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Interview with Colin D'Cruz x Founder of Jazz Goa

Colin D'Cruz by Jazz Goa Jazz Goa is a collective, label and studio, which was founded by Colin D'Cruz and formed by a group of musicians and music lovers to promote jazz in and out of Goa. Their principal aim is to improve upon and provide an organised platform for local as well as visiting international jazz musicians and record local interpretations of jazz like Konkani Jazz. Beautiful surroundings, laidback lifestyle and the people's genuine warmth and hospitality has made Goa a destination for visiting jazz musicians and Jazz Goa has played host to these jazz musicians by offering them opportunities to perform in informal jam sessions as well as full fledged concerts and gigs at various venues in Goa that feature live jazz. Jazz currently has a niche audience in Goa and one of Jazz Goa's goals is to broaden the listener base by encouraging general music lovers to experience and enjoy the magic of spontaneously improvised music through workshops and interactive sess...

This is Tehran - Contemporary Music from Iran

  This Is Tehran? by Various Artists / 30M Tehran - Iran's cultural melting pot with a population of 15 million. There is a broad and lively music scene here, about which little is known in the West. "This Is Tehran?" invites you to discover this music scene and marvel at its diversity. From contemporary classical sounds with Saba Alizadeh on the Iranian spiked fiddle Kamanche or Siavash Molaeian together with Kasra Faridi on the piano to the well-known experimental electronic musician Ata "Sote" Ebtekar. The electronic beats of a cooperation of Ehsan Abdipour and Andreas Spechtl stand naturally next to jazzy sounds of a Parastoo Ahmadi or Mina Momeni. The Otagh Band invites you to the dark, trip-hop laden "Rotenburg," which they wrote about the "Cannibal of Rotenburg." 30M Records’ second release, and presents the capital’s wild creative energy with tracks that span contemporary classical, to experimental electronics to trip-hop and jazz in ...