A solo piece by Fari Bradley based on conversations with Halim El Dabh. 

See the accompanying video, STRIDULATIONS, here:

https://vimeo.com/654729460

To read the seminal paper on El Dabh, by Fari Bradley, see here:

https://www.ibraaz.org/essays/139/

Stridulations - In Honour of Halim El Dabh

Singers Parvin Cox, Mansour Gorjian - composed Fari Bradley Performed in the foyer of the V&A Museum for Norooz.
With the Resonance Radio Orchestra and musicians from the Royal College of Music. 

Words: Amir Khosrau, 13thC Indian poet writing in Persian:
 “I have become you and you me, So that henceforth no one can say I am someone, and you are someone else.”

Imagined Divisions Become Real - V&A Performance

Iran Protests - Women Life Freedom. In Iran and around the world, momentous and incredibly moving protests for 40 days today, since 16 September 2022, have raised a movement labelled the "first feminist revolution". A reaction to the death of 22-year-old Kurd Mahsa Amini, the country and its diaspora, customarily locked in fear of repercussions, now speak out with a burgeoning political arts and culture movement and an activism unlike any before. With no identifiable leader to assassinate, women and children lead this revolution alongside their grandparents and striking oil, steel and other industry workers all over the country. What can listeners do to support the Women Life Freedom movement? We hear direct from Iranian voices and also from activist Steve Marsling who as a teenager from South East London worked towards the end of the bloody South African regime, with exemplary success. 

You can find this audio transcribed for better access here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKP7gucIaZs&feature=youtu.be 

Produced by Fari Bradley.

Iran Protests - ResonanceFM Broadcast

The voice recording here is from a series of skype interviews made by Parstronix founder Fari Bradley with Halim el Dabh. The interviews form the foundation of an article by her on his early and pioneering work, can be found here:

http://www.ibraaz.org/essays/139

Featuring Stelae of Axum by Halim El Dabh (2005)
from Summit in The Collection for
Solo Percussion for solo orchestra bells (glockenspiel)

For more on Fari B-  www.faribradley.co.uk

Halim El Dabh - Quote on Sound

The voice recording here is from a series of skype interviews made by Parstronix founder Fari Bradley with Halim el Dabh. The interviews form the foundation of an article by her on his early and pioneering work, can be found here:

http://www.ibraaz.org/essays/139

More on Fari B - www.faribradley.co.uk

Halim El Dabh on Sound, Nature and Beetles

Improvised film soundtrack performed live by Iranian avant-garde troupe 'Parstronix'. For the Charlie Chaplin film 'The Cure', screened for Bold Tendencies, on top of Frank's Peckham Car Park at the tail end of summer 2012 for Resonance104.4FM, UK's first and foremost art radio station. With Omid Amiri Larijani on sax, Armin Firouzabadi on guitar, Roshi Nasehi on vocals and electronic and Fari Bradley on found objects and electronics, and the building.

Parstronix - The Cure

Parstronix's Parasol Unit Gallery live improv performance to mark the Navid Nuur solo exhibition, May 2013. Navid Nuur is a Dutch-Iranian artist whose works are based on phenomenological experiences. Performers for this incarnation of Parstronix were Sam Fathi on daf drum, Fari Bradley on Monotron, Armin Firouzabadi on guitar and Roshi Nasehi on voice and keys. Traces of Action: Creation of Acts was a performance supported by Dante Rendle Traynor with his experimental lounge band The Golden Boys. http://www.parasol-unit.org/traces-of-action-creation-of-acts

Parstronix at Parasol Unit with Navid Nuur

A loosely formed troupe of Iranian avant garde musicians living in London. Often performing in art galleries with the work as the score. Formed by Fari Bradley of Resonance 104.4FM.

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