"SCOTT DETROW, HOST: The new album "Tehrangeles Vice" is a daring collection of Iranian disco and synthpop recorded in Los Angeles in the 1980s and 1990s. (SOUNDBITE OF SHAHROKH SONG, "MAN VA TOU") JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: The term Tehrangeles refers to the Iranian American diaspora in Los Angeles and the music on this album. It was born when Iranian musicians fled their country after the revolution and joined up with an already vibrant music scene in LA."
"There was this store on the corner that we keep passing by. I noticed the picture of Vigen who was a famous Armenian - Persian Armenian singer. And I was like, maybe we should go check it out. He was selling, like, DVDs and CDs and cassettes and just everything Armenian, Persian, some Arabic music. It was just all over the place. SUMMERS: Anais Gyulbudaghyan runs the record label Discotchari with her partner, Zachary Asdourian."
Los Angeles became the epicenter of Iranian pop music in the 1980s and 1990s after Iranian musicians fled following the revolution. Musicians merged Iranian melodic traditions with disco and synthpop production to create a distinctive Persian pop sound. A collection titled Tehrangeles Vice compiles hits from notable Los Angeles–based Iranian bands and artists. Record collectors in Glendale and the Discotchari label helped uncover and assemble rare CDs, cassettes, and recordings. The music reinterprets sonic trends of the era within Persian-language songwriting, reflecting diasporic creativity and the blending of Iranian and Los Angeles music scenes.
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