Aspect. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

[5] Nathanson, Zachary (3 June 2020). "Kavus Torabi – Hip To The Jag". Echoes and Dust. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

[6] Believers Roast (2020). Hip to the Jag (Media notes). Kavus Torabi.

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