Marten yorgantz biography samples

Discotchari is a new project from LA-based record selectors Zach Asdourian and Anaïs Gyulbudaghyan.

Named after a song from the ’80s by French-Armenian singer Marten Yorgantz, the label describes itself as “half-disco: the pinnacle of American dance culture; and half-kotchari: the roots of Armenian, Assyrian and Greek civilization and more.” Through record popups, radio shows, and online mixes, the label aims to reconstruct “a long lost back-catalogue of rare groove music from artists of all these identities, becoming an archive where these songs will be rediscovered by future generations of listeners.”

Not only focused on archival projects, Discotchari is also “modernizing ancient roots” with their contributions to YERAZ [Past, Present and Future Armenian Sounds From Los Angeles to Yerevan], a compilation released in 2011 under Discotchari’s paren