“Deng” means “sound” and “bêj” means “to tell” in Kurdish. “Dengbêj” is a traditional singer-storyteller who goes from village to village to perform Klam, meaning the word in Kurdish, Persian, Arabic, and Turkish — yet only in Kurdish, also a song.
Hêja Netirk, a native of Kurdistan now living in exile, reimagines this tradition in a new space. Connecting to the roots with cables. She is the Dengbêj in the Disco.
