ZOJ

ZÖJ is an experimental cross-cultural music duo based in Australia,comprising Gelareh Pour on Kamancheh and Brian O’Dwyer on drumkit. The duo has been creating music as ZÖJ since 2016 but have worked together in other projects since 2012.

Together, ZÖJ creates a unique and powerful sound that combines the traditional music of their respective cultures with contemporary experimental elements. Pour’s virtuosic
Kamancheh playing is complemented by O’Dwyer’s dynamic and
diverse drumming, resulting in a sound that is at once complex and accessible.

‘The consistently exquisite genius of Gelareh Pour – we are simply not worthy’ - Nick Cave

‘O’Dwyer is like no other percussionist I have ever seen, creating a subtle, shifting and unobtrusive audio-scape of extraordinary colour. He is hypnotic to watch.’ - Broadway World

‘Gelareh’s voice can at one moment be soothing and dreamlike and then rise to artfully crafted keens – acute intensities that retain a knife-like edge of control and abandon.’ - Hear & Now