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GOOGOOSH/Faegheh Atashin-s/t-70s PERSIAN IRAN-new LP
GOOGOOSH -

Faegheh Atashin

GOOGOOSH
(new LP)
reissue
(FINDERS KEEPERS)


Label: FINDERS KEEPERS

Some of the rarest records from The East's best kept secret songbird, Googoosh.
Lost songs from the forbidden discography of "Iran's Daughter" comprising forgotten B-Sides and mythical LP tracks.
Unrequited love songs and poetic premonitions of impeding cultural heartbreak meet radical Arabic takes on jazz, bossa, orch funk and early disco fuelled by generations of Persian poetic verse.

The East's best kept secret? Despite her reputation as one of the most well-known and beloved songbirds from the East, Faegheh Atashin AKA Googoosh is, ironically, also the performer of some of the rarest, heart-melting pop music in the world. Originally pressed on the diminishing vinyl format her 1970's songs and performances were banned after the Iranian revolution of 1979 resulting in her records being forbidden, hidden and destroyed. Some of Googooshs most famous songs have since become anthemic amongst global Iranian communities, but in darker contrast dozens of 45 B-side's and album tracks remain as distant and nonexistent memories in the mind of the most devout fans and fastidious vinyl librarians. Finders Keepers' first Googoosh release focuses on a handful of these lesser-spotted tracks - the ones that didn't get away.
Googoosh's voice conveys an urgency and yearning which is arguably unrivalled under the often disposable femme-pop umbrella. Mid-tempo pulsating pop peons awash with expertly orchestrated strings (akin to that of some of the most intense European film composers) provide the backdrop for unrequited love songs revealing poetic premonitions of impeding cultural heartbreak. Other tracks combine unlikely jazz, bossa and early disco influences unconsciously inducing political paranoia from the era's brooding anti-pop regime. Boasting a deep-rooted history of Persian poetic verse and indelible Arabic songcraft these lost tracks, from the artist known amongst Farsi speaking fans as Iran's Daughter, have most certainly, finally earned a place in the hearts of "outernational" music lovers like yourself.

The follow-up to 2010's critically acclaimed Pomegranates compilation.


Googoosh Googoosh

Tracklist

    Shekayat  mp3
    Gomshodeyeh Man
    Pishkesh  mp3
    Ma Beham Nemiresim  mp3
    Talagh  mp3
    Gharibe Ashena
    Bemoun Ta Bemounam
    Mano Tou
    Digeh Geryeh Delo Va Nemikoneh
    Man Aamadeh-Am
    Mano Gonjishkaye Khooneh

The East's best kept secret? Despite being a national treasure to generations of free-thinking Iranians and one of the most well-known and loved songbirds from the East, Faegheh Atashin (most famously known as Googoosh or Gougoush) is ironically also the performer of some of the rarest unheard pop music in the world.

Originally pressed on the diminishing vinyl format in the mid-1970s her songs and performances were banned after the Iranian revolution of 1979 resulting in her records, and millions of others, being forbidden, hidden and destroyed. Preserved in some part via the rise of global compact cassette culture in the 1980s some of Googoosh's most famous songs have become anthemic amongst international Iranian communities whilst in darker contrast dozens of 45 b-sides and commercially stunted album tracks remain as distant and nonexistent memories in the mind of the most devout fans and fastidious vinyl librarians.

Finders Keepers' first Googoosh release focuses on a handful of these lesser-spotted tracks - the ones that didn't get away. Herein many will find the singer at her beguiling best with an urgency and yearning in her voice that is arguably unrivalled by so many contenders under the often disposable femme-pop umbrella. Mid-tempo pop peons with pulsating rhythm sections awash with expertly orchestrated strings (akin to that of some of the most intense Italian or French film composers) provide the backdrop for unrequited love songs revealing poetic premonitions of impeding cultural heartbreak. Other carefully selected tracks take cues from Googoosh's most unlikely influences, such as jazz, bossa and early disco, unconsciously inducing political paranoia from the era's imminent anti-pop restrictive regime. Combining inspiration from a deep-rooted history of Persian poetic verse and indelible Arabic songcraft these lost tracks, from the artist known amongst Farsi speaking fans throughout the world as 'Iran's Daughter,' have most certainly, finally earned a place in the hearts of "outernational" music lovers like yourself.