In this sound excerpt you can hear the resonant sound of the bow-shaped fluffing tool used in fluffing cotton-filled quilts in Iran.

cotton fluffing

Iranian-Canadian composer, sonic artist, and music teacher, Ali Nader Esfahani, did undergraduate work in physics at Sharif University of Technology and completed a graduate program in composition at University of Art, Tehran. In 2008 he moved to Canada to continue his studies in composition as a Killam Scholar at the University of Calgary, where he graduated with his doctorate in 2015. His doctoral research and creative work focuses on the development of advanced techniques in composition and sound design applied to traditional Iranian musical material, soundscapes and sound objects. He has written music for soloists, chamber ensembles, orchestras, and the electroacoustic medium.