Urgent musical protest scheduled. Event Details: Sunday, April 28th 2:00-4pm Under the Marble Arch W1C 1CX Prominent and much-loved Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi has been sentenced to death by the ruling regime in Iran, on charges of his music “spreading corruption on earth”. The non-partisan group Woman Life Freedom-London and other activist groups have announced … Continue reading
“On this channel, we depict the Iranian revolution that started in 2022, in 4K video quality. We see the growing Iranian people’s civil disobedience, writing slogans on the walls against the Iranian government, Iranian women walking without the mandatory hijab in the streets and shopping malls. We have also focused on the culture and lack … Continue reading
Join renowned Baluch musician Rostam Mirlashari this Friday at 8 pm in London for an unforgettable evening at King’s Place. Balochis located in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, have their own distinct language, culture and customs, as well as musical and dance styles. The Balochi music is related to the musical traditions of southern Afghanistan, western … Continue reading
This Sunday May 14th 1-4pm under the Marble Arch itself, a co-ordinated global action takes place across major cities in Europe and the USA to support Toomaj Salehi, an Iranian rapper wrongfully imprisoned for making music Continue reading
London’s Iranian avant-garde music and sound arts community, with their friends, put on a fundraiser at Iklectik. Electronica, piano, cello, soprano, Welsh-Iranian folk, works by singer-song-writers and visuals. Tickets on the door or via Paypal here, donations also welcome.
Plus an art exhibition of the “Say Their Names Art Project”, portraits of the fallen in Iran, by artists of other backgrounds. Also participating are Art Terry on piano, of the Art Terry Band and “Is Black Music” on Resonance04.4FM and Omid Amir Larijani on sax. Continue reading
Exercises in Displacement Cultural and artistic displacement investigated via five evenings of performances of original work across London. The most recent iteration, 3/5, is at the South London Gallery, Peckham by Tuttoquestosentire. Visual artist Rebecca Salvadori, and composer/ cellist Sandro Mussida visit the studio to discuss the series and the TQS collective, and we sample … Continue reading
June 17th Dark Morph: ‘The So(ng)qe/Tovuto Kyrrahafið Sound Field’ On view until June 30, 2019 at ‘The Ocean Space’ as part of the Venice Biennial, this sound installation is by Dark Morph, the newly formed duo of composer Carl Michael von Hausswolff and musician and vocalist Jónsi of Sigur Rós. Launched with a vinyl album … Continue reading
Mongolia in Venice – “A Temporality” is a sound installation and performance with Carsten Nicolai as ‘Alva Noto’ brings 4 members of the Mongolian National Choir and their throat singing to Venice’s by-alleys. We hear from the indomitable curator Gantuya Badamgarav, who has thrice brought Mongolia to Venice against all odds and the artist Jantsa … Continue reading
Fari Bradley focuses on choice contemporary Middle Eastern, North African and South Asian sound, art and culture. This week: audio from The 54th Venice Biennial opening. UK’s Block Universe present an Italian brass band playing the anthems of every country excluded from the main Giardini pavilions. By boat and on foot, the band intervene in … Continue reading
This week we enjoy the vinyl sampling or Nuts One, a DJ and crate digger who is part of the Soundtrackers and also Holywax records. Oriental Slap! Living in Geneva, Switzerland, he also produces his own music releases, for purchase here. Broadcast Times: 6-6.30pm Mondays Repeats Wednesday 1-1.30pm On air, on digital radio DAB in … Continue reading
Six Pillars 