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Dj Ishtar

About Me

DJ Ishtar
Born in 1978 into a famous artist family in Iran, Ishtar settled in the Netherlands in 1990.
Being a passionate traveler, she collected music from all over, during her journeys and started sharing her love for world music with others in 2000.
In 2003 she was discovered by the Nomads (Amsterdam) and became their resident DJ. Ever since things have gone fast and she has performed in many national and international venues.* According to the occasions, she plays different styles, from filmic and fairytale like atmospheric mellow moods, to mystic lounge and upbeat world dance. Her main focus is contemporary, electronic global fusion music, taking the listener from where the sun rises to where it goes down.

A party with Ishtar is always a colorful and unforgettable experience!
* Netherlands: Nomads, Jimmy Woo, the Getaway, Wanka, Sugar Factory, Odeon, Crea, Sutra Funk, Rock the Casbah, Mystic Grooves, Earth Dance, Oriental Vibes, Dance Valley festival, Landjuweel festival, Museum Nacht festival, De Balie, Kriterion, Rialto, Lieve Vrouwe, Pakistan Now! Benefit Party, strand Blijburg, Strand West, Vondelkerk... Denmark: Images of the Middle East Festival (Copenhagen, Helsingor), Stedets Algebra (Copenhagen), Zum Biergarden (Copenhagen), Lobby Lounge (Copenhagen) Spain: Forum festival (Barcelona), Las Dalias "Namaste" (Ibiza) Turkey: 360Degrees (Istanbul), Lokal (Istanbul) , Simdi (Istanbul) India: Koila (Bomaby), Nirvana (Pune), Indyaki (Pune), Wunderbar (Pune), Osho International Meditation Resort (Pune) Bahrain: Club 7..

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/9/2006
Band Website: www.djishtar.com djishtar.radio6.nl
Band Members: Mashti & Bahramji
Influences: Spinning
Deeply inspired by Sufism & Persian Mystic poetry, Ishtar is also a Sufi dancer (whirler) and has her own Sema group Whirlwind in Amsterdam. Occasionally she whirls live on stage with Sufi musicians.

Sounds Like: DJ Ishtar promotes electronic contemporary world music on the Dutch Radio: Every sunday 00:00-1:00 on Dutch Radio 6 www.radio6.nl You can also listen to it via internet live streaming -Dutch times-
Record Label: Blue Flame Reords
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Ishtar on the cover of Mixed Magazine

MIXED: A new Dutch trendy magazine for World Music ..
Posted by on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:36:00 GMT

Ishtar's vocal debute: CD Release 19 jan 2007

Finally!19 January 2007 Bahramji & Mashti's new cd called 'Sufi Safir' will be released by Blue Flame Records and presented in Cannes music fair, France.Sufi Saffire is the funkiest electro Sufi m...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Jan 2007 11:21:00 GMT

Music Unites!

I think I should call myself Nokia! Their slogan  "connecting people" seems to be the story of my life these days! And all of that through music, which in the end is an expression of Love.... I l...
Posted by on Fri, 26 May 2006 15:27:00 GMT