Motion Music
Shelâl by Odiv from south Iran opens a portal to local ghosts
Odiv, a young composer from Ahvaz, communes in Shelâl with deeply felt darkness. It’s haunted not as a fetish, not as the pastiche musical surplus equivalent of a costume shop, as piles up in so much “dark” music. But it’s a horror that’s movingly personal. Maybe it’s time for tea and conversation with all our demons and ghosts. Out now on Zabte Sote.
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Tehran, folding stories in sound: Khamoosh collective on TIMEZONES
“Art is a struggle against nothingness,” says Pharoos from Hormuz. TIMEZONES, the series produced by Norient, we’ve visited before. Their planned June episode on Tehran was delayed by war. Now is a perfect time to take in its threads, woven from multiple voices in a narrative that flows gently, as if in a breeze.
Iranian music scene to world: civilians are under attack
The unprovoked attack by Israel on Iran this week has put civilians in both locations in the line of fire and the entire region at risk of escalating war. There’s a loud chorus from many of my Iranian friends, colleagues, and the artists I’ve written about over the years. Attacks on civilians and neighborhoods across Tehran and the country are being underreported, and artists are calling on us to spread the word.
Rock, electroacoustic, and traditional Iranian mix in Behrouz Pashaei LP
Peter Kirn - August 30, 2024
CDM Premieres Motion Music
Premiere: “Lips Seeking the Forbidden” video as Tehran’s Sote joins SVBKVLT
Peter Kirn - February 21, 2024
CDM Premieres Motion Music Stories
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