Life is a Ceremony

Shruti Box

Flora & Fauna

One River

Tabla Breath

Shivaratri

Decent Sampler Felt & Fog | Unheimisch, Felt & Fog | Passing Thoughts, Felt & Fog | Hoffmann Felted and Singing Bowl all played by Piano Motifs.

SWAN Cello all played by me with GeoShred.


#345 Lazy, ponderous, gentle sounds

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...

Until the Day We Fade

both sides 11.12.25

Pachamama uywawayku
Wiñay munay kuyniykuwan
Hamushayku mamay
Wiñay munay kuyniykuwan
Hamushayku mamay
Sutikita aysarispa
Chayamuyku Mamay

Tayta Inti k’anchawayku
Amapuni ch’inkapuychu
Chay Sumaq k’anchaynikiwan
T’ikas phallcharinca
Chay Sumaq k’anchaynikiwan
Sach’as wiñarinca
Chay sumaq K’anchaynikiwan
Sumaq Kawsay kanqa 

Rezo tradicional andino a Pachamama

Om Sound Healing Music: Tibetan & Crystal Bowls with Deep Mantras for Yoga

Land of the Medicine Buddha

Call to the Divine

Breathing Space

Insight

Gratitude

Guided meditation by East Forest.  
Music - East Forest
Mastering - Taylor Deupree

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