Posted In: Kamancheh

ZÖJ anounces new album

Posted On: 19th of April, 2025
Posted In: ZÖJ, Gelareh Pour, Brian O'Dwyer, Kamancheh, Melbourne Music Week, Australian Music, New Persian Experimentalism, world music, traditional music, Iran, Persian, Parenthèses Records, Tradition, Continuum, current

ZÖJ will be releasing their sophomore album "GIVE WATER TO BIRDS" on June 20th, seeing Gelareh Pour and Brian O'Dwyer collaborating with guitarist Brett Langsford.

"Give Water to Birds" is a testament to quiet resilience and poetic stillness — a deeply introspective work where ancient echoes meet contemporary textures. It's music that lingers long after the last note, tenderly unearthing emotion with every listen.

Hangman

Posted On: 16th of September, 2023
Posted In: Jina Mahsa Amini, Hangman, woman life freedom, ZÖJ, zojduet, kamancheh, voice Iran, kaiber, runway, midjourney, gelareh pour, brian o dwyer, Hushang Entehaj, McKenna Motion, Parenthèses Records, Tradition, Continuum, Melbourne Recital Center

This is Hangman, Zöj’s first single from Fil o Fenjoon honouring #womanlifefreedom and #mahsaamini anniversary is out today.
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From Gela:

This track’s been recorded at MRC when Brian and Myles left me in the main room and said, just play something. I turned the pages on my book and found this amazing poem by Hushang Ebtehaj, and played and sang this piece for the first time. What you hear is what Myles captured in that moment. Feel free to turn on the caption and read the translation.
Please make sure you post/do something to honour this important revolution today. For freedom for #Iran, for freedom for all women in this world.
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Thank you all for your support and love.
Woman . Life . Freedom
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Welcome ZÖJ

Posted On: 26th of July, 2023
Posted In: Gelareh Pour, Brian O'Dwyer, Persian experimental music, Kamancheh, Qheychak Alto, Drums, Melbourne, Cross-cultural music, intercultural music, Tradition, Continuum

ZÖJ is the ongoing musical conversation between Australian-based Iranian master of the Kamancheh Gelareh Pour and Brian O'Dwyer.

Ethically grounded in interculturalism, ZÖJ seeks to contribute to modern of sustainable and nurtured cross-cultural collaboration and the development of new Australian Music.

Their debut album FIL O FENJOON has been in production since 2021 and will see the light in November 2023.