Tuesday 20 February 2007

Persian Love, Holger Czukay.


I first heard this over twenty years ago. Just a hauntingly beautiful sound.
Holger, better known for the experimental music group, "Can", was listening to crackly channels on a short wave radio. He heard this song on Radio Tehran, in 1979, taped it, and then set to creating the music, splicing and editing the voices...

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But rather than me write the story, I'd recommend you read this piece from Alan Warner in Granta.