Composer: Sadegh Valiee
Arranger: Roham Shenasa
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TAR: Sadegh Valiee
Violon: Meysam Marvasti
Cello: Atana Eshtiaghi
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Tombak: Sadegh Shariati
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Mix & Mastering: Mojtaba Mohana
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LEFT-OPEN

Tamam-o-Nashod

Over the Sky - Umineko

along these streets i walk down, i hear
birds chirpin in my ear
i was stumbling around
a little while aint often, no 
it’s easier to see clear when you get where you’re going

seeing flames and god
but in the rain there’s more
baby won’t you stay a little while longer
the river will flow 
the trees will turn too

all the things i push back
teasing, speaking in my ears, it’s got me stuck in my head 
well i’ve run down on my hands too many times to count the days that i’ve been gone

SPRING 24

You want a world where your sins are forgiven.
Your penitence passed with the smugness of fate.
You're speaking a series of words so delivered.
The rules will relieve all this burdensome weight.

Secretly deep down you know that the judgement you feel
Was always part of the deal.

Heaven and Hell have your name on their ledgers.
Your signature spun into gold and then blood.
Relinquish your willfulness, abdicate pleasure.
'Cause yours is a colder less sensual love.

Your know the judgement you feel the judgement you feel the judgement you feel

The Judgement You Feel

I was abandoned by the virtues that embodied love and grace.
I thought that I was bound by hopelessness until I saw her face.
Angel of spite, she will perfect you, 
With her moonlit knife, She will protect you.

Her dark and ragged wings grew large until they covered up the sun.
And in this field of night she made I could connect to everyone.
Angel of spite, she's unforgiving. 
She'll make you fight to continue living.

All my trust, my tenderness, unguarded lust and emptiness
And sentience, complete disgust, she knows I must confess
Angels index finger, it extended, touched my forehead,
Thousand singers in chorus will infuse my hand with death.
I can fly as easily as in the sky or in the, the energy 
That exothermically flows through my breath.
Spiteful angel coming down to gather up and then to drown those who wear pathetic crowns within the ocean's depths.

She will deliver me through violence to a great integrity
And my own wings of hatred mutate from my shoulders painfully
Angel of spite, she's got your number
To your delight, you will become her.

Angel Of Spite



Buy Infinity Pools EP: smarturl.it/buyipools

Debuted on Stereogum here: bit.ly/1DAC8ZQ

What does the future of peace and quiet look like? Is it possible for someone to find serenity in a world where population mushrooms and buildings continuously jockey for the best possible view? With Kael Smith’s (Mombi, Khale) Mute Forest this dichotomy is at the epicenter of his 'Infinity Pools EP' due April 7th via Lost Tribe Sound.

To coincide with visuals courtesy of Gregory Euclide (Bon Iver, Erased Tapes), Smith’s debut EP fuses acoustic sounds, mangled electronics and provocative lyrics across four meditative yet mesmerizing tracks.

Serving as a companion piece to his expansive and sonorous LP, 'Deforestation', due later this year, Smith’s 'Infinity Pools EP' was actually written as a reaction to that material but will be released first.“ 'Deforestation' will in a sense be a prequel to the EP,” explains Smith. “And for listeners who follow along, should provide an interesting reverse narrative,” he concludes.

“Crypt,” the EP’s opener, contains oscillating vinyl-sampled rhythms, chiming electric guitar and gently struck nylon guitar. Following that is the sparce and haunting “Volcanoes Flowing,” which traces a melancholy beat and slow, lovely piano crescendos to its heartbreaking conclusion.

Darker in tone, title track "Infinity Pools" has a commanding presence using ominous electronics and damaged samples of Le Creuset pots being struck. Heavily processed and featuring vocals from Smith’s longtime girlfriend Kelly O’Brien, the track unfurls into a hypnotic groove over the chilling words “You’ll feel like an ember trilling/out in space.”

Washing over the listener to conclude the EP, “Eat the Skin” originally started as an A Winged Victory for the Sullen remix of a song off of their recent LP, 'Atomos'. As the track progressed though, all of the layers performed by AWVFTS were eventually stripped leaving only acoustic guitar and Smith’s voice. “I like to pretend we wrote that song together, hopefully someday they will hear it” desires Smith. He uses the big, cavernous sound of acoustic guitar as base for unhurried, dulcet vocals and airy electronics. “I’ve always loved the big, acoustic sound of Seafood’s “Desert Stretched Before the Sun”“ explains Smith. “I really tried to emulate that deep resonate tone where the acoustic sounds like a tidal wave.”

All songs written, performed, recorded and mixed by Kael Smith (kaelsmithmusic.com)
Kelly O'Brien backing vocals on "Infinity Pools."
Mastering by Taylor Deupree at 12k Mastering
Production assistance on "Crypt" & "Volcanoes Flowing" by Matthew Herron

Original artwork by Gregory Euclide (gregoryeuclide.com)
Copyright 2015 Lost Tribe Sound (losttribesound.com)
Published by Settled Scores 2015 (ASCAP)


Mute Forest - Eat The Skin (from Infinity Pools EP)

Classically trained pianist and composer Carlos Cipa returns with Sculptures, a piano-solo mini-album, right in time for some calm and quiet winter days.
Most of 2017, Carlos has been working on his next full-length album, a colourful record combining piano and other key instruments with a variety of orchestral instruments and electronically processed soundscapes, which will see the light of day in 2018. In between writing scores for musicians and long recording sessions, he often found himself sitting on his upright piano late at night, messing around with simple melodies or patterns as a distraction.
Recorded in his very own Beatschuppen Studio over a couple of days in November, Sculptures brings a few of these raw, intimate song fractures to life and places them alongside three brand mark pieces of Carlos Cipa’s second album, re-recorded on his peculiar Upright piano for the first time.

Over the Sky - Umineko

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