Author Archives: Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi

A Personal Concert Review: SoSaLa…Sohrab…love to pursue his challenging sounds…

IMG_3465Date: June 28, 2013IMG_7969
Venue: Clemente Soto Velez Center (NY)
Text and photos by Mehran Farahbakhsh

Most musicians bring their sounds into music, that is what music making is about. Sounds to refine to the musicians imaginations, in case of this young man:). SoSaLa‘s Sohrab. Somewhat there is a different jazz in play, Sohrab takes the music and brings it to his sounds, by that I mean, he uses the established sounds of music and evolves it to outside boundaries of recognition, it is his rebellious nature, against the ideas of entertainment, or danceable, or may be your ordinary expectation of sounds, musical tunes are used nostalgically as he is taking you somewhere, an unknown edge of imagination, the high energy state of chaos.

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Resonance104.4fm (UK): Six Pillars to Persia – Audio Postcards from Iran w. Moslem Rasouli, SoSaLa, Hassa K

6pillflynew2-copySix Pillars to Persia is an English language show focused on traces of the Persian Empire and contemporary Iranian and Middle Eastern culture presented by Fari Bradley, a British broadcaster, sonic artist, musician and researcher.

Moslem+Rasouli+DSC04571tt++2-300x225This Six Pillars radio program is co-produced with musician Moslem Rasouli. We hear mainly from Iranians voicing their thoughts, not restricted to any topic, as audio postcards to the UK collated by Rasouli. We also hear Moslem’s own music (image left), as well as Six Pillars previous guest Hassan K’s latest track and an exploratory saxophone piece by SoSoLa.

Moslem’s parents are originally from Gilan which is a beautiful and verdant area of Iran which produces some of the most gorgeous folk music you ever heard. This is reflected in his electronic production which is as unique as it is organic, drawing on Iran’s rich tradition and musical lineage of instruments and musical system.

Music Listings – 7/1 through 7/7, 2013

1. Death w. The Everymen & Purling Hiss

Date: Monday, July 1, 2013
Time: 8pm
Venue: Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012, ph: 212- 505-3474)
Ticket: $22
Genre: indie rock/punk

Established in Detroit in 1974. Death is one of Rock-N-Roll’s most unique and inspiring bands. Three brothers who played some of the hardest-driving Rock-N-Roll and recorded a now classic album in 1975. Rejected for their sound, their name, and their color, 34 years later the band Death began receiving what is now world-wide recognition for the Rock-N-Roll music they created in Detroit throughout the seventies. Their music and message is universal, and the sound of Death is unique and tight! The new Death album tracks have just been completed for an exciting array of new Death music to be presented in the upcoming 2013/14 season.

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CD Review: NYC Artist Tomas Doncker Pays Tribute To Howlin’ Wolf, Brings “GLOBAL SOUL” To The Masses

Text by Dawoud Kringle

New York mainstay Thomas Doncker was recently asked to be the musical director for Diablo Love (a love story by Mando Alvarado, directed by Alfred Preisser, featuring live music that features Dockner’s re-imagining of songs by Howling Wolf – a.k.a. Chester Arthur Burnet. It will be presented at Central Park SummerStage, in honor of Wolf’s 103rd birthday), and released an EP of music by Howling Wolf. And in doing so, he was taking on a great burden.

a0464342006_2Artist: Tomas Doncker Band
Title: Howlin’ Wolf EP
Format: CD & download
Label: self released
Genre: Blues/Global Soul/Future Roots
Release date: July 2, 2013
Streaming link: http://tomasdonckerband.bandcamp.com/album/howlin-wolf-ep
Produced by Tomas Doncker & James Dellatacoma for True Groove

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Recommended Concert (& Documentary Film Screening): Death w. The Everymen & Purling Hiss @ Le Poisson Rouge (NY) this coming Monday!!!

Death w. The Everymen & Purling Hiss

(Hosted by Militia (of Swear On Your Life/Judas Priestess) , and presented by LPR & the Black Rock Coalition)

Date: Monday, July 1, 2013
Time: 8pm
Venue: Le Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012, ph: 212- 505-3474)
Ticket: $22
Genre: indie rock/punk

Established in Detroit in 1974. Death is one of Rock-N-Roll’s most unique and inspiring bands. Three brothers who played some of the hardest-driving Rock-N-Roll and recorded a now classic album in 1975. Rejected for their sound, their name, and their color, 34 years later the band Death began receiving what is now world-wide recognition for the Rock-N-Roll music they created in Detroit throughout the seventies. Their music and message is universal, and the sound of Death is unique and tight! The new Death album tracks have just been completed for an exciting array of new Death music to be presented in the upcoming 2013/14 season.

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