Musician and composer Sahba Sizdahkhani serves as a unique crossroad of East meets West. Influenced heavily by both 1960’s spiritual free-jazz and Persian Classical Music, he channels the fire-energy and longing for connectivity these two stormy histories represent. At age 12, his self-proclaimed “aha moment” occurred while listening to The John Coltrane Quartet for the very first time. He was hooked and immediately began studies on jazz drum set and classical snare drum.
     As the years passed, however, his ferocious love of jazz and improvisation would open pathways and pointers to his native roots of Persian Classical Music, and eventually, he would begin formal studies on the Iranian santur with master santur player Faraz Minooei.
     Sahba has completed two separate Bachelor of Arts degrees: one at Berklee College of Music, in Jazz performance, and the other at The University of Maryland, in Art History & Archeology. He worked in Paris for several years in textile design but ultimately moved back to New York city to further pursue jazz drumming.
He has composed film scores for Chelsea Winstanley (JoJo Rabbit), Whalerock Industries, maverick avant filmmaker Paul Clipson, as well as a live score performance for the Cinema 16 series in the legendary tunnel underneath the Manhattan Bridge.
Additionally, Sahba has recently recorded with Michael Morley(Dead C) and currently has running musical collaborations with Derek Monypeny, Rob Magill, and Zachary James Watkins + Ross Peacock.
He has shared live bills with a vastly diverse class of artists including Laraaji, C spencer Yeh, Susan Alcorn, Henry Kaiser, Rova Saxophone Quartet, Sunwatchers, Wizard Apprentice, Talibam!, Plankton Wat, Peter Brötzmann, and Don Dietrich (Barbetomagus). He has performed at The White House, Park Avenue Armory, Kennedy Center for the Arts, Basilica Hudson’s 24 Hour Drone Festival, WFMU live performance, “Fire Over Heaven” at Outpost Artist Resources, The Embassy of France, VOA studios, and Garden of Memory Festival at The Chapel of the Chimes.
Sahba’s hazy, atmospheric solo performances with 104-string santour and drums have been described as “a dispatch from antiquity.” And WIRE magazine recently stated “Sahba Sizdahkhani starts playing [his] instrument as if  he's pleading for his life. His playing is breathtaking. . .”
     This particular work, “GANJ,” which translates to “treasure” in Farsi, documents the magical first meeting between a musician and a new instrument. It is the first ever raw, unrefined recording of Sahba on solo santur as opposed to drum set. It was recorded in solitude during the Winter Solstice of 2019 without any prior training or study whatsoever on the mystical 102-stringed trapezoid dulcimer. The consequent emphasis due to lack of any technical skill,  was pure sonics, overtones, resonances, and an homage to minimalist composers such as Terry Riley, La Monte Young, and early Miles Davis. Days after completing this work, Sahba rushed to seek out formal studies of the Persian Classical Radif with his current teacher, Faraz Minooei.

Sahba Sizdahkhani- Ganj Pt. 4 - from Ganj tape on Cassauna

Réhoboam Megamix - Vina Konda (Janvier 2022)

Everyone’s favourite Sudanese collective from London is back with another full album! 
"Contains the monster club hit Mashena!"

It’s been 5 years since the critically acclaimed debut album from the Scorpios was released on Afro7 records. Since that time the band has stayed busy actively playing around central Europe and in clubs around England. 

In 2018 the band released the hit single Mashena earning them massive recognition with DJ’s around the globe, and gaining heavy radio play.

Scorpios aren’t just an instrumental band, one of the key elements in the group’s sound is the mesmerizing voice of Regia Ishag and the groups male voicing by Mohammed and Babo Osmand and Khamal Gourmborr.  

‘Let’s go’ was recorded at Abbey Road studios back in 2018, and the album also has two live recordings.  Another new key member is Japanese keyboard legend Izumi Kobayashi joining the band pushing their signature sound even further, colouring tones fusing elements of traditional Sudanese music with dub and funk creating that unique groove that makes the Scorpios so great!

Let's Go

The Scorpios - Let's Go Snippets

The sixth installment of our Master Key Series comes from a long-time friend of the label and rising production wizard, Slow83. 

With a number of killer releases recently uploaded to his private SoundCloud and a bag FULL of un-released gems by his side, Ged has already been getting lots of love from FBi Radio Sydney and is definitely one to watch, very closely. 

Sit back, unwind and enjoy your stay!

Unknown Album

The Master Key 006 - Slow83

Kiosk Radio is an online community radio streaming 24/7 from a wooden shack in the heart of Brussels’ historic “Parc Royal”.
More info and music: https://kioskradio.com

Monstera Occulta @ Kiosk Radio 21.04.2022

Tracklist 

claire rousay - it feels foolish to care
Oleksii Podat - my mom sends me photos from relatively safe places (version 2)
٣٣٣ - Personal Note
Skee Mask - Farm
Ed Scissor - Ambient Paris
un_p - DEM
FRKTL — السَّمْت Azimuth
Wojciech Rusin - Speculum Veritatis feat. Eden Girma

النساي

tape loop + casio 

From "Stud Control" https://hotreleases.bandcamp.com/album/stud-control

a collection of tape loop and ambient recordings from summer 2021. Mostly recorded live to computer or tape at Cathedral ii, Cedar Village NC. Mastered by Glyn Maier

Secret Boyfriend - Nightshade

Microcosmic world building, aural experiments, and tonal in-betweens with Berlin based sound artist Felisha Ledesma.

https://www.nts.live/shows/felisha-ledsema/episodes/felisha-ledsema-13th-august-2022

Felisha Ledesma 130822

Local dj @_izzanami is up for the next hour!

Izzanami [08.09.2022]

Live recording at Radio Tempo Não Pára (15.10.2022)

Artist: @discourse-katayoun

The Scorpios - Let's Go Snippets

afro7.net

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