Tehran-based DJ, music producer, composer, sound artist, and musician Nesa Azadikhah joins our mixtape series after the release of Woman, Life, Freedom, a compilation in support of Women’s Rights Movement in Iran. From playing Tonbak and Daf at the age of six to DJing at the age of sixteen in the underground dance scene, she has established herself as one of Tehran’s most in-demand electronic music and sound artists and composers around.
I recorded this mix during my trip, when I finally returned to my country after 7 months away from Iran, this mix is from different genres, house, techno, acid and I recorded it in one of Tehran cafes with Ableton Live.
Woman, Life Freedom is a collection of original music from Iranian women artists, dedicated to the recent uprising of people, especially the women in Iran who have endured silencing, censorship, and forced control over the past four decades.
The compilation consists of 12 new tracks across electro, breaks, techno, ambient and experimental from Iranian artists including SarrSew, MENTRIX, Sharona Lico and AIDA and Nesa Azadikhah themselves, with many of the tracks either directly addressing or inspired by the current revolution.
The goal of this project is to raise awareness in the international music community about the bravery, talent, and difficulty of female musicians working under the Islamic Republic’s Regime, as well as the brutal killings of people who have been speaking up since the start of the revolution in September 2022.
Proceeds from this release will be donated to charities that help struggling women in Iran. The first selected charity is Saraye Mehr, an organisation that helps women and children recovering from domestic violence, addiction, homelessness, and societal distress in Iran.
Statement from the curators, AIDA and Nesa Azadikhah: “On September 16, 2022, A young girl named Mahsa Jina Amini was killed in the hands of Iran’s morality police, a police force assigned to enforce Islamic dress codes on women through harassment methods. This was a spark that started a powerful and deathly revolution that is currently taking place in Iran. Major protests have broken out across the country and throughout the world. Government forces have brutally killed, arrested, and tortured many protestors including children and teenagers. Despite this, the protests are getting larger and larger and the fight for freedom of oppression by women and girls is unlike any other that has happened throughout history.”
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Buy Woman, Life, Freedom, here: https://apranikrecords.bandcamp.com/album/va-woman-life-freedom
