Charles Matthews
Claire M Singer
Sohrab
In its ninth year, Borderline, the most adventurous music festival in Athens, returns more timely than ever. The Onassis Stegi, in collaboration with the Irtijal Festival of experimental music in Beirut, brings us the most contemporary and avant-garde sounds of the international musical stage, in concerts, dj sets, screenings, and talks.
German Evangelical Church, Sina 66, Athens
8-10PM 6/04/19
Sohrab DJs Iranian music as part of “The Aesthetics of Resistance Peter Weiss 100” festival, which takes place at HAU theatre, Berlin.
english.hebbel-am-ufer.de/programme/festivals-projects/2016-2017/peter-weiss-100/
www.facebook.com/events/533484443516813/
Sohrab has also done the podcast for HAU
ACUD MACHT NEU
Veteranenstraße 21, 10119 Berlin, Germany
2000HR
ACUD MACHT NEU
Veteranenstraße 21, 10119 Berlin, Germany
2000HR
Long Wave
Hosted by Mike Harding
5th November – Sohrab
Track listing:
1. Aamookhtan Baraye Zistan (learning for life)
2. In The East
3. Himmel Über Tehran
4. Europa
5. Pedagogicheskaya Poema
6. You Are Not Alone remixed by JG.Thirlwell, Achim Mohné & Jóhann Jóhannsson
Station IDs: Sohrab
Voice: Mandy H
Art Assembly in association with Touch present Hidden Narratives of Empty Spaces – an investigation into the stories and soundtracks hidden within the cracks of empty rooms and deserted environments. Iranian born Sohrab and Seoul based artist Jiyeon Kim demonstrate through their work how manipulated field recordings can be employed to amplify an existing or reveal a new narrative of the empty space. With guest performances and an opening conversation by Mike Harding of Touch. 7pm, Saturday 9th November,
The Peckham Pelican.
Tickets £7.50
If you are a sound or visual artist interested in getting involved in Hidden Narratives of Empty Spaces please visit here
BLN FM, Germany
Von Wegen #37 mit Sohrab
Sohrab guested on the radio with Andi Teichmann
You can listen to the podcast here
7″ vinyl only
Cut by Jason at Transition
Artwork and photography by Jon Wozencroft
Track listing:
Side A: Hejrat
Side B: Endless Spring
Recorded with rage during the winter of 2011/12. “Voice of a Burnt Generation”, sung by Hani, recorded lo–fi in the Eissenhutenstadt refugee camp, Germany.
Buy Sohrab “Between Strangers” on Bandcamp
Record Collector (UK) reviews this single:
www.ustream.tv/channel/meakusma
Andrew Pekler live (Dekorder, Schoolmap, Kranky)
Sohrab live (Touch)
Innercity live (Aguirre, Ikuisuus, Further)
Midnightopera DJ (Workshop, meakusma)
Programme:
20.00 Midnightopera
22.00 Innercity
23.00 Sohrab
00.00 Andrew Pekler
01.00 Midnightopera
The room also features live painting by Boris Servais and Poste Aérienne.
www.meakusma.org/?mainCat=1&subCat=1&event=12.05.12_schlachthof
320 kpbs – 1 track – 44:22
The third and last in a series of reworkings of Sohrab material by artists showing solidarity to his cause for legal status in Germany.
Congratulations to Sohrab, who got married on March 16th 2012…
On Tuesday November 15th, Sohrab will be appearing at Centrum, Berlin, as a participant in Jonny Mugwump’s “City Symphony”. Further details on the links, below.
Release date: 7th July 2011
320 kpbs – 1 track – 35:31
[Touch # Tone 42 DR2]
Photography: Sohrab
The second in a series of reworkings of Sohrab material by artists showing solidarity to his cause… all label and artist money goes towards the fund for his appeal against refusal to be granted political asylum in Germany…
Release date: 10th June 2011
320 kpbs – 1 track – 37:09
[Touch # Tone 42 DR1]
Photography: Jon Wozencroft
The first in a series of reworkings of Sohrab material by artists showing solidarity to his cause… all label and artist money goes towards the fund for his appeal against the refusal to be granted political asylum in Germany…
‘Faryad bar Dictator’ ‘فریاد بر دیکتاتور’
1 track – Download only – 8:56
Mastered by BJNilsen
As you may know, Sohrab managed to leave Iran late last year for Germany, where he appealed for political asylum having been interned in Brandenburg. This appeal has failed and he is trying to raise funds to appeal against this latest ruling.
There is an obvious sense of isolation, both overt and implied, within this album. As a young composer in the culturally restricted country of Iran, the hushed textures and quiet moments feel forbidden, and therefore all the more attractive to hear. In addition, the quiet, meditative passages are occasionally broken up by sharp, loud outbursts that magnify sense of paranoia in listening to the proceedings. Continue reading
Lend Me Your Ears have named Touch as their “pioneering label of the year”.
They write: “Touch – LMYE’s pioneering label of the year: shepherding magnificent new releases by Philip Jeck & BJNilsen that were among the year’s best anywhere is qualification enough for recognition. But Touch went further, bringing Sohrab’s unmissable
A Hidden Place, Daniel Menche’s extraordinary Hover, early Hildur Gudnadottir goodness in the form of the Mount A re-release & further enhancing its Touch Radio series with 12 new instalments – including this Phill Niblock.”
The above photo was taken on a recent (2010) trip to Turkmen Sahra.
Here you can find some images:
