IT CAME FROM SWAGISTAN

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Today’s listening is a showcase of diaspora sets from DJs and collectives based in London:

Mehmooni Soundsystem take us on a tour of Persian classical, pop, bandari and everything in-between. https://www.mixcloud.com/Mehmooni_Radio/mehmooni-soundsystem-radio-alhara-mix/

Dar Disku bring the Psychedelic funk and disco from the Middle East, Mediterranean and North Africa. https://soundcloud.com/dardisku/dar-disku-bahar-selection-arabic-disco-pop-soul-beyond/s-WOLqtbsS729

For your Bollywood nostalgia, Hip-Hop and Electro clash look nor further than queer desi club night, HUNGAMA LDN. https://www.mixcloud.com/alphabetradio/hungama-22042020/

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خوبی یا بهتر؟

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Are Iranians People of Color? Persian, Muslim, and Model Minority Race Politics

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Arabian All-Stars special on Reprezent Radio

Listen on Mixcloud

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Pirate Modernity. Afghan Folk and Pashto Pop Sounds from Peshawar and Kabul. https://m.mixcloud.com/discover/pirate-modernity/

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https://iranwire.com/en/features/5339

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http://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2018/04/googoosh-profile

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IT CAME FROM SWAGISTAN is a show on Reprezent celebrating cultural diversity in diaspora communities. Bringing in a selection of music and guests from across the world is your host and curator, Aria.

Producer, singer, songwriter Sunil Heera aka XO brings his ethereal sounds to the studio, delving into his collaborations with Rob Law and Leo Kalyan as well as uncovering some surprising early influences from Busted to Drum & Bass.

Listen back on Mixcloud or Soundcloud (for the US)

1 July by XO

2 Flames Of A Phoenix by XO

3 Aaja Sohneya by Bally Jagpal

4 Blue by Eiffel 65

5 Year 3000 by Busted

6 Where’s My Brother by Wiley

7 Beneath Your Blouse by Sukh Knight

8 Be True by Commix

9 Eastern Jam by Chase & Status

10 It’s Not Right but It’s Okay by Whitney Houston

11 Through The Night (Featuring Rob Law) by XO

12 Pulling Me Under (Featuring Leo Kalyan) by XO

13 Waiting Game by XO

14 Hoops by JONES

15 Somethin’ About U by XO

16 No Games by XO

17 Holdin’ On (Featuring Rob Law) by XO

18 Dandelion Kids by XO

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(via Tenants of the Trees Owner Reza Fahim Reflects on Life as a Muslim Refugee - Vogue)

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IT CAME FROM SWAGISTAN is a brand new monthly show on Reprezent celebrating cultural diversity in diaspora communities. Bringing in a selection of music and guests from across the world is your host and curator, Aria.

Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement winner, Nitin Sawhney joins Aria in the studio to talk about his earliest memories of music, from composing at 5 years old to collaborating with Sir Paul McCartney, and how 9/11 and Brexit have contributed to a shift in attitudes towards artists in the diaspora.

Listen back to the show on Soundcloud or Mixcloud 

1 Intro

2 Homelands by Nitin Sawhney

3 Shadowland (Instrumental) by Nitin Sawhney

4 Daydream (feat. Ashwin Srinivasan) by Nitin Sawhney

5 Migration by Nitin Sawhney

6 Entre Dos Aguas by Paco De Lucía

7 Street Life (Single Edit) by The Crusaders

8 Traces Of You (feat. Norah Jones) by Anoushka Shankar

9 All I Want by Joni Mitchell

10 Ain't Nobody by Chaka Khan

11 Come On Baby Dance With Me (feat. John McLaughlin) by Shakti

12 J.S. Bach: Invention No.2 in C minor, BWV773 by András Schiff

13 Blue In Green by Miles Davis

14 The Twisted Nerve by Bernhard Herrmann

15 Blow UP by The James Taylor Quartet

16 Tides by Nitin Sawhney

17 The Sahara by Nitin Sawhney

18 Hope (feat. Natacha Atlas) by Nitin Sawhney

19 Butterfly by Talvin Singh

20 Superfly And Bindi by Black Star Liner

21 My Soul (Radio Edit) by Nitin Sawhney

22 Mustt Mustt (Real World Gold) by Nusfrat Fateh Ali Khan

23 Nothing Even Matters (feat. XamVolo) by Kara Marni

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Nutan: 4 June 1936 - 21 February 1991.

Nutan really favoured long danglers.

The middle panel is from a 1958 Filmfare piece titled “Stars and their Jewellery”. which states that the jewellery in the photo shoot spans three generations. The magazine notes that there is a continuation but also differences in the jewellery sets.

From L to R the text reads l: Wearing her mother’s wedding set. The necklace of enamelled gold set with precious stones was chosen by the bride herself. The jewels are a fitting compliment to Shobhana’s features.

M: A necklace and earrings given to Nutan’s grandmother on her marriage. The chunky magnificence of this set reveals the pattern of those times - a splendid gift made in the grand manner.

R: The colours of the necklace and the long threaded earrings are repeated in most of the saris the young star wears. They make the set a versatile accessory for casual occasions.

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(via The boys who love flowers, meet the photographer countering perceptions of black masculinity | Photography | HUNGER TV)

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(via m.i.a. talks trump, war and being a refugee at the oxford union | read | i-D)

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Contrary to stereotype, Iran has a higher percentage of women directors than most Western countries –and it’s still growing.

(via six of the finest female directors from iran | The Fifth Sense | i-D)