Name: A SILVER MT. ZION MEMORIAL ORCHESTRA • "Blown-Out Joy From Heaven's Mercied Hole" by Constellation Records
Duration: 9 min 47 s
Description: CST009: A Silver Mt. Zion - He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts Of Light Sometimes Grace The Corner Of Our Rooms (2000) Track 07

Man Human by Kensuke Ushio from Devilman Crybaby.

Devilman Crybaby Intro Kensuke Ushio

British Sea Power — Detective Arriving On The Scene

The Last Of Us

The Quarantine Zone (20 Years Later)

CST009: A Silver Mt. Zion - He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts Of Light Sometimes Grace The Corner Of Our Rooms (2000) Track 01

A SILVER MT. ZION MEMORIAL ORCHESTRA • "Broken Chords Can Sing A Little"

CST009: A Silver Mt. Zion - He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts Of Light Sometimes Grace The Corner Of Our Rooms (2000) Track 07

A SILVER MT. ZION MEMORIAL ORCHESTRA • "Blown-Out Joy From Heaven's Mercied Hole"

The title of this album my attempt at translating the Farsi phrase قارچ‌های غربت to English. It comes from the poem "The Sound of Water's Footsteps" by Iranian poet Sohrab Sepehri. 

A more literal translation of the phrase would be Mushrooms of "Ghurba", an originally Arabic word that has several meanings, including senses of estrangement, alienation, loneliness, being away for home, and longing.

I composed many of these pieces during and after Israel's 12 day war on Iran in the summer of 2025. Being  an Iranian living abroad for 15 years, I had never felt Ghurba the way I felt it this summer, as I realized more and more that Iranian lives matter to exactly no one.
Ghurba and all its meanings overshadow most of the pieces in this album. 

The music heard on this post is the final track, which is an improv piece with the same title as the album.

In the album art, I tried to depict a mycelial network creeping up the piano and my body, and expanding into the ground, maybe a thread or two reaching the other side of the world where home is.

As Sepehri's poem says "Who cares if sometimes the mushrooms of ghurba start to grow?" 

You are right Sohrab, nobody does...

Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor - Remember to Forget

Give me an answer - Low roar

Link to video: https://youtu.be/0uKe6t8zRwU

This track is from one of my favourite albums.. melancholic and so beautiful.. hit "buy" to bump it on Spotify or check it out elsewhere.. if you dig sad music you won't regret it.. :)

Thanks for listening <3

Low Roar

Low Roar - Patience (cover by Paolo Pace)

a simple take on a simple song 

if you don't know liz harris' music you should check it out - grouper

Vapor Trails (Grouper Cover)

Empathy: Something in her demeanor has changed. She’s tired, consigned to her fate — to being here with you and what’s to come.

Volition: Soft, light brown eyes look back at you, directly into the space behind your eye sockets. You see the smoke rise from between her painted red lips. She’s beautiful…

I have some bad news for you.

You: What?

Volition: You know these guys?

Suggestion: Who, me?

Authority: Yes, you. He’s talking about you, you groveling sycophant.

Volition: You too.

Authority: Me? Get outta here, I’m solid.

Volition: These guys are compromised. She’s got them singing along to her tune. The little bleeps and bloops you trust for info — you can’t trust them anymore.

You: Oh my god.

Volition: Believe it.

You: Which ones exactly are affected?

Volition: There’s no way of knowing. At the moment I’m afraid it’s best to assume…
… *all* of them.

Electrochemistry: Bullshit, man, I ain’t *compromised*.
Volition: *Especially* that guy. That guy’s the most compromised in here.

Electrochemistry: No fucking way, man, I just want a drag of that sweet Menthol ziggie.

Volition: Really? Quick, tell me what’s under her jumpsuit.

Electrochemistry: GLORY. TRUTH. SOFTNESS. PROTECT HER. SHE WANTS YOU.

Volition: I take it back. He’s got it pretty bad, but this *next guy’s* on another level entirely…

Suggestion: She likes you. The Crownhead [Volition] is a boring condom. He’s jealous. This is human nature.

You: How did this happen?

Volition: How it always does — through subtlety.

You: What can I do?

Volition: There’s nothing you can do about it. You are how you are — and she is how she is. Things will go as they do.

You: Can’t you turn them normal again?

Volition: No.

You: What use is this then?

Volition: It’s better to know you’re being played than to be played without knowing it, is it not?

Disco Elysium OST

British Sea Power - Miss Oranje Disco Dancer

Disco Elysium

Hope in Work and Joy in Leisure

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A SILVER MT. ZION MEMORIAL ORCHESTRA • "Blown-Out Joy From Heaven's Mercied Hole"

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