Liraz

A journey of self-discovery led Liraz Charhi to her unique fusion of traditional Persian music with modern electronic sounds. Liraz grew up in Ramla, Israel, where her family had emigrated from Iran in 1970. Growing up speaking Hebrew at school and Farsi at home, she learned about pre-revolutionary Iranian life from her parents, kindling a fascination for those lost times. Later, when her burgeoning acting career took her to Hollywood, she discovered the large American-Iranian community, learning more from them about the vibrant pre-70s Iranian popular music scene, becoming inspired to steer her musical activities in pursuit of this cultural heritage. Since 2018 she has released three albums, the third, Roya, was recorded in Istanbul with her Israeli band and necessarily anonymous Iranian musicians, fusing pulsing electronics, Persian classical strings, and psychedelic grooves, defying borders.