Iran Solidarity Show | Monita Wagma

For this set, I return to my teenage archive—Afghan pop from the early 2000s, raw Dutar recordings from the north of Afghanistan, Panjshir, passed through hands in my family, alongside fragments of folk and ethnographic records and darker reissues with a punk or wave-like edge. It moves between what we could find, keep, and carry.

Beyond imposed borders, Afghan and Iranian people have always been connected—in language, in food, in dance, in how we relate to each other. Holding that closeness, this set leans into sounds that feel grounding, intimate, and strong. It’s shaped by growing up speaking Dari in Deutschland, and by a search for connection through sound.

“Del be del rah darad”— describes a deep, soulful connection, a way of understanding each other without words. I think that’s what this selection is trying to hold. Nushe Jaan!