[custom_adv] Ramesh, Azar Mohebbi, is a prominent Persian pop singer who started her singing career around the 1970s. Pharaway Records has been for a long time giving the opportunity to make discoveries via its large catalogue. In addition to a great variety of psychedelic and Anatolian Pop albums from Turkey, it also explorers the countries such as Afghanistan. [custom_adv] Pharaway has released pre-revolution pop, funk, rock and psychedelic vinyl compilations since 2013 in stability. In addition these compilations each which were containing two LPs, the label also released a kind of “best of” of funky king Shahram Shabpareh, funk and easy listening sitarist icon Mehrpouya and Ramesh who is the heroine of our article. [custom_adv] In similar periods Finders Keepers released Googoosh LP and Pomegranates compilation; while “Now Again” pressed Kourosh vinyl. My first acquaintance with Ramesh in my personal musical adventure was because of that compilation LP. [custom_adv] As I put stylus on the record a music of groove and psychedelia flowed inside my heart. By this way I began to trip through the memories of Ramesh in the collective mind of Iran and also through her reconstructed identity where the reality was not found adequate. [custom_adv] After watching several Youtube videos and making endless searches, I discovered a lady who had many things to tell but avoiding herself to speak openly as she seemed to sense about the coming collapse and vandalism. [custom_adv] I also discovered a satisfied singer who was happy to scream in her recording of “Moondanam Az Boodanet” as a highly spoken protest, but a bit withdrawn when she turned her face off the camera at the moment of that scream came from her playback. [custom_adv] There was an acquis of record covers and internet information and therefore with some type of research questions which were accurate according to my perception, I began to examine the semi mythical story of Ramesh. [custom_adv] For which the culture was destroyed following 1979 revolution, the modernist paradigm could only have the chance to be sustained in its diaspora.Therefore the era before 1979 contains the near past mythology of the country. [custom_adv] On the other hand the deep seeded Persian civilization gives path to Persian intellectuals despite the revolution. Especially the Persian diaspora continues a cultural path without the restrictions of the theological state; on the other hand isolation from the home country causes a historical interruption and the blanks in the history are filled by the myths. [custom_adv] The legend of Ramesh was made up from a fake sexual preference rumour which was used in liner notes of a compilation LP. According to that fiction story, Ramesh was killed by stoning after 1979 Revolution. [custom_adv] Although it could be a good opportunity to give Ramesh a charisma of a fallen angel of western LGBT world, it was corrected by videos and other stuff which could be found on web and therefore I had to chance to know that she was now a retired woman in USA.
