July 12th – the sweetest vocals from Ramallah by singer /songwriter Asnam L. Masrah, أصنام المسرح, with her series of solo home-made recordings and electronica collaborations with Muqata’a (Boycott). Interview below. In Arabic her lyrics: Complex questions and cloudy mysteries emptiness judging consequences errors Should I write about our present society? or should I go … Continue reading
Tag Archives: electronic
Electronic Music From Tehran, The Wire Magazine
The Wire Magazine‘s October 2016 issue, 392, features this article on the electronic music being made in Iran today. The Wire maintains its quality of work via magazine purchases, but as it is not deliverable in Iran, they have agreed for us to post it here. The article is also available as .pdf, hosted on … Continue reading
New Podcast: Six Pillars – New Music from Iran VI
This and next episode on Six Pillars we commissioned two shows from Tehran-based producer Siavash Amini, aka The Waterfront. This week we looks at new ambient music released from Iran in 2014. Next Tuesday we’ll be hearing about IDM/Techno and noise from Amini. Earlier episodes of New Music from Iran, and this time last year … Continue reading
Remixed in Egypt
Based in Egypt, video remixer and music producer BluFrank is developing his aesthetic based on 80s North African pop culture and early computer programming. Naturally there are elements of Italo disco (check his Imagination Flashback mix below) and Arab pop as well as synth pop and old skool house, but with his work still being … Continue reading
Currently Listening to…Sepehr Haghighi
Recently released is this first album (DIY, 95 hard copies for sale) from our Iran-UK Sonics Residency participantsSepehrHaghighi in Rasht. At our behest he’s also created aBandcamp page for the album where you can pay what you will. This instrumental album contains 13 tracks of electronic compositions. Already renowned for an analytical approach to contemporary … Continue reading
#IranUKSonics on World Service
Interview – DJ Pretentious, Egypt
Last week we played out two tracks from Egypt that felt like a rare find. DJ Pretentious had diligently and with a little humour even, played the melody line of Get Lucky on the oud, the stringed instrument that fathered the lute. In theory the idea of reworking Daft Punk at all might sound flat, … Continue reading