Bedouine

Bedouine – Waysides (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 37:30 minutes | 770 MB | Genre: Folk
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Bedouine Music

Despite Azniv Korkejian’s increasing success as Bedouine, she still feels like a secret—and not the kind you’re impatiently waiting to spew out, but rather the kind you want to keep as your own, as close to your heart as possible. Then again, it is difficult not to gush about Bedouine’s modern folk fables and luscious voice.

Bedouine sounds as if she’s been plucked from Laurel Canyon in the ’60s, her music both effortless and beautifully intricate. Her lyrics are approachable, with a folky playfulness and poeticism. Each Bedouine track is a dream, a cosmic fog that flows easily into the ear, with the most polite seductiveness that enchants and ceaselessly delights.
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Bedouine – Bird Songs of a Killjoy (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 41:51 minutes | 434 MB | Genre: Indie Folk, Female Vocal
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Spacebomb

When you listen to the love songs of LA-based Bedouine, you will be reminded of Karen Dalton’s world-wise voice or the breathy seduction of Minnie Riperton’s vocals, the easy cool of French ye-ye singers, and the poetry of Joan Baez. Her folk is nomadic, wandering across time and space, and on the likes of new song Dizzy meander into danceable jams. On first discovery you may ask whether they’re dated to 2019, or whether you’ve uncovered some forgotten classic. It makes sense that singer-songwriter Azniv Korkejian’s arrival – both musically and personally – on her second record has been influenced by her own wanderlust, displacement, and curiosity.
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Bedouine – Bedouine (2017/2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 36:45 minutes | 752 MB | Genre: Alternative, Indie
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Spacebomb Records LLC

The soulful debut from Syrian-born, Los Angeles-based Azniv Korkejian showcases the depth of her songwriting and uses Spacebomb Records’ retro sound to create an exquisite, subtle, and wide-eyed collection of songs. Her skepticism reflects a self-awareness that pairs nicely with the wide-eyed wonderment in her music. Korkejian strikes this balance with such delicacy that it’s sometimes hard to believe this is her first album.
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