Iranian Alternative

About Iranian Alternative

Music that does not fit the categories the state licenses or the diaspora market sells. Mohsen Namjoo set classical vocal technique against blues guitar and got called blasphemous for it, Sote composes abstract electronic music from Persian instrumental sources, and Saba Alizadeh puts a kamancheh through electronics. Much of it is made by artists working between Tehran and elsewhere, and released through international labels.

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