The Mentor - Sleeping at last

Hilltop Road

take me away by Austin Farwell

Sleeping at last - Atom 8

Curated by: Rafal Morusiewicz
Co-production with: kuntsverein—Kollektiv zur Produktion, Förderung und Vermittlung queerer und (post)migrantischer Kunst & Kultur
Mixing & Mastering: Chris Janka (Janka Industries)

peeing rosewater

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

Альбом «Ксения Серикова»

Where's My Love [SYML Piano and Viola Version COVER]

This is my arrangement of Mystery of Love by Sufjan Stevens for three harps

Baldwin Wallace University Con

Mystery Of Love

This is the 1st track of my debut ep 'Beginnings'. New Tracks each month

Beginnings

Reflections

A Feather's Journey: One Hour of Pianopassion Vol. 1

Swarm of Fish

Sleeping at Last - Almost Idyllic.mp3

they/he 
I post whatever I can't find already on here but I have limited uploads so if something's not doing well and I lose interest in it I'll probably cycle it out. but yeah the tracks that get streamed a lot are probably up to stay unless SoundCloud takes them down. A couple of my covers are up but mostly I just upload other people's music that I can't find on here and I always put the artist name on the track. But yeah enjoy the uploads

Sleeping at Last - Almost Idyllic.mp3

Tyler