A random kurdish tape vol #1: an hour set of music by artists from Kurdistan across bakur, bashur, and rojhalat (Rojava is next). This set serves as a general introduction to Kurdish music. This set focuses on upbeat dance music with slower songs to let the listener breathe. The slower songs range from rock to pop to more alternative sounds. Kurdish dance as a genre is very lively and intense, and if I had to describe it, it feels like free therapy. A trait of Kurdish dance songs is how singers often start their songs or verses. They let out a long note, and it sounds like a scream. They do this to signal the start of their verse, but it feels like utter catharsis. It feels like they are telling me to leave all my problems behind, to take a moment to vent and dance.

Tracklist :
1) Shirine Sweze - Instrumental by Morad Kaveh
2) Welatê Me by Koma Wetan
3) Dine by Ekremo
4) Pesna Evînê by Mem Ararat
5) ALO by Semyanî Perîzade
6) Bew Bew by Zakaria Abdulla
7) Berî hun min daliqînin by Qeydubend
8) Tapl U Naya by Bandi Kurdi
9) Dabka Iraqi by Halit Kerküklü
10) Çuko Rebeno by Tin Pan Band and Tara Mamedova
11) Gul by Aziz Weysî
12) Jin by Firmesk
13) Shehrazada by Salar Salman
14) Le Yarewe by Merziyeh Fareghi