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Saint Abdullah
12+ albums
sound collagenoiseexperimentalfield recordingsPost-Industrial
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Saint Abdullah is a project by Iranian brothers Mohammad and Mehdi based in Brooklyn and Tehran, who create sounds largely inspired by the religious, political, and cultural history of Iran. With The Sounds of Evil, Saint Abdullah passionately and unapologetically revisit the roots of their childhood in war-torn post-Islamic revolution Iran. These are family stories—of martyrdom, of loss, and of the tragedies of war, pieced together through aggressive sound collage, cultural sample archeology, and rhythmic structure. Driven by spliced samples of the thundering sound of see-ne za-ni (ritualistic self flagellation or chest beating), the cry of Shia orators, distorted howls, vintage news clips, and a molten and pummeling pulse, Saint Abdullah twist and renew a sense of time and space. At once channeling and challenging these times that we live in. This is political music, this is sacred music, and for most of us in the west, this is new music. Raised in a conservative Shia Muslim family between Iran, Canada, and the UK, Saint Abdullah's most prominent exposure to music came from family visits to the mosque. Particularly during the holy month of Muharram, where Shia orators would lead mass ceremonies commemorating the martyrdom of Husayn, the grandson of the prophet Muhammad, in the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE. For the two Iranian brothers, there's no question that Saint Abdullah formed out of a deep frustration with the way the West perceives—and treats Muslims and the Isla
top songs
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Divine Timing Is Intuitive
3,3462Mirror Of Infinity
9893Friday Nights (SECRET SONG)
8024Children At War
7945At the Opposite Pole of Architectural Virtue
7906Lonely Is Our Non-Existent House Yard
6977Taxi Ride Through Tehran
6868Evicted In The Morning
6839Landscapes of A Blind Man
64710No One Thought Of Love Anymore
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