Michel Gasco - Afghan Musicians In Exile: Mashhad 2022 (2023)

Worlds Within Worlds is proud to announce Afghan Music In Exile: Mashhad 2022, an album and film series showcasing the music of a culture under existential threat. Recorded in Mashhad, Iran in May 2022, this album captures the talent and suspenseful expression of classical and folk Afghan musicians living in exile - to create art in Afghanistan would have invited attacks, arrest, torture or worse at the hands of the Taliban. With production and management from Michel Gasco (Badieh, Orontes and student of rubab maestro Nasim Khushnawaz) and co-production from Lachlan R. Dale (Worlds Within Worlds Records, Hashshashin & Black Aleph), this project culminates Gasco’s decade-long work with the Afghan community in Iran to create a snapshot in time – a historical marker for future generations to reflect on.



Tracklist:
1.01 - Aziz Ahmad Amiri - Astan e To Boose Gahe Man Ast (7:11)
1.02 - Vahid Delahang - Rag Sohni (4:43)
1.03 - Jawad Tabesh - Tarane (11:59)
1.04 - Nasim Khushnawaz - Leili Leili (5:33)
1.05 - Asef Habibi - Feraq (8:09)
1.06 - Nasim Khushnawaz - Aghrabe Zolfe Kajat (7:27)
1.07 - Gholam Sakhi Rasuli - Hybrid Children (9:54)