An #Electro Track Inspired by the Iranian rapper, Tomaj Salehi talks who is currently unjustly in prison for releasing his music which contain lyrics about the justice and freedom. 
Art Work By NAFIR: https://www.instagram.com/artnafir/
Production & Mix by SAM EYVAZ



Toomar

Negar Kharkan (b.1983, Tehran) is a musician and music-educator from Iran. She started playing music at the age of 11. She received her  B.Mus from Music college in 2003 and later on her Master in the Tehran Art university in 2006. Her music education started back in 1994, when she used to attend the Music conservatory in Tehran to learn Kamancheh from most experienced Masters of Persian music, notably Hadi Montazeri, Ardeshir Kamkar and Saeed Farajpouri. She started Teaching Kamancheh in the Music conservatory in Tehran between years spanning 2002 and 2008.

She is considered as a renowned musician both within and outsides of the borders, not only for being one of the most gifted Persian classical musicians of her generation, but also as a unique figure in Iran, that ever experienced working with almost all the most acclaimed contemporary Persian classical Maestros and ensembles, including Maestro Mmohammad Reza Shajarian, Maestro  Maestro Dariush Talai, Maestro Ardeshir Kamkar, Maestro Shahram Nazeri and Maestro Hossein Alizadeh. 

“Intimate Invocations” is one of Negar’s recent compositions; she has composed it during a residency program at Vayu-residency in Kashan (w. Kamanche, Soundscapes). The composition is later on exhibited in an open-studio session and also includes the sound of the audience after who have participated in the process using the few of percussive instruments that were available for them to be able to actively participate and accompany the music with. Soheil Soheili worked as the sound-recording technician/ artist who also mixed Negra’s intricate composition on-site.

Vayu Residency is a non-profit art-organization in Kashan, with residencies, exchanges and year-round public programs.

Thanks to Anahita Ghasemi Nassab, Mona Joula, Soheil Soheili, Maryam Beizaie, Hajar Karbalaei, dear Soodabeh, Reza Monjezi and Mahmoud Maktabi and all the amazing people who attended the open-studio at the Vayu Residency in Kashan.
https://negarkharkanart.com/
www.vayuresidency.org
@Negar_kharkan @VayuResidency
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نگار خارکن - رازونیازهای شخصی
نگار خارکن (متولد 1362)، اسم موسیقیدان و مدرس موسیقی اهل کشور ایران است. او نوازندگی را در سن یازده سالگی آغاز کرد، و در سال‌های ۱۳۸۲ و ۱۳۸۵ موفق به دریافت مدارک کارشناسی و کارشناسی ارشد موسیقی از کالج موسیقی و سپس از دانشگاه هنر تهران شد. آغاز دوره‌ی آموزش موسیقی او به سال ۱۳۷۳ و هنگامی باز می‌گردد که برای یادگیری ساز کمانچه در کنسرواتوار تهران مشغول به کار شد، جایی که در آن از متبحرترین اساتید موسیقی سنتی ایران، مانند هادی منتظری، اردشیر کامکار و سعید فرج پور آموزش دریافت کرد. او در خلال سال‌های ۱۳۸۱ تا ۱۳۸۷ در کنسرواتوار تهران به آموزش ساز کمانچه پرداخته است.

نگار خارکن در داخل و خارج از کشور نه تنها به عنوان یکی از مستعد‌ترین هنرمندان موسیقی سنتی ایران در بین هنرمندان معاصر خود، بلکه به عنوان هنرمند خاصی شناخته شده است که تجریه‌ی همکاری و نواختن با تمامی اساتید بزرگ، و آنسامبل‌های موسیقی ایران را در رزومه‌ی کاری خود دارد، فهرستی که شامل استاد محمدرضا شجریان، استاد موسیقی سنتی ایران، استاد داریوش طلایی، استاد اردشیر کامکار، استاد شهرام ناظری و همینطور استاد حسین علیزاده است. ساخته‌های او چه به صورت مستقل، یا به صورت رسمی در پروژه‌های دیگر، به همراه اجراهای زنده‌ بی‌شماری که در خلال تورهای اجرا موسیقی داشته، مورد نشر گرفته است.

قطعه‌ی «رازونیازهای شخصی» عنوان یکی از قطعه‌های ساخته شده توسط نگار خارکن در سال جاری است، او این قطعه را در خلال برنامه‌ی اقامت فرهنگی وایو در شهر کاشان، با استفاده از صدای کمانچه و مناظرصوتی شهر ساخته است. این قطعه سپس در رویداد استودیوی-باز مورد اجرا قرار گرفت. اجرای عمومی این قطعه به بازدیدکنندگان، با در دسترس قرار دادن تعدادی ساز کوبه‌ای  مجالی برای شرکت کردن فعال و همراهی با موسیقی می‌بخشید. سهیل سهیلی در نقش مهندس/ هنرمند ضبط صدا، در محل بنای سنتی تاریخی رزیدنسی وایو عهده‌دار میکس لایه‌های پیچیده‌ی صدای مورد استفاده توسط آهنگساز بوده.
رزیدنسی وایو موسسه‌ی هنری ناسودبر فعال در شهر کاشان است، که در برنامه‌ خود تبادل‌های هنری، و برنامه‌های سالانه عمومی را جای داده است.

406 - Negar Kharkan - Intimate Invocations (Vayu Residency)

Voices across borders: A solidarity broadcast with protests in Iran 
Airing internationally on the week of March 20, 2023, for Nowruz نوروز

Featuring music, words and sound by Mohammad Abdolrezazadeh, Amir Amiri, Sarah Davachi, Leila Ghaffari, Saeed Kamjoo, Ni Vash and Anika, Secret Pyramid, Rouzbeh Shadpey, Soheil Soheili, Alya Al-Sultani and Roozbeh Tabandeh.

Accompanying visuals: Khosro Berahmandi and Taraneh Mosadegh.

Track listing:
Artist name / track name

01. Sarah Davachi, Perfumes III
02. Ensemble Kimya + Amir Amiri, Damâvand
03. Sarah Davachi, Border of Mind
04. Leila Ghaffari, Reflections
05. Mohammad Abdolrezazadeh, Reflections
06. Amir Amiri, Reflections
07. Secret Pyramid, Quiet Sky
08. Saeed Kamjoo, Improvisation at La Sala Rossa
09. Soheil Soheili and Joux - Charivari Basement Experience, compilation mix, (excerpt)
10. Alya Al-Sultani, Three Ages Of Woman-Mother
11. Ni Vash and Anika, No Fly Zone (feat. Nasim Luczaj)
12.  Rouzbeh Shadpey, Untitled Reading (excerpt) 
13. Roozbeh Tabandeh, Dance of Coppersmiths
14. Secret Pyramid, A Descent

Broadcasting:

Cashmere Radio
March, 20th, 16:30, Berlin time, (CET)

CKUW 95.9 FM
March, 20th, Winnipeg time, (CDT)

CJLO 1690 AM 
March, 20th, 2 pm, Montréal time (EST)

Kiosk Radio
March 21, 12 noon, Brussels time (CET)

Montez Press Radio
March, 20th, 6-7pm, NYC time (EST)

N10.AS
March 20, 1 pm, Montréal time (EST)

Noods Radio
March, 20th, 21h00, Bristol time (GMT)

NTS 
March 20, 11am, London time, channel 2, (GMT)

Radio AlHara 
March, 20th, 5 pm, Palestine time (GMT+2)

Radio Kapital
March, 20th, 2pm, Warsaw time (CET)

Radio Nopal 
March, 20th, 7 pm, CDMX time (CST)

Radio Raheem
March 20, 11pm, Milan time (CET)

Radio Tempo Não Pára
March 21, 6pm, Amsterdam time, (CET)

Root Radio
March 20, 2023, 2 pm, Istanbul time (TRT, GMT+3)

Refuge Worldwide
March, 20th, 11am, Berlin time (CET)

This 1-hour international radio broadcast expresses solidarity with grassroots movements in Iran, which are demanding full democratic rights, gender equality and social justice. Globally, the Iranian diaspora has been on the streets to express support for protest movements in Iran. This radio broadcast creates space for Iranian voices and is an opportunity for people to listen. 

Thanks to the many friends and extended family who helped with the emotions, inspiration, ideas and conceptualization for this solidarity broadcast, including Amari, Amir, Kavoos, Mojeanne, Naïma, Roozbeh, Saeed, Samin, Sophia and Yassi. Love and respect. – Stefan Christoff.

Voices Across Borders, A solidarity broadcast with protests In Iran

https://movement.radio/show/no-thoriental-no-exotic-ep-22-2023-04-18 ///// https://youtu.be/4OtzuizVsAc ----   EPISODE DESCRIPTION
"Serhat’s work has long been characterized by what it  rejects: global biennials that turn artists and their work  into emblems of the exotic; the promotion of tourism that  does the same to a country’s citizens; the establishment  of economic bonds between nations by and for their elites, under the guise of what he calls “dialogue fetishism.” Beğenal, a program of concerts, video screenings, performances, and political theatrics shadowing Istanbul Biennial, is the latest project to take up these criticisms. Pronounced almost like “biennial,”  beğenal is Turkish for “if you like it, buy it”; the project’s  logo is a man-as-red-star caricature vomiting up various  corporate-style logos, responding to the biennial’s slogan — courtesy of Brecht: “What Keeps Mankind Alive?” — with “This Is How Mankind Pukes!” But Serhat  is no mere refusenik. For the last year, he has been spearheading the International Roaming Biennial of Tehran, a nomadic exhibition of work that has traveled to Berlin, Istanbul, and Belgrade .. The biennial’s inaugural theme is Urban Jealousy. During a trip to Tehran in 2001, while he was working on the soundtrack to a documentary called Tehran”  

Bidoun Magazine - Noise, Winter 2010 (Middle East and its diasporas)

2serhat5bz No Thoriental No Exotic Ep.22 (18.04.2023)

Ehsan Saboohi
Post-Orientalism No. 0, Sound block VII
(La Mer) 
In Memory of Alan Kurdi
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Credits:

Composed, Electronic Sound, Sound Design  and Produced by Ehsan Saboohi
Narrators by Karen Keyhani, Niloofar Jodeyri
Post-production and promotions by Soheil Soheili
Production and publication labels are: Post-Orientalism Music and Noise à Noise 
© all rights reserved

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post orientalism music
Post-Orientalism is a term coined by the Composer and music theorist Ehsan Saboohi to describe a music language for analyzing the aesthetics of his and his colleagues’ compositions. Saboohi defines this language as follows:
“Post-Orientalism is a modern music language that uses microtonal sounds and intervals alongside altered sound chain and block structures to achieve a post-orientalism musical piece in different acoustic and electroacoustic compositions.”
Ehsan Saboohi, in his third composition period, is looking for a different language of common Contemporary Classical music trends by taking inspiration from the philosophical-social ideas of the famous philosopher Edward Said (1935-2003).

Post-Orientalism No. 0

6 May 2023

Post-Orientalism No. 0, Sound block VII ( La Mer)

Saz-e Shekaste (broken instrument) Live 07 Roma (improvisation)

The new music and sound performance by Ali Ostovar explores working with objects associated with his memories from the past, especially in relation to his childhood memories with his father in his native Iran. The title of the performance refers to a song of the same name by Delkash, one of the iconic singers of the 1940s–1960s in Iran. Ali listened to many Iranian songs at home during childhood, as his father was fascinated with listening to and playing traditional music. The title also refers to his life story of carrying a broken Iranian setar around Europe for more than 12 years to find someone who could fix it; he still kept it even after buying a new one.
At the performance, he will play approximately 60 minutes of live-electronic music using his laptop, a few cassette players, a synthesizer, and possibly other instruments, questioning what it means to bring the past into the present or keep it there. Does the past consist only of what we remember? And what about what we don’t remember?
He recreates personal memories by selecting different sound materials, using sonic metaphors and transculturation, and playing with time, frequencies, and transformation.

Rome, 08.July.2023
aliostovar.com/saze-shekasteh/

Photo credit by Saleh Kazemi
[Rec - 23.07.08 - 22h42m14s   Performance in Roma]

Saz-e Shekasteh (Broken instrument) live 07 - Rome 2023

composer: Ali Balighi
www.alibalighi.com

Hamed Shadad, clarinet in b-flat
Ali Balighi, electronics


I composed this piece based on a poem, and I incorporated the poetic atmosphere into the composition.

گردباد که آمد
همه چیز را با خود برد
جز درخت یادت
که ریشه در زمین داشت.


When the tornado came,
It took everything with itself,
Except for the tree of your memory,
Which had its roots in the ground.

Form:

In this piece, the form is theme and variations. This piece has a duration of 231 seconds, which is three minutes and fifty-one seconds. I used the abjad system for a Persian word from the poem " گردباد," which means tornado, for this duration. An abjad is a system of notation in which each letter of the Arabic alphabet is assigned a numerical value.

Gerd-bad for clarinet in b-flat and fixed media

Abtin Golfam
 (b. 2003), AKA ‘T-Noll’ is an independent composer from Iran. He started playing music when he was a teenager, playing 'violin'. He started composing since he was attending the Music Conservatory in Karaj-school. He is influenced by a variety of different music, including hip-hop and more Contemporary art-movements all beyond his interest in Modern music, schools like Futurism. He has already published three independent music albums. 
He pursued his passion into music by attending the art-school for fine-arts before attending the Music conservatory in the city of Karaj. He received music instructions from credible musicians, including Afshin Alvavi, Siavash Esmaili, Hesam Jafari, Farhad Ebrahimkhani, Alireza Akbarpour. He has received a few awards for his performance with the ‘Sehtar’ instrument at least for two consecutive competitions while studying at the art-school. He eventually started studying ‘Audio Technology', at Azad University Central Tehran branch, where he is currently receiving education under the supervision of Reza Sabooni. 
He employs creative coding, programming environments and generally the sound technology for making sounds,  using Pure Data (A visual and interactive computer music development programming language).
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Tracklist:
1.Kian Hossien - Howz 
2.Farzane Nori - Quorl 
3.Aida Shirazi - R​.​E​.​V​.​O​.​L​.​U​.​T​.​I​.​O​.​N 
4.Arshan Najaf - Kent Zero One 
5.Hadi Bastani - Spin 
6.Behrang Najafi (Bescolour) - Simplexity 
7.Temp Illusion - Caustic Surface (Pouya Ehsaei Rework) 
8.Temp Illusion - Nankraws  
9. Maryam Sirvan - Feast On My Body
10.Nima Aghiani- Kah-Gash 
11.Sara Bigdeli Shamloo(SarrSew) - Farewell, Warden 
12.Siavash Amini - The Water Awaits You
language).
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links: 
° instagram –  https://www.instagram.com/_t.noll_?igsh=MTV5ajg5MHdlZ3g5aQ==
° soundcloud – https://soundcloud.com/abtingolfam?ref=clipboard&p=a&c=1&si=483c8288ebbc49289e63cf5c81c693b5&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
° x – https://x.com/Abtingolfam?s=09

083 – T-noll – Abtin Golfam

Music from the rocks, for the rocks!

"Music for rocks" is a concept where music or sound compositions are designed to interact with and resonate with the unique textures and characteristics of rocks, creating a harmonious and immersive experience that connects nature and art.

Ambient Works: Music for Rocks

An Audiovisual Composition in 7 Acts. Performed by Maryam Katan and Shaahin Peymani at Tehran Contemporary Sounds festival 2023, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin.

Car Horn Clay

I had the honor of collaborating with the talented Erfan Chegini & Amir Afshari to create a story that delves
into the deep, universal feeling.
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Composer: Abtin Golfam (T-Noll)
Writer, Director, Editor : Erfan Chegini
Ai Artist, ML Engineer: Amir Afshari
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A comet fell from the sky, shattered our world apart,
In the silence of the night, it broke every heart.
Now we’re scattered like stars, drifting in the void,
Lonely echoes of the past, memories destroyed.

The Comet (Original Soundtrack Short Film)

"Noise à Noise" a collective and artist-run label for Experimental electronic and Contemporary music.

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