Googoosh blended traditional persian music with western pop which was rare at the time in Iran.
This Album turned her into a iranian Pop-Icon
Iranian Women started copying her fashion and her short haircut.
Her fame peaked in the late 1970s when the Iranian Revolution in 1979 changed her career ultimately.
Women were banned from singing, recording, and performing. All her music got banned. Despite the possibility to flee Iran she decided to stay, which made her a symbol of lost freedom and ... read more
Listened to most of this on my flight from Morocco to italy and absolutely fell in love with it. Her singing really reminds me of old Vintage Childrens TV Shows i watched back when i was little. For example ‘Nils Holgerson’ or ‘Michel aus lönneberga’. her music gives the same comfort somehow.
discovered Vashti trough her feature in animal collectives Prospect Hummer
When I was sick I was listening to this, and it's true that it's almost like a lullaby. Apparently this is played "to end all suffering in the world". Someone on the Zimbabwe subreddit told me the lyrics are more positive, not only lamenting problems, but also encouraging people to live with peace, love, harmony, respect, etc.
The background rattle throughout the song is part of the instrument called "mbira". It's bottle caps or other small objects attached ... read more
Many songs on here sound actually timeless. her style is in the direction that joni mitchell is in, and i really love how some of the elements on this record are so subtle and minimalistic. perfect record to get some housework done.
The work on this album sounds exactly like the experience you get when first visiting his own website. The album cover, which looks like he Envisioned himself as the teletubbies sunrise baby, surrounded by all these hypnotic tiles of Buddha's spinning around. I just wanted to look up his biography or some information about him and somehow the website told me everything I needed to know from the first second.
Also took me a few seconds to realise I have to click on man's beautiful ... read more
I really like where this is going, but I still think they're not at their peak yet (don't know how long they make it tho)
Babcia Jadzia has some beautiful beach boy-ish drums that I loved