Oh Kiss No

Are you ready to fuck with the Mullah?
With her new song Mullah, Iranian pop artist Faravaz challenges the status quo and demands the freedom women deserve.

Faravaz Mullah

Music ,vocal double-bass, cello by Arash Zarabi 
Lyrics,main vocalist, voice vocal arranging melody  Faunoos

we are 16 grams (feat. Faunoos)

We Are 16 Grams x Faunoos

L'amour de ma vie

This mix is for Black women who love Björk Guðmundsdóttir. For some of us Björk is one of the guiding forces in the most secret parts of our emotional lives. And there is something to be said about the fact that my deepest, most intimate romantic relationships have been with Black women who speak Björk. She is one of the most brilliant artists of our time, with relevance far beyond the boringly sensational Academy Award swan dress debacle, which on the low, I believe was a challenge to American popular cultural values. Like on some fashion resistance shit. “I thought I could organize freedom, how Scandinavian of me?”

During my New York years, I had the opportunity to witness Björk live at the Apollo with three other Black women. Björk at The Apollo? What a combination and what an honorable way to honor the Black folks that get down with her like that. Aside from the sheer weight of the decision to perform in Harlem, we, like thousands of her students, made sure to have loot in hand ready to buy tickets the moment they went on sale. We managed to get tickets, but please understand, in less than five minutes the show was sold out. And to be honest, it wasn’t Harlem or Brooklyn who showed up to see her, which I understand; Björk is ‘strange fiction.’ It was the usual crew at the Apollo concert; former club kids, angsty white women and entitled hipsters. And of course some of us were in the house. My crew and I represented for all the Black women inspired by her audaciousness, by her work ethic, and by her willingness to make whatever screw face necessary to offer ‘love scholarship’ through song. We cheered from the balcony squinting to experience what looked like an Icelandic ball of glitter performing unapologetically to self-composed electro folk music. I will never forget her relationship with the microphone, dancing around it, stepping away from it, looking into it and making it sing her songs. She’s a beast of a live performer. 

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Bjork Mix Final

Call me

The Days Bygone/ Roozoon e Raftah

Mobtalâ/ Stricken

Faravaz is an Iranian singer,feminist and activist, for women's rights focused on Middle East and the founder of the right to sing registered association.
She was born in Tehran and started making music at an early age. She fled Iran and lives in exile in Berlin. Her offense: solo singing. 
Since her escape, she has combined alternative pop with oriental elements and provocative English lyrics. 
She regularly appears in international media such as the BBC, Deutsche Welle and ARTE. She also received the Voices of Women for Change Award 2022.