Eendo - Hamin Lahzeh (2016)

Ardalan, a graphic designer by day, was born in 1976 in Iran, and started playing the piano when he was 8. He continued playing classical piano but became more and more fascinated with Jazz after he left Iran at the age of 17, and consequently taught himself Jazz theory and improvisation. Ardalan joined the prominent Iranian rock band Kiosk, and started learning the accordion when the band decided to incorporate gypsy jazz elements into their arrangements and instrumentation.
Shaadbaanoo, also born in Iran in 1978, holds a Masters in Fine Arts, and has experimented with different art forms from photography to mixed media, to video, and theatre. Her work has been showcased in exhibitions around the globe. Shaadbaanoo believes in cliches like "the more you smile, the more things make you laugh." She is opposed to flags and borders, and believes that with one flag and no borders people would have more compassion for one another.
Eendo began its musical journey in September of 2008, when Ardalan started writing and recording a few short instrumental pieces for accordion ranging in style from waltzes and tangos to klezmer and gypsy swing. Overtime, these small and intimate pieces evolved into full-blown songs with words, Shaadbanoo's vocals, and many layers of other instruments, and finally developed into their debut album "Bord o Baakht."
The music of Eendo first album, Bord o Baakht, meaning Win or Lose in Farsi, is a mix of many influences including Gypsy Jazz, Rock, Klezmer, Trad Jazz, Latin and Classical, and perhaps the music can be categorized into different subgenres. As the title suggests, the album is about contradictions in life: Joy and Sorrow,آ Togetherness and Separation, Compassion and Cruelty, Contentment and Greed, Celebration and Mourning,آ Love and Lust, Intoxication and Sobriety, Divine and Earthly, Up and Down, Winning and Losing. The album ends with an intimate romantic song in a Major key, which makes for an uplifting ending.