Really good percussions and atmosphere! Nice composition!

sounds so ancient, yet somehow so contemporary

VARIOUS ARTISTS 'Visions Of Darkness (In Contemporary Iranian Music): Volume II' (CSR316CD)

When the anthology "Visions Of Darkness (In Iranian Contemporary Music)" was released in 2017 (co-published in collaboration between Cold Spring and Unexplained Sounds Group), it was immediately clear that the Iranian music scene was not just promising, but already a rich chest of treasures. Years later we have further confirmation of the creative excellence and variety of musical languages that flourished in the Persian land. 

In spite of the title, this second volume of the legendary anthology also gives us a broad picture of the musical experience of the Iranian underground that is not limited to the dark ambient, but explores sonic territories that reach concrete music, electro-acoustic experimentation and sonic abstractionism. Persia, the cradle of a millenary culture, is teeming with young talents who continue their musical research with enthusiasm, pride and self-denial in the territories of drone music, as in electronic experimentalism and in the contamination of genres. 

To some familiar names already present in volume I (Xerxes The Dark, IDFT, Reza Solatipour, etc ..), new discoveries are added that contribute to making the journey through the new Persian music exciting to the point that we can no longer speak of an emerging scene, but of a consolidated musical reality akin to others in the West.

Artists: Negari Shirely Pandi, Nyctalllz, IDFT, Reza Solatipour, Xerxes The Dark, Babak Sepanta, Alireza Amirhajebi, Shahin Souri, Dodenskald, S.S.M.P., Amin Shirazi, PooYar, Dariush Salehpour, Zhoobin Askarieh, Vesal Javaheri, Saturn Cube, Melkor, Sam Eyvaz, Soheil Shirangi, Farzan Salsabili, and Arshan Najafi.

Presented in a double digipak with graphic design by Abby Helasdottir.

Out 29th July 2022.

Track Listing:

Disc 1

1. Negari, Shirely, Pandi - 'Koohestan' (3:08)
2. Nyctalllz - 'The Curse Of The White Demon' (6:55)
3. IDFT - 'Aeshma' (5:12)
4. Reza Solatipour - 'Panic attack' (5:43)
5. Xerxes The Dark - 'Solomon's Throne' (6:40)
6. Babak Sepanta - 'Ruin Is The Beginning' (6:25)
7. Alireza Amirhajebi - 'Dystopia' (4:18)
8. Shahin Souri - 'Transmission' (5:55)
9. Dodenskald - 'Movakel' (4:59)
10. S.S.M.P. - 'Gordian Knot' (11:40)

Disc 2

1. Amin Shirazi - 'Unxp' (5:15)
2. PooYar - 'Magnificent Solitude' (7:43)
3. Dariush Salehpour & Zhoobin Askarieh - 'Burnt Forest' (4:08)
4. Vesal Javaheri - 'Muss' (5:05)
5. Saturn Cube - 'War Cry' (5:18)
6. Melkor - 'Damavand' (6:52)
7. Sam Eyvaz - 'Raavi' (3:21)
8. Soheil Shirangi - 'The Sounds Of Life (For Fixed Media And Accordion)' (6:30)
9. Farzan Salsabili - 'Kassan!' (6:02)
10. Arshan Najafi - 'Imaginary Crisis. Santoor' (5:55)

https://coldspring.co.uk/csr316cd

https://coldspring.bandcamp.com/album/visions-of-darkness-volume-ii-csr316cd

Digital: https://orcd.co/csr316cd

Listen:  https://soundcloud.com/coldspring/sets/visions-of-darkness-ii

COLD SPRING:

https://www.coldspring.co.uk
https://coldspring.bandcamp.com

IDFT - Aeshma

Check my remix of 'Late Night Wonder' by @frankliinmusic

Check the original here - https://soundcloud.com/frankliinmusic/late-night-wonder-through-the-smoke-filled-cabin

I've got an EP on the way! www.facebook.com/alfamist

Frank Liin - Late Night Wonder (Alfa Mist Remix)

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Artwork by Onsen Lazarus

Zār 3

Aphex Twin's Ageispolis from the Selected Ambient Works

Aphex Twin - Ageispolis

Ritual Ambient from Iran, mostly influenced by traditional rituals of the middle east,

Force Ignore is a side project of IDFT
@idft

Zār 3

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