[silence] Electronic Music and Films from the Middle Eastern Avant-Garde (1959-2001)

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In collaboration with Bidoun Magazine, UbuWeb is pleased to bring you the first installment of a trove of rarely heard and seen Middle Eastern culture. We begin by featuring six historic electronic musicians and sound poets: 

Dariush Dolat-Shahi "Electronic music, Tar and Setar" (1985) and "Otashgah" (1986)
http://ubu.com/sound/dolat-shahi.html

Halim El-Dabh "Leiyla Visitations" (1959) 
http://ubu.com/sound/dabh.html

Forough Farrokhzad "Radio Tehran Sessions" (1962-1964)
http://ubu.com/sound/farrokhzad.html

Ali Reza Mashayekhi "Electronic Music" (1970-2001)
http://ubu.com/sound/mashayekhi.html

Bijan Mofid "Shahreh Ghesseh" (1967)
http://ubu.com/sound/mofid.html

Ilhan Mimaroglu "Electronic Music" (1964-1983) 
http://ubu.com/sound/mimaroglu.html


We are also pleased to present three films: 

Forough Farrokhzad's "The House is Black / Khaneh Siyah Ast" (1962)
http://ubu.com/film/farrokhzad_house.html

Albert Lamorisse's "Baadeh Sabah / The Lovers' Wind / Vent Des Amoureux" (1970/1978)
http://ubu.com/film/lamorisse.html

Ali Akbar Sadeghi's "Malek Khorshid" (1975)
http://ubu.com/film/sadeghi_malek.html

Keep checking back for future installments: there's much more to come. 

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http://ubu.com/sound/bidoun.html

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