Arash (singer)
Arash (Persian آرش [ ɒ ː raʃ ], Azerbaijani Arəş; born April 23, 1978 in Tehran; actually Alex Arash Labaf ) is an Iranian singer who has lived his youth in Malmö, Sweden.
Life
Arash, who among other things has Persian and Azerbaijani roots, was - at first in his adopted home, and later in Germany - through the song Boro Boro ( loosely translated as go away! ) Known. The song he wrote in a time in which he had momentarily lost his voice and left him his then girlfriend. The song refers to this former girlfriend. The title draws on Europeanized style elements of Indian and Persian music, which has sometimes been interpreted as an attempt to purely commercial to benefit from the ruling to the publication time popularity of the subcontinent. The title peaked in the Swedish singles chart number 1 and made in Germany to enter the top 20th
In 2005, the album Arash was released. In Germany, this album has a compared to the international version slightly revised compilation of tracks and was launched in 2006.
In 2005, Arash sang with the Russian pop band Blestjaschtschije the song Wostotschnyje Skaski ( " Oriental Tale" ). In the song Arash describes the girls from Blestjaschtschije ( including in this time Anna Semenovich ) as " my four women ''.
In 2006, he also presented in Germany the title of Temptation, with whom he went into the charts in its first week at number 29. In this song, Rebecca Zadig singing the chorus. She also worked on several of his projects. The song is a cover version of Baila Maria, the Arab- Israeli band Alabina ( with their singer Ishtar ) from the year 1996., The third single Arash (featuring Helena ) was released in summer 2006.
Arash often toured with DJ Aligator around the world and took with him some songs, such as the unofficial anthem of the 2006 World Cup Iran (Iran, Iran).
On 27 August 2008 his album Donya came on the market. The single of the same was already available since March 2008 and was recorded with Shaggy. The music video for the track was recorded in Istanbul, Turkey. The album also Chori Chori takes the title again, the Arash has recorded with singer Aneela and in September 2006 as a single under the artist name " Aneela feat. Arash " was published. This title is a cover version of the hit Informer by Snow from the year 1993. Musically Arash remained true to himself with this album. Besides Shaggy, he also worked again with Helena and Rebecca Zadig together who had been already involved in his last projects. With Lumidee Arash took on the title candidates, who appeared as a single under the title I Like You.
2009 represented Arash Azerbaijan together with the young singer AySel the Euro Vision Song Contest in Moscow, Russia. Your competition entitled " Always" ( "Always" ) composes of Arash, reached the third place. Just one day before the Euro Vision Song Contest on 15 May, the single was entered at number 41 in the Swedish charts.
His song " Glorious " was the official song of the World Handball Championship for Men 2011.
As a harbinger to Arash's fourth studio album was released in February 2013, the single She Makes Me Go. The collaboration with Sean Paul on first attempt the leap into the German Top 10 It's the largest ever Arash's success in Germany.
Discography
Studio albums
Singles
More Releases
- 2005: Music Is My Language (feat. DJ Alligator )
- 2005: Baskon (feat. Timbuktu )
- 2008: Donya (feat. Shaggy )
- 2009: Pure Love (feat. Helena Josefsson )