Barobax
Barobax | |
|---|---|
| Origin |  Tehran, Iran |
| Genres | Pop |
| Years active | 2003 - present |
| Labels | Avang Music |
| Members | Khashayar Keivan Hamid |
| Website | barobax.com |
Barobax are an underground Iranian pop band with all the members living in Tehran, Iran. Like many other forms of music in Iran, their music is censored domestically. Yet, they have an international following thanks to the Internet and Iranian satellite stations based outside Iran.[1] Additionally, record labels such as Avang Music and M4 Records have distributed their music internationally.[2] Their album "Wag" was released in 2007. Filmed on location in Paris Café featuring Gamno, Barobax released Soosan Khanoom on January 16, 2010.
Name
The name "Barobax" is a satirical reference to pronunciation of the Persian bar o bacheh (بر و بچه, "kids" or "friends") by the wealthier uptown citizens of north Tehran.[3] The band changed the slang pronunciation barobach (بروبچ) to barobax.[4]
Songs
Some of the inspiration for the lyrics of their earlier songs came from the lyrics of old Iranian children's songs that the band heard from others, in addition to those lyrics that they created and those from other songs that they changed.[5]
See also
References
- ^ http://www.arte.tv/de/Kultur-entdecken/tracks/20050106/1347380,CmC=1348034.html Close up - Barobax, ARTE, October 5, 2006
- ^ Iranian Album Review at Bia2.com
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/story/2003/12/031212_pm-bb-7thday.shtml Interview by Behzad Bolour, "Ruz-e Haftom," BBC Persian, December 12, 2003
- ^ http://www.40cheragh.org/Site/40Cheragh.aspx?1vkDJAxJhDo%3d=jvFx5sTrnoMr%2fg6J97ZLDQ%3d%3d&jvFx5sTrnoPfinj2esp3Gg%3d%3d=8uctOEOM2i6EB%2fxyhHMeyDjdH0gNEDb%2bGc4AM%2bRqJNaQAI2bunVgZQ%3d%3d&1op%2faDRrKR8%3d=NR8J3JAOtQ3qdQMwU280CY3ZsI0nGAO9Bk4TTyTGED2G7Q32qK3xRA%3d%3d&K1Jx9ShHuY2pAaNDnepWRg%3d%3d=aUJetKSk3hs%3d Interview by Mansour Zabetian & Farnaz Farzi, "Ehteram, ham be qanun ham be 'orf," Chelcheragh, Vol. 8, No. 380, March 13, 2010
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/arts/story/2003/12/031212_pm-bb-7thday.shtml Interview with Behzad Bolour, "Ruz-e Haftom," BBC Persian, December 12, 2003