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Katayoun

This exquisite ethnic mix, starts with a song by Madonna 👉 ‘BitterSweet' reading RUMI poem on a timeless album 'Gift of Love' by Deepak Chopra; then it takes off to a medium -higher tempo, infused with a lot of subtle drumming. This mix takes you where easter music meets west! A sophisticated electronic oriental fusion best for 👉 movement meditation, light ecstatic dance, work from home, exercise, jog/run, sound healing, etc. You will listen to epic songs from legends: Bahramji, Azam Ali, and Houmayoun Shajarian, and Madonna.

Ethnic House Mix 'Desert Soul' by SILKROAD Beats (Arash Salehi)

Chet Baker - It's Always You (1956)

My favourite era of music is the 1980s. So for this mix I have put together a selection of records that remind me of the musical colours from my upbringing, ranging from pachanga, Latin new wave, Afro synth pop & other warm rhythms, including some taken from my parent’s own collection :)

Track list:

Miami Sound Machine - Toda Tuya (1982)
Daiquirí - Zambo Montuno (1984)
Maya - Lait de coco (dub) (1987)
Beni Life - Amore en el Cielo (1987)
Fonda Rae - Heobah (1983)
Black Five - Wa Ikgona (1983)
Somo Somo & Mose Se Sengo "Fan Fan" - Mele (1984)
Los Soneros De Gamero - Katunga (1985)
Mike Ribas - Como son los retratos (Harari edit) (1986)
Chuks Ejelonu - Inner Vision (1984)

My Analog Journal - 80s Balearic, Latin & Afro influenced grooves

When selecting tracks for this mix I wanted to spotlight sounds from the 90s and some of the producers that have influenced the music I play out today - some of which includes Kerri Chandler, Masters at Work and Grant Nelson. I also picked a vocal track by the legendary singer Barbara Tucker whose voice was so influential during that period and still is today. Focusing on Vocal and Garage House with some Gospel influences, from ’89 til today, theses records come from across the Atlantic, from different states in America and a few more close to home. I felt inspired to play records that I have found while digging over this summer, and ones that resonate with the sounds that I am currently listening to.

My Analog Journal | An Uplifting Celebration of House (All vinyl mix)

Noono Paniro Sabzi

on YouTube

Ebi, Dariush - Noon O Panir O Sabzi | ابی و داریوش - نون و پنیر و سبزی

In summer of 2024, I was invited to record a mix at "My Analog Journal’s" studio in London, a channel I’ve followed and admired for years. I’m very honored to contribute with a selection of african-boogie, funk, disco, and jazz. Records that have deeply influenced me along the way. I hope you enjoy! 

ChewChew 💖

ChewChew - My Analog Journal (November 2024)

This show is dedicated to the sonic imaginaries of Iran’s 70’s; a time when prominent Iranian musicians and artists including Googoosh, Farhad Mehrad, Black Cats, and Zia covered English soul, blues, and funk tracks by Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, and Boney M. ​​

These interesting musical explorations not only reflect the country's complex relations with the United States, intersected by a colonial dynamic and notions of 'modernization', but also with visions of freedom, sociability through collaboration, and the identification of oppressed people internationally through music. This show also includes a cover of the iconic folk hit ‘Jolene’ by Dolly Parton and 1960s hits by influential bands like The Beatles, The Mamas and Papas, and The Animals.

Artwork: Arash Zarifian

Sonic Imaginaries - Soul, Funk & Rock Covers from 70s Iran w/Katayoun, Kiosk Outsiders

#iran #dreaming #lullabies #cratedigging #selector #cinematic #myanalogjournal

My Analog Journal takeover Worldwide FM, 17 January, 2025. Dreaming 1970s Iran

Sonic Imaginaries of Latin Jazz & Big Band w/Katayoun, Kiosk Outsiders (22.02.2025)

This show explores the marginal yet impactful “Iranian Dance Wave” that emerged in the 1990s–2000s, from the vibrant Iranian diasporic cultural scene in LA, also known as Tehrangeles. While the umbrella term Iranian Dance Wave isn’t widely used, it offers a useful lens for understanding how the music featured in this show is rooted in a transnational sound that also became widely embraced in diasporic Iranian music production of the 90s-2000s. The mixtape is a vision of car and dance music - it weaves together Italo Disco, Eurodance, trance, progressive house, and Tehrangeles pop, genres that shaped my own musical upbringing. Bridging high-energy dancefloor sounds with sonic heritage, the mix features both iconic anthems and hidden gems. It’s a personal reflection and a celebration of a uniquely global sound that continues to resonate across generations and borders.

Genres
Eurodance, progressive house, trance, Tehrangeles


Tracklist
1. 	Ishan – Zendegi
2. 	Susan Roshan – Dokhtare Mashregi (Koli) 
3. 	Boyz - Night to Remember
4.          Sayeh – Vajeh
5. 	Boyz – Setareh 
6. 	Nooshafarin – Hamishe Man
7. 	Boyz - Mr. Producer 
8. 	Shohreh - Sayeh 
9. 	Shadmehr – Zhina  
10.            Shahrokh – Dooset Daram 
11.           Shadmehr – Adam Foroush 
12.           Siavash – Tou
13.           Mekabiz – Nefrin 
14.          Davood Behboodi – Avalin Eshgh

Sonic Imaginaries - Iranian Nightrider w/ Katayoun, Kiosk Outsiders (26.04.2025)

One more kiss, dear

A special vinyl session for My Analog Journal Youtube Channel straight from Burgaz Island in Istanbul. 
The mix of Polish, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Russian, Czech, Slovakian tunes performed by female singers from the 70s.
@Myanalogjournal - thank you for this unforgettable experience and a beautiful collaboration.

Tracklist:

00:09 Alla Pugachova – Kukushka
4:18 Krystyna Prońko – Oto Przyczyna
8:03 Mira Kubasińska & Breakout – Słuchaj Rytmu
11:14 Halina Frąckowiak – Idę
17:22 Zalatnay Sarolta – Zöld Borostyán
22:13 Krystyna Prońko – Byłeś Jesteś Będziesz
26:03 Mihaela Mihai - Mi-ai Spus Ca Ma Iubesti
29:35 Donika Venkova – Ne Iskam Da Vyarvam
32:29 Bezinky – Prid
35:36 Krystyna Prońko – Deszcz w Cisnej
38:59 Kovács Kati - Ha hiszel bennem fiú
42:08 Halina Frąckowiak & ABC – Chcę Ci dać Zachwyconych Oczu Blask

Eastern European Ladies for My Analog Journal

Jazz has played a marginal and yet significant role in Iran’s music history. The perception of the genre, however, has been in flux since it first arrived in the country: It's commonly believed that the history of Jazz in Iran began during the 1960s with the likes of Duke Ellington visiting and performing in the country. But earlier compositional principles of jazz and big band music were increasingly traced in the music of the 1950s. As Iran's oil industry was ‘booming’, Iranian musicians’ relationship with jazz music moreover further intensified through the presence of American expat clubs in oil-rich areas where jazz was played throughout the 1960s. Jazz is undeniably linked to the country's relations with the United States, intersected by a colonial dynamic and notions of 'modernization', but also with visions of freedom, sociability through collaboration, and the identification of oppressed people internationally. The primetime TV show on (improv) Jazz 'Kourosh Ali Khan va Dustan' (available on youtube) on Iranian national television in the 1970s, was an initiative of the American musician and ethnomusicologist Lloyd Miller - also known as Kourosh Ali Khan. Miller's show contributed to the confluence of Iranian music culture and jazz as he worked in Tehran for seven consecutive years, studying classical Persian music. By the early 1970s, the principles of jazz music were commonly integrated in pop music of the time, popularized through the repertoire of iconic and master female vocalists such as Elaheh, Googoosh and Giti. The musical confluence of jazz (and related music) with popular and traditional Persian music, its modal systems and its rhythms, alongside its long historical relationship with Persian poetry, at the time, gave birth to a genre of Iranian ‘Jazz fusion’* that didn’t necessarily mix the two distinct musical genealogies but placed them alongside each other. 

The tracks selected for this show include big bands, Mexican bolero influences, and an occasional twist like a Cuban-style Cha cha cha track. 

*Also referred to as 'Oriental Jazz'

Female Vocalists from Iran. 'Big Band / Jazz' (02.12.2020 Operator Radio)

I recorded this on my phone back in May. I wasn’t planning on uploading it but it’s been almost a month since I put something on SoundCloud, so I figured I post this. I’m doing a version similar to Lisa Ono’s which in turn is similar to Astrud Gilberto’s version from 1965.

Fly Me to the Moon

DJ, selector, archivist, and curator specialized in older music from Iran and the wider region. Signature projects 'Female Vocalists from Iran and Beyond' (2018-ongoing) and 'Sonic Imaginaries'. Weaving genres and geographies through musical dreaming, storytelling, and deep listening. Currently resident at Kiosk Radio, Brussels. 
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01.03.25 OT301, Palestine Fundraiser
15.03.25 Bar Bario, Amsterdam 9-11 pm
18.03.25 Garage Noord, 7-11 pm
05.04.25 Rewire Festival







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22.02.25 Kiosk Radio, Sonic Imaginaries
17.01.25 My Analog Journal x Worldwide FM
29.12.24 Mulatu Listening Bar, The Hague
21.12.24 Kauri, Geneva
20.12.24 Adaptor Records
20.12.24 Bongo Joe, Geneva
30.11.24 Sinematranstopia (HKW), Berlin
01.12.24 Kiosk Radio, Sonic Imaginaries
03.11.24 Kiosk Radio, Sonic Imaginaries
06.10.24 Kiosk Radio, Sonic Imaginaries
27.09.24 Rijksmuseum of Antiquities, Leiden
13.09.24 Skatecafe, Amsterdam
08.09.24 My Analog Journal (YouTube)
01.09.24 Kiosk Radio, Sonic Imaginaries
16.08.24 Lowlands Festival
04.08.24 Kiosk Radio
03.08.24 RAUM, Utrecht
07.07.24 Outsiders, Kiosk, Brussels
22.06.24 Framer Framed, Amsterdam
14.06.24 Stroom, The Hague
02.06.24 Outsiders, Kiosk, Brussels
25.05.24 Parotia at EKKO, Utrecht 
04.05.24 Kiosk Radio, Sonic Imaginaries
24.04,24 Monk, Amsterdam
07.04.24 Kiosk Radio, Sonic Imaginaries
03.03.24 Kiosk Radio, Sonic Imaginaries
27.02.24 Tah Dig, Noods Radio
17.02.2024 Kiosk Radio 1-2 pm
28.02.2024 Noods Radio
06.01.2024  Radio TNP
11.11.2023   Zaal 100, Amsterdam
15.09.2023  Grote Kerk, Breda
25.09.2023  Refuge Worldwide
07.10.2023 De School, Amsterdam 
19.08.2023  RAUM, Utrecht
30.07.2023 Kiosk Radio, Bruxelles 
22.07.2023 Murmur, Amsterdam 
20.07.2023 Garage Noord, Amsterdam 
20.07.2023 Recovery Channel, Echobox Radio 
15.07.2023  Radio TNP
01.07.2023 Kunstlerhof Frohnau, Berlin
20.05.2023 Stranded FM offline party
20.05.2023 Radio TNP
18.03.2023   Radio TNP
17.03.2023   Garage Noord, Amsterdam
08.03.2023 Melkweg, Amsterdam
21.12.2022 Garage Noord, Amsterdam
15.10.2022 Radio TNP, Amsterdam
06.10.2022 Garage Noord, Amsterdam
28.07.2022 Garage Noord, Amsterdam
12.05.2022 Support act Sevdaliza, De Melkweg, Amsterdam
30.09.2021 Future Intel, The Hague
17.06.2021 RRFM, Amsterdam
26.03.2021 Khonia.fm,  Tehran
19.03.2021 Khonia.fm, Tehran
03.01.2021 Mutant Radio, Tbilisi
02.12.2020 Operator Radio, Rotterdam
23.07.2020 Black Pride Fundraiser, Klauw Collective, Mono, Rotterdam
17.07.2020 Muziekgebouw aan het Ij, terrace
22.03.2020 De School, Amsterdam
15.02.2020  MATADERO, Madrid
03.02.2020 Female Vocalists from Iran and Beyond, Red Light Radio 
20.12.2019 Pantropical at Worm, Rotterdam 
20.12.2019 Walter Books, Arnhem 
9.10.2019 ADE Soundlab, Compagnietheater, Amsterdam
04.10.2019 EKKO, Utrecht
02.10.2019 ECF Princess Margriet Award for Culture
21.09.2019 UNSEEN, Transformator Huis, Amsterdam, 8.30 pm - 10 pm
14.09.2019 STROOM, The Hague, a DJ-lecture performance during 'Uncertainty Seminars 04'
03.09.2019 Compagnietheater, Amsterdam
28.06. 2019 Perdu, Amsterdam
22.06.2019 Stranded FM, Utrecht
22.06.2019 BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht
15.06.2019 Vrankrijk, Amsterdam
25.05.2019 MONO Rotterdam
18.05.2019 Listening session Red Light Radio Shop
11.05.2019 Subbacultcha Amsterdam (s105, De School)
29.04.2019 Red Light Radio
12.04.2019 Closing party conference 'Realities and Fantasies' School of Cultural Analysis
04.04.2019 Red Light Radio 
30.03.2019 Arab Film Festival afterparty w/ Pantropical @ Worm, Rotterdam
08.03.2019 MAMA Cash Feminist Festival, Centraal Museum, Utrecht
 31.01.2019  Muziek Gebouw aan het Ij - De School (Amsterdam)
Support act of 'Jerusalem in My Heart'
31.01.2019 Red Light Radio: The Rest is Noise and Subbacultcha 
28.01.2019 Red Light Radio