Rise

Format

• ---

  FKR047LPLong Player  £15.00

Label

Finders Keepers

Googoosh

Googoosh

Remarkable collection of passionate Persian peons reclaimed by the folks at Finders Keepers. From luxurious disco to romantic pop and poetic bossa. Stunning music of a precious vintage. Includes extensive liner notes by Mahssa Taghinia and Andy Votel** "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 int he 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 or 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 nonexistant 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 impending 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.

Tracklist

• 1. Shekayat
  2. Nimeyeh Gomshodeyeh Man
  3. Pishkesh
  4. Ma Beham Nemiresim
  5. Talagh
  6. Gharibe Ashena
  7. Bemoun Ta Bemounam
  8. Mano Tou
  9. Digeh Geryeh Delo Va Nemikoneh
  10. Man Aamadeh-Am
  11. Mano Gonjishkaye Khooneh