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Armik (born Armik Dashchi) is an Iranian-Armenian flamenco guitarist and composer.

Armik was born in Iran of Armenian descent. When he was just seven years old, he pawned his watch for a classical guitar, which he hid and practiced in his basement. At 12, he was a professional recording artist. While his early career focused mostly on jazz, Armik discovered the beauty and passion of flamenco while visiting Spain during the 1970s, where he saw Paco de Lucia perform.
Launching his solo career in 1994, Armik drew upon his jazz and flamenco influences to create a twist on the emerging Nuevo Flamenco sound. As a guitarist, he is one of the most adulated virtuosos of the Nuevo Flamenco genre, having appeared in Billboard Magazine's Top Ten New Age Artists in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 And 2010. Launching his solo career in 1994, Armik drew upon his jazz roots and flamenco passions to create a revolutionary twist on the emerging Nuevo flamenco sound. His invaluable compositions and performances cover an entire range of provocative melodies honed throughout his formative years to his delicate balancing of flamenco and classical guitar to the Latin and jazz influences that listeners hear in his music today. As a guitarist, he is one of the most adulated virtuosos of the Nuevo Flamenco genre, having attained this stature by virtue of his commanding presence among Billboard Magazine's Top Ten New Age Artists of 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009 & 2010. While his early career focused mostly on jazz, Armik discovered the beauty and passion of Flamenco while visiting Spain during the 1970s when he saw the legendary Paco de Lucia perform. Driven by a fire for the tradition that has defined his musical life ever since, the young musician immediately switched from his Jazz guitar for an in-depth journey to the heart of Spanish music. In 1981 Armik moved to Los Angeles to pursue this new direction, playing with other artists live and in the studio. By 1994 he released his solo debut album RAIN DANCER, a critical and commercial success that he followed with 1995's GYPSY FLAME (GOLD in Australia). At this point, Armik's reputation as a professional recording artist of Nuevo flamenco was such that expert Spanish luthier Pedro Maldonado created an instrument for him, the Rubia; Armik's 1996 album was recorded with, and named after it. The following year saw the release of MALAGA, and his fifth album, ISLA DEL SOL, appeared in 1999, followed by ROSAS DEL AMOR in the spring of 2001. Armik, the internationally renowned Nuevo flamenco guitarist/composer/producer continues to blaze his guitar virtuosity around the world as the owner of the Bolero Records imprint, which was established in 2002. Since its inception, all of Armik's recordings have charted above the top ten rung on the Billboard New Age ladder of success.

CD's

Armik - Isla del Sol (1999) 
Armik - Piano Nights (2004)
Armik - Cafe Romantico (2004) 
Armik - Mar de Sueños (2005)
Armik - Mi Pasion (2006) 
Armik - Christmas Wishes (2006) 
Armik - Barcelona (2008) 
Armik - A Day in Brazil (2008) 
Armik - Besos (2010) 

 TER INFO
- Ik probeer verschillende stijlen muziek te plaatsen waarvan het grootste gedeelte onder New Age valt. Plaats ik eens een cd die er wellicht iets vanaf wijkt (in uw mening) of niet onder valt, prima maar maak er geen scene van. Geniet van de muziek!
- Onderstaande uitdrukkingen spreken mij aan, dit staat los van New Age.
- De huidige LOSSLESS muziek die gepost is, is gecheckt tenzij anders vermeld!
- Bevalt mijn muziek niet, sla mijn spots over.
- Bevalt mijn muziek: voeg mij toe aan uw witte lijst of creëer een filter die 
 Mijn spots weer geeft.  

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~Fliegende Blatter~

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“Dankbaarheid kan alleen voortkomen uit een opgewekt innerlijk leven en een zeker vermogen tot liefhebben.” ~Robert Saitschick~ 


INFO:
- Verzoekjes zijn welkom. Plaats verzoekjes bij de meest recente spots. Ik kijk niet verder terug dan 2 dagen!!!!!!
- Hou mijn spots in de gaten om te zien of uw verzoekje er tussen staat!! 
- Heb geduld, zoeken kost tijd! Als uw verzoek niet binnen 2 weken op spotnet staat dan is er niets te vinden. Plaats dus niet steeds dezelfde verzoekjes! 

Muziek:

De andere kunsten overreden ons, maar de muziek verrast ons.
~Eduard Hanslick~

Na de stilte komt muziek het dichtst bij het zeggen van het onzegbare.
~Aldous Huxley~

Muziek is de blikopener van je ziel.
~Henry Miller~

Muziek en ritme vinden hun weg naar de verborgen gebieden van de ziel.
~Plato~


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