Bahram Nouraei

Bahram Nouraei (Persian: بهرام نورائی, also professionally known as Bahram - Persian: بهرام - Bahrām) is a hip hop recording artist and record producer from Teheran, Iran.^[2][3][4] He is one of the premier hip hop artists in Iranian underground music movement and considered to be as one of the 50 most influential people in the culture of the Middle East.^[5][6][7]

Music career

Bahram Nouraei's first breakthrough hit was a political single track called "Nameyee Be Rayees Jomhour" (in English: A letter to the president) in 2007 which was written in the form of an open letter criticizing the sixth president of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. His debut album "24 Sa'at" (In Persian: 24 ساعت) (In English: 24 Hours) released in August 2008 containing the track "Inja Irane" (In Persian: اینجا ایرانه) (In English: Here's Iran) which is described as a powerful commentary on modern-day of Iran by Rolling Stone.^[8][9][10] His second studio album "Sokoot" (In Persian: سکوت) (In English: Silence) released in 2011 containing the first Iranian abstract hip hop track called "Khorshid Khanoom" (In Persian: خورشید خانم) (In English: Lady Sunshine) written in the form of a monologue with the sun in a chronological order.^[11][12][13]

Good Mistake

Bahram's third LP album "Eshtebahe Khoob"(In Persian: اشتباه خوب) (In English: Good Mistake)^[14] is the first Iranian concept album ever made using reverse chronology as the storytelling method.^[15] The album has been commonly produced by Bahram Nouraei and Mahdyar Aghajani and sponsored by Cultures of Resistance Network Foundation.^[16][17] Good Mistake is independently released on 4th of July 2015 and ranked #4 and #6 on Billboard's Top World Albums Chart for the last two weeks of July 2015.^[18][19] The project is also followed by a collection of artworks designed exclusively for each and every track in order to provide visual interpretations for the album.^[20]

Activism

In 2009 Bahram spent one week in Evin prison which houses political prisoners. Bahram was accused for illegal cultural activism but luckily set free.^[21][22] He has also appeared in a documentary film called "Bahram: An Iranian Rapper" intended to present the underground music scene in Iran and explain the Iranian culture after the Islamic revolution.^[23] The film was presented in an independent film festival called San Francisco's Iranian film festival at the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) in September 2011.^[24][25][26]

Discography

Albums

• 24 Sa'at | 24 Hours (Aug 2008)^[27]

• Sokoot | Silence (May 2011)^[28]

• Eshtebahe Khoob | Good Mistake (July 2015)^[29]

Single Tracks

• Nameyee Be Rayees Jomhoor (2007)
• Ma Ba Hamim (Feat. Reza Pishro) (2007)
• Payeye Kaar (Feat. Nimosh) (2007)
• Marge Rap e Fars (Feat. Tighe & Suchme) (2007)
• Ino Befahm (Feat. Erfan) (2010)

References

External links

• Website
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• Twitter
• Instagram
• Soundcloud
• iTunes
• Spotify