Background
Ali and her mother moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1985, after which Ali discovered the santour.
Ali and her mother moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1985, after which Ali discovered the santour.
Ali then studied the santour under Persian master Manoochehr Sadeghi, which led to the rediscovery of her voice.
As of 2013, Ali has released eight full-length albums with the bands VAS and Niyaz, as well as four full-length solo albums. Born in Tehran, Iran, in 1970, Ali spent most of her childhood in Panchgani, India. She is now living in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
In 2005, Azam Ali was featured in Enter The Chicken, a Buckethead album, singing the song "Coma" with Serj Tankian.
Solo career
In 2003 she sang Inama Nushif in the fictional Fremen language for the soundtrack to the 2003 Sciences Fi Channel mini-series Frank Herbert"s Children of Dune, written by Brian Tyler. In 2012, she was the vocalist for Square Enix"s Final Fantasy video game tech demo Agni"s Philosophy.
She also helped American composer Jack Wall on the soundtrack for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 by being vocalist on the track "Pakistan Run". In September 2013 Ali announced that she would provide vocals for the soundtrack of the film Thor: The Dark World.
