Kozaz records
| Kozaz Records | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Founder | Saman Aref |
| Genre | Persian hip hop |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Location | Manchester |
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Kozaz Records is an Iranian record label in Persian hip hop genre which founded by music Producer, Saman Aref in Manchester in 2003.[1] Kozaz Record has released four studio albums and one mixtape since 2010 until today. Kozaz means Tetanus in Persian language.
History[edit]
Develop and First Album [Sleep Walking LP][edit]
Saman Aref is an Iranian Music producer from Manchester. He started working with the Iranian rapper Mahdar[2] from Sweden. He worked on Mahdar's first album which is the first album for Kozaz Records. He produced eighteen tracks for Mahdar, thus they released their first LP album.[3][4] The name of album was Sleep Waking which published in 2010.[5][6] Two weeks before release, Mahdar performed tracks from his album in exile music festival in Gothenburg.[7][8][9]
Second Album, Passing The Fog LP[edit]
After three years in 2013, the second LP album(Passing The Fog)[10] published by KozAz Records was produced by Saman Aref. The Album features sixteen tracks.[11]
New Members, Third and Fourth Albums[edit]
In 2013 Kozaz Records decided to open up its doors to new members. By the end of that year, two new artists joined Kozaz Records called Farbod Afraz[12] from Glasgow and Soheil[13] from Tehran. Before Christmas, one mix-tape and one album was released from Soheil and Farbod Afraz.[14] In middle of February Kozaz Records announced through Facebook a new album featuring all its artists together set to be released by the end of 2014.[15] Before its release, a new single track was published in December that introduced Masoud Gooran from Sari, a new member of Kozaz Records. After One year, Gach Pazh released his first track from his first album called Nostalgia and was introduced as a new member of KozAz Records.
Above The Black EP[edit]
The fifth studio album from KozAz Records published on 28 February 2015. For first time in this album, all members of the company had performance together. The album is include 4 tracks as an EP that has been produced by Saman Aref which 3 songs has been composed by him and one track has been composed by Farbod Afraz.[16][17]
First Music Video[edit]
On 19 November 2015, KozAz Records released their first music video[18] called The Gone With Wind from Gach Pazh who is the new label's member. The music video is one of his track's album which has published along its song as the first single track. The music video was shot in Malmo, Sweden. Mahdar also is in some scenes in the video along Gach Pazh.
Current Artists[edit]
- Saman Aref (Music Producer)
- Mahdar (Vocalist)
- Farbod Afraz (Vocalist and Music Producer)
- Soheil (Vocalist)
- Masoud Gooran (Vocalist)
- Gach Pazh (Vocalist)
Discography[edit]
Albums[edit]
- Sleep Walking LP (Mahdar, 2010)
- Passing The Fog LP (Mahdar, 2013)[19]
- The Choas EP (Farbod Afraz, 2013)[20][21]
- Above The Black EP (KozAz Records, 2015)[22]
Mixtape[edit]
- The Scar (Soheil, 2013)
Singles[edit]
- Red Line (Mahdar, 2011)
- Lantern (Mahdar, 2011)
- Not Anymore (Mahdar, 2011)
- Not My Fault (Mahdar, 2011)
- Unknown Soldiers (Mahdar, 2011)
- Admission (Mahdar, 2012)
- There's Nothing Left (Mahdar, 2012)
- It's Past Us (Mahdar, 2012)
- Don't Cry (Mahdar, 2012)
- It's Past Us (Mahdar, 2012)
- Anxiety (Mahdar, 2012)
- Throw in Myself (Mahdar, 2013)
- I'm patient (Mahdar, 2013)
- Sob (Mahdar, 2013)
- Rising (Gooran, 2014)
- Smell of Eydi (Mahdar, 2015)
- Gone With The Wind (Gach Pazh, 2015)[23]
- Two Dimensional (Soheil, 2015)
Music Videos[edit]
Gone With The Wind (Gach Pazh, 2015)
References[edit]
- ↑ "About Kozaz Fan Page -". Kozaz Records. 2007.
- ↑ "Mahdar Fan Page".
- ↑ "Sleep Walking in 20Rap Website". 2010.
- ↑ "Interview with Mahdar by Radio Faryad -". Radio Faryad. 2012.
- ↑ "Sleep Walking -". iTunes. 2010.
- ↑ "Sleep Walking in Mixfa Website". 2010.
- ↑ "Mahdar Performance in Gothenburg". 2010.
- ↑ "Interview with Mahdar by Nasir Mashkouri in Gothenburg". 2010.
- ↑ "Performance in Gothenburg". 2010.
- ↑ "Passing The Fog". 2013.
- ↑ "Mahdar Freestyle second album -". Youtube. 2012.
- ↑ "Farbod Afraz Fan Page".
- ↑ "Soheil Fan Page".
- ↑ "The Choas (Harj o Marj) Album -". Iransong. 2013.
- ↑ "News of new Album -". Persian Hip Hop Website. 2014.
- ↑ "KozAz Records - Above The Black -". Bia2. 2015.
- ↑ "KozAz Records - Above The Black -". Rap3da. 2015.
- ↑ "Gach Pazh - The Gone With Wind -". KoZaz Records. 2015.
- ↑ "Passing The Fog -". Irantune. 2013.
- ↑ "The Choas Album -". iTunes. 2013.
- ↑ "The Choas(Harj o Marj) Album -". RapVocal Website. 2013.
- ↑ "KozAz Records - Above The Black -". Bia2. 2015.
- ↑ "Gone With The Windg -". Radiofarda. 2015.
External links[edit]
- Kozaz Records Website
- Kozaz Records in Facebook
- Kozaz Records channel in Youtube
- Kozaz Records in Twitter
- Mahdar's Website
- ReverbNation Website
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