Iranian music is "taboo breaking, simple and groovy"

Behzad Bolour has been producing youth and music programmes for the BBC Persian Service since 1990.

He has also commissioned folk, rap and deathmetal songs on behalf of the Persian Service to promote Iranian alternative music.

"Although I am 41 now, I am much more involved and interested in Iranian teenage music than I ever was at 15" Behzad says.

Iranian alternative music is developed by teenagers at home, by hand made instruments & computer programmes, mostly using chat-microphones.

In the last six years this movement has developed to a serious style of music that is being distributed by websites through out the world.

Behzad describes the songs as being "taboo breaking, simple and groovy."