Love in Exile

by Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer & Shahzad Ismaily

Type: Album
Released: 24 March 2023
Label: Verve
Country: United States
Length: 1:15:10
Community rating: 3.59/5 from 10 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Created entirely in a live, improvised studio setting, this stunning trio release merges traditional Urdu ghazal with deeply meditative ambient jazz. The instrumentation consists primarily of sparse piano, subtle Moog synthesizers, and Aftab's haunting, emotionally devastating vocal deliveries. It provides an incredibly spacious, hypnotic exploration of grief, displacement, and spiritual longing.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric, vocal, improvisational, ambient, melodic, long-form

Tracklist

Credits

Arooj Aftab - primary artist, vocals, written-by, arranged by, producer
Vijay Iyer - primary artist, piano, electric piano [fender rhodes], electronics, written-by, arranged by, producer
Shahzad Ismaily - primary artist, bass [1964 fender precision], synth [moog synth], written-by, arranged by, producer
Natalie Weber - a&r
Karen Console - a&r [administration]
Emerson Sudbury - a&r [management]
Curry Hackett - creative director, design
Chris Muth - lacquer cut by
Erik Flannigan - management
Friends At Work - management
Music + Art Management, Inc. - management
Steve Cohen - management
Rachel Stoewer Poston - marketing
Tali Ursel - marketing
Matt Colton - mastered by
Eric Neuser - production manager
Damon Whittemore - recorded by, mixed by