Dutch musician and producer Michel Banabila selects a distinct playlist of his favourite West Asian (Middle East) and North African tracks for Six Pillars. Continue reading
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
Colors: The Music of Argo with Alexandre Desplat, vocals by Sussan Deyhim Courtesy of Warner Bros. and Costa Communications, take a quick glimpse behind one of 2012’s best scores, as Alexandre Desplat discusses scoring Argo, directed by Ben Affleck. Deyhim is an Iranian vocalist we have been enjoying on Six Pillars to Persia since 2005. … Continue reading
October 2012 sees the release of ARGO (Warner Bros) directed by Ben Affleck (pictured in his 70s suit) and produced by George Clooney. Based on an amazing true story of the Canadian Caper, Argo claims to takes you to the heart of the hostage crisis in Tehran 1979-1980, via the story of six Americans living … Continue reading
The sensationalist-erotic film Circumstance by Maryam Keshavarz has come out with a hidden merit, the soundtrack. Mostly composed by Ravi Shankar’s granddaughter (Ravi had children from several women, we don’t know which one Gingger is daughter of but they’re all stunning and talented) Gingger Shankar has collaborated on the score with Andy, Sussan Deyhim, Leila … Continue reading
Today we feature tracks from Sussan Deyhim ‘s newest album City of Leaves. My favourite so far is the track Tender Gaze. We’re also hearing two interviews made by host Fari Bradley in the United Arab Emirates; one with Bahar Behbahani and the other with the arts group Slavs and Tatars who were both showing … Continue reading
