Omid has been a guest on Six Pillars since the days of Myspace, (around 2006) and his career in USA has flourished since we first were in touch. Based in California, Omid began creating heavily sampled hip hop and other forms of electronic music for film and music release after a bachelor in recording arts … Continue reading
A bespoke show from Iran, 23 year old talent Noisetrappy takes over with 30 minutes of Tehran Trap. This show was produced entirely over Instagram between Six Pillars producer Fari Bradley and Noisetrappy. Recorded in Tehran, where Noisetrappy (aka Amir) collaborates with other musicians his age to create a specific danceable sound between … Continue reading
Remember a long time ago, back in 2010 we conjured one of those random musicians from Myspace and they came to London to play at Ginglik once in Shepherd’s Bush? Then suddenly we were all in Serbia together at Exit Festival. Arash came with his troupe over from France, but since then has moved to … Continue reading
In the 12+ years we’ve been making Six pillars we’ve hardly taken a break. This past 6 weeks have been a time of travel (Bahrain, Sharjah UAE and Beirut), amassing sounds and ideas, while our sister show Free Lab Radio has continued offering up leftfield dance music for the discerning listener on Resonance104.4FM and Resonance … Continue reading
Women and Sweet Choices This week’s guest host is Nesa Azadikhah a sound artist, music producer and Dj living In Tehran. Azadikhah has shown work both in Dubai and Iran and brings her sounds to Resonance104.4FM. Broadcasts today March 10th at 21hrs-21.:30, repeats Thurs 4pm on 104.4FM in London – Listen online via the RadioPlayer Continue reading
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
This week on Six Pillars we’ve commissioned two shows from Tehran-based producer Siavash Amini, aka The Waterfront. This week’s episode looks at new ambient music released from Iran in 2014. Earlier episodes, and this time last year in fact, we heard Amini discuss his methods for composition and research online and about the state of … Continue reading
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
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
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
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