Explore Nava’s insights on her new album Gabbeh: a journey through memory, belonging, and freedom. From songwriting to international collaborations, discover the creative process and visual inspiration behind the music. On the occasion of the release of Gabbeh, Nava’s new album, we met her to talk about origins, emotional knots, and "divine timing." An album that weaves memory, belonging, and freedom with sound and imagery, transforming a personal journey into a shared sonic and visual landscape.
“Tell me about the moment when Nava stopped being an idea and became a path: who was there, what did you decide, what did you leave behind? It’s strange because when the project started, I was practically a child, and that’s not a bad thing! Over time, especially from Bloom onwards, I had to "grow up" on my own, which led me to find a new team, a new family. During that period, the project was changing its formation: it meant accepting many novelties, sometimes uncomfortable, but necessary for growth. I started taking charge of many more aspects of Nava, especially the visual side, which has always been essential for me. The more time passes, the more I learn and the more I discover about myself.”
The title Gabbeh refers to hand-knotted Persian rugs. Nava explains choosing this image as the album’s structure and what the concept of a “knot” represents in each track. The Gabbeh are the visual diaries of nomadic women from the Qashqai tribes: they weave their lives into the rugs.
“Gabbeh” is a clear statement of intent. Gabbeh are handmade carpets woven by the Ghashgha’i nomadic tribes of Iran, made using natural dyes and patterns that tell the weaver’s life stories. Each thread is a memory, a tale sewn into permanence. This album is Nava’s Gabbeh, her personal memory woven into music.”
Additional context around Gabbeh highlights Nava’s experiences with exile, protest, and personal history, including collaborations that fuse voice with experimental textures and social memory. The project is described as an intimate ritual and a tribute to those carrying multiple homelands, with tracks that function as diary pages, each blending personal memory with wider social threads.
“Each track on Gabbeh is a page from Nava’s diary: an intimate, honest fragment, born from a visceral need to express herself and give voice to what often remains unspoken.”
Summary of creative journey: Nava’s Gabbeh frames memory, belonging, and freedom through a cross-cultural sonic and visual language, using the concept of knotting as a metaphor for how different life strands—personal history, exile, protest, and identity—are woven into a singular, cohesive work.
Author’s note: An intimate portrait of a artist navigating exile and voice, translating personal history into a shared, evocative sonic tapestry.
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