After the Iranian Revolution in 1979, pop music's future seemed dark because of new Islamic laws and restrictions, and many musicians migrated to foreign countries. Raks Raks Raks: 27 Golden Garage Psych Nuggets from the Iranian 60s Scene ("Dance! Dance! Dance!") hearkens back to a pre-Revolutionary time, before making music was all but forbidden. It was around the 50s and early 60s when the "Sultan of Pop" Viguen Derderian - considered by some to be the Persian Elvis - became one of the first musicians in Iran to perform with a guitar, [...]
After the Iranian Revolution in 1979, pop music's future seemed dark because of new Islamic laws and restrictions, and many musicians migrated to foreign countries. Raks Raks Raks: 27 Golden Garage Psych Nuggets from the Iranian 60s Scene ("Dance! Dance! Dance!") hearkens back to a pre-Revolutionary time, before making music was all but forbidden. It was around the 50s and early 60s when the "Sultan of Pop" Viguen Derderian - considered by some to be the Persian Elvis - became one of the first musicians in Iran to perform with a guitar, [...]
It is indeed that time of year. Well, yes, it is late December aka Christmas/New Years time. However, when most people are trimming trees, dusting off their John Denver and the Muppets Christmas albums and throwing back some egg nog, music addicts/geeks alike are perusing every "Best of 20103 list they can find on the world wide web. That being said... Two-thousand and ten was quite a whirlwind year for me. I became part of this brilliant music blog, had a crash course in promoting shows and met some pretty special people along the way. It's [...]
Finders Keepers have no doubt been instrumental in the 60s & 70s psychedelic funk revival from the 3rd world. A period of intense cross pollination, 60s & 70s were a gold mine for mindboggling quality, until things fell prey to consumerism & depoliticisation starting from the 80s. We're still discovering gems from the Turkish 70s thanks to the dedication of Grup Ses , Kabus Kerim , Onur Engin and our own Barış K. who have been spearheading the revival with mixes and edits. Iran from the same period, has many [...]
Bright Persian psychedelic pop, funk, soul and boundless grooves from the 60s & 70s - one of the greatest compilations yet from Finders Keepers! Many of the tunes are actually classics of the era's Iranian scene, if wildly fresh and new our ears, while others are quite obscure all around, but all of it is fresh and exciting exotic pop that we're thrilled to see collected. MP3: Zia - Helelyos The sounds draw from the creatively fertile period when traditions were combined in music all around the world - with hypnotic eastern raga [...]
" Raks Raks Raks ," which means "dance dance dance," is an outstanding new collection of "Garage Psych Nuggets from the Iranian '60s Scene" (who knew?) that's got 17 songs on colored vinyl, including this completely mental version of Otis Redding's "Respect" by the Persian legend Googoosh. Step off, Aretha! Googosh: " Respect " - her command of the English language isn't perfect, but it's a helluva lot better then my Farsi (is she saying "take PCP"?) As with so many international rock scenes , surf music seems to be a big influence. The [...]
This Thursday ZIA tackles the big dogs and goes after the one who "can't stop/ wont stop.. eh eh" Diddy Doing Pills by YoWatchThis Seriously Diddy? Don't you guys have weed carriers? Shouldn't you guys have the equivalent when you are raving in Ibiza? WHERE IS YOUR MDMA CARRIER? oh yeah I remember you already sent Shyne to jail so now you [...]
It's Thursday!!! and that means its time for another one of Zee's (NAPSNRAPS ) ramblings. Since this is the last Thursday before my most HATED holiday, we are keeping this post in the "spirit" of the season and we are bringing you a special Halloween edition of NAPSNRAPS. "Halloween is coming. Die Hard is a great movie. What do these have to do with each other? EVERYTHING If you are like me and dont really give a fuck about Halloween and [...]
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