XHM #781 - "Anghodar farar kardam/khili doydam" (2026 March 23)

Pivoting back to hard reality, with much of the world's focus on Iran, we finally dig into music from that country. We'll explore some recent reissued pop music from the diaspora and explore films such as A Girls Walk Home Alone at Night and Universal Language.

01. Kassa Overall: Ready to Ball (Animals, 2023) Warp
02. Jon Porras: Fields (Achlys, 2025) Shelter Press
03. Country Joe & the Fish: An Untitled Protest (Together, 1968) Vanguard
04. Bill Can: Back Brake (2024) self-released
05. John Barry: Alone Again (The Ipcress File OST, 1965) Decca
06. Bruce McCulloch: Life is for Livin' [w.Kevin McDonald] (Dark Purple Slice, 2026) Tront
07. Weatheradio: XLJ890 Kenora Ontario Forecast [ID] (Weatheradio, 2012) Environment Canada/WPGNE
08. Richard Horowitz: Never Tech No Foreign Answer (Eros in Arabia, 1981) Ethnotech
09. gak: V32 Farsi Numbers Station [w.jamming, 2026 March 22] (Shortwave Mornings, 2026) self-released
10. Dan Greenall: V32 Farsi Numbers Station [w.jamming, 2026 March 06] (2026) The Shortwave Radio Audio Archive
11. Alexandre Desplat: A Spy in Tehran (Argo OST, 2012) Watertower
12. Ginger Beef: Golden Hour [remix w.KtheChosen] (2026) self-released
13. D Tiffany: Forests (Each Morning, 2025) Optimo
14. Mohammad Reza Mortzavi: Swamp (Nexus 12", 2025) Latency
15. Vire: Crisis is Now (Electronic Flowers single, 2025) self-released
16. Holger Czukay: Persian Love (Persian Love 7", 1979) Barclay
17. Boys Noize: Sh5b0mbe (Hyytup single, 2026) Ones & Zeros
18. Leila Forouhar: Hamsafar [Fellow Traveler] (Tehrangeles Vice: Iranian Diaspora Pop 1983-1993, 2025) Discotchari
19. Parastoo Ahmadi: Balal Balalbom (This is Tehran? 2021) 30M
20. Ehsan Abdipour: Sorna Lorestan (This is Tehran? 2021) 30M
21. Radio Tehran: Gelaye (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night OST, 2015) Death Waltz/Mondo
22. Bei Ru: Hishe Ayn Ore? [Remember That Day?] (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night OST, 2015) Death Waltz/Mondo
23. Olivier Bernet: Persépolis Theme (Persépolis OST, 2007) EMI/Delabel/Amanita
24. Siavash Amini: Spiraling PM (Caligo, 2025) Room40
25. Saba Alizâdeh: Women of Fire [w.Sanam Maroufkhani] (Temple of Hope, 2025) 30M
26. Hossein Alizâdeh: Solitude I [from The Chaste Love] (Film Music, 2000) self-released
27. Hossein Alizâdeh: Arg Bam [from Iran is My Land] (Film Music, 2000) self-released
28. Hossein Alizâdeh: Lamentation & Banquet [from A Time for Drunken Horses] (Film Music, 2000) self-released
29. Majid Entezami: Bazgasht (Bouye Pirahane Yousef [The Scent of Joseph's Coat] OST, 1995) The Orchard Enterprises
30. Amir Amini & Christophe Lamarche Ledoux: The Long Walk into Winnipeg (Universal Language OST, 2025) Fifth House
31. Amir Amini & Christophe Lamarche Ledoux: Pearls Opal (Universal Language OST, 2025) Fifth House
32. Amir Amini & Christophe Lamarche Ledoux: The Dark Divine (Universal Language OST, 2025) Fifth House
33. Amir Amini & Christophe Lamarche Ledoux: In Âaab (Universal Language OST, 2025) Fifth House
34. Gordon Grdina's Haram & Marc Ribot: Dulab Bayati (Night's Quietest Hour, 2022) Attaboygirl
35. Don Thompson & His West Coast Friends: It Might as Well Be Spring (Days Gone By, 1982) Atlas

Nowruz mabarak!

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