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Female Vocalists from Iran - and Beyond

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This Female Vocalists from Iran show, The Diva's, includes epic songs by iconic Iranian female vocalists with an operatic vocal range whose voices are accompanied by systems of traditional Persian music. Vocalists include Hayedeh, Marzieh, Delkash, Homeyra, Mahasti and Sima BIna.

Female Vocalists from Iran By discourse - Episode 1 : The Divas

Modern Iranian dance music from the 1950s-1970s as selected for this show, is endemic to Iranian classical and rhythmic dance music dating all the way back to the 19th century. The samples that evoke the tonbak(goblet drum) sound, are the rhythmic base of modern dance music from Iran. This type of music was predominantly played and performed in urban areas by musicians who were referred to as ‘motreb' which means to move emotionally and typically with joy. 

In the early 20th century, the motrebi were often found performing in red light districts. While the groovy signature rhythm colloquially known as 'shish-o-hasht' (six and eight or the time signature 6/8), rapidly faced degeneration because of its affiliation with prostitution, drugs, alcohol and more generally with eroticism, it also became known for providing a sonic stimulus for a repertoire of improvised solo dances and moves concentrated on the face, neck, shoulder, arms, hands and hips. Sensual dances such as 'Ghere Kamar' (rotation of the hips/back) and 'Baba Karam', of which the latter includes cross dressing - that is women dressed as men, queering and poking fun at masculinity-, are prime examples of these solo dances. The beshkan sound, a form of intricate snapping of the fingers that is produced by performers, often became part of the musical arrangement. 

Despite varied regimes of unacceptability, the 6/8 signature of motrebi music proved to be inimitable and continued to reach large audiences throughout the 20th century (post 1950s) through mass mediation in theatre and in films (Film Farsi). The music genre moreover gained recognition because of its ‘mardomi’ (the music of the people) affiliation, which in itself existed in contradistinction to Western influences in music, essentially grounding the 6/8 rhythm in Iranian and more generally Middle Eastern space, people and culture. In contemporary parlance, the 6/8 rhythm is marked by frivolity and excess for the purpose of entertaining, and to inspire dance and incite lust. Lyrics of motrebi music performed by female vocalists, continued to build on the perceived eroticism of the genre by way of including erotic themes, alongside other, celebratory themes. Some of the most prolific female vocalists that popularized this genre are selected for this show, including Firoozeh, Ahdyeh, Roohparvar, Afat and Fetneh. The show also includes a rare track by Elaheh (Pashne Talla) as well as a motrebi song by Ramesh, Shaytoonak.

Female Vocalists from Iran. 'Beshkan, Beriz o Bepash' (26.03.2021 Khonia.fm)

ORIGINALS:
• ACRAZE - Do It To It (ft. Cherish)
• 23 - Pink Soldiers


Artwork by: Roboto

Squid Game & Do It To It (Zedd Edit)

Sorrowful Songs of the Past Era By Taha - Episode 2

Women, The Lovely Heads By Sanam Maroufkhani - Episode 2

F*CKING SOCIETY

Paradise Again

Heaven Takes You Home

Iranian Oldies By Shayan Ebadi - Episode 11

Iranian Oldies By Damoon - Episode 12

Tracklist: 
Ramesh -Zeyarat
Najat Al Saghira - Ana Bashak El Bahr
Mona Abdel Ghany - Law Lailah
Lale Belkis - Umut
Betti - Bi Kassi
Googoosh - Mojezehgar
Ramesh - Roudkhoneha
Penahi - Dance music
Ramesh - Aroose Noghrepoosh
Leila Forouhar - Kalaghaye Khabarchin
Warda - Haramt Ahebak
Hayedeh - Gol Vajeh
Elaheh - Boose Baran

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Female Vocalists from Iran and Beyond. 'Miracle Maker' (09.08.2022)

Artwork : Nobahar Atighechi

اگر مراد تو ای دوست بی مرادی ماست، مراد خویش دگرباره من نخواهم خواست

تصنیفها سرودها و ترانه های ایران زمین با کاوش - قسمت پنجم

Live recording at Radio Tempo Não Pára (18.03.2023)

Artist: @discourse-katayoun

discourse @ Radio TNP 18.03.2023

Live recording at Radio Tempo Não Pára (20.05.2023)

Artist: @discourse-katayoun

Female Vocalists from Iran and Beyond w/ discourse @ Radio TNP 20.05.2023

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Female Vocalists From Iran w/ discourse @ Kiosk Radio 30.07.2023

Broadcasted live at Radio Tempo Não Pára (06.01.2024)

Artist: @discourse-katayoun

Female Vocalists from Iran and Beyond, ‘prayers and lullabies’ w/ discourse @ Radio TNP 06.01.2024

The most thug fight scene song in all cinema.

DJ Pone & Drixxxe - Fighting Man

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DISCOURSE (ir/nl | FWD: Gher Space) 
discourse (Katayoun Arian) is an Iranian-Dutch DJ, curator and writer based in Amsterdam. She is the founder of FWD: Gher Space, an Amsterdam-based platform that aims to be a home for a growing community of womxn and non-binary DJs and artists in particular. The platform strives to connect music loving audiences, dancers, artists with different experiences, cultural backgrounds, and gender identities, to diverse musical traditions, communities, and venues. Growing up in the Netherlands, Katayoun developed a versatile musical interest ranging from techno, classical music from Iran and beyond all the way to funk, smooth jazz, R&B and dancehall. Currently, she is particularly interested in the question of what an archive can do, and therefore also what and archive can be by activating and rearranging aural archives centring on female vocalists from Iran and beyond. Her mixtapes for Red Light Radio entitled 'Female Vocalists from Iran (and Beyond)' are arrangements through which she explores but also emphasizes her conviction that the meaning of archival documents changes through the ways they are activated and (re-)arranged.
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TRACKLIST
August Rosenbaum - Bloomer
Spirituzalized - Shine a Light
Milan W. - Capella
Jon Hassel - Power Spot
Space Girls - Who do you think, tengo sueño (¿tú qué piensas?)
Pseudo Code - She Got Blue Eyes Wow
Sea Urchin - Untitled 
Ron Nagorcka - Atom Bomb (Excerpt)
Low - Dancing and Blood
Kareem Lotfy- Kwbab
Moontribe - Technology
Jam da Silva - Ago

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Tehran Night #200 Discourse (Kata Youn) [Special Guest]

Listening Session Red Light Radio shop w/ discourse

We Do What We Want x Piece of Your Heart x Sweet Dreams x Losing It Mashup

Warm welcome to Discourse a dj based in Amsterdam. Her signature show is Female Vocalists from Iran (and Beyond) which was first aired on RLR .

Mutant Radio X Paraffin Tehran

Discourse [Paraffin Tehran Takeover]

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Female Vocalists from Iran By discourse - Episode 1 : The Divas

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