Silk Road Secret Agents: Contemporary SWANA Pop
08.27.24
Silk Road Secret Agents is Discotchari’s monthly debriefing of music that highlights the fusion of musical movements around the world and throughout the ages with ethnic identities rooted in the diverse Silk Road region. We also dive deep into the history of artists whose life stories and music evoke dramatic cinema fit for Tarantino, Kiarostami, Wong Kar-Wai, Youssef Chahine and other legendary directors. These artists often times relied on their musical talent to navigate complex social structures, unite people from different backgrounds, and preserve their ethnic roots by reimagining them in new forms: inspiring the name “Silk Road Secret Agents”.
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This set is dedicated to contemporary SWANA artists you should know about. Take notes – you just might see these artists at a SRSA rendezvous near you in the future!
Tracklist:
Elephant Stone – A Silent Moment
De.Ville – The Love We Lost
De.Ville – Water
Mashrou’ Leila – Tayf
Rima Khcheich – Muwashah Salla Fina El Lahtha Hindiyya
Sevana Tchak – Vay Le Le (Msho Aghchik)
Sevana Tchak – Khorodik
Alsarah and The Nubatones – Wad Alnuba (Captain Planet Remix)
Alsarah and The Nubatones – Ya Watan
Maryam Saleh – Nouh Al Hamam
Clarissa Bitar – Nasak
Bedouin Burger – Kheit El Sabah
TootArd – Pretty Woman
TootArd – Open Sesame
THE DEENJES – Utem Kez (Ուտեմ քեզ)
Allah-Las – No Werewolf
jrimurmur – Averak
Ko Shin Moon – Olou La Emmou (feat. Mouna Hawa)
Ko Shin Moon – Al Ghali Feat. Sara El Rawy
The Bambir – Gzhi Harsaniq (Գժի հարսանիք)
The Bambir – The Witching Hour (Գիշերով)
Arto Tunçboyacıyan – Other Side of the River
Kamarama – 99.99
Hayk Karoi – Mayrum (feat. Susanna Najarian)
TAXI KEBAB – Ttabla
Hagop Tchaparian – Right to Riot
Symptom Error – Pshaqagh (Փշաքաղ)
