groovy funk oasis 2 - 8:4:21, 11.39 AM (snippet)shhhhh

This song came to fruition at the beginning of 2020 and was made in exploration of a poem I wrote

I wanted to capture how i was feeling at a time in life, enjoy xo

Lyrics:
You know it gets tired
You know it gets tired at all
You know it gets tired, oh

I really want to eat with you
I want to eat beside with you
Sharing a laugh
Sharing a stare
Knowing deep down you are there

I am here
We are here
But i know in my heart that could never be
Never be, never be, never be
That longing inside, for you

i want to eat DEMO

09 I Hate You - RB MIX 082221

A new work form Mo H. Zahreei.

"More than a decade ago, I made a piece of beat-based electronic music and titled it "Middle Eastern IDM" for a course assignment. After listening to it in class, my professor asked what was Middle Eastern about it. It was only a year after I had left Iran to study in the US, and I didn't know that I could say "I am. I made the piece". So I went back and superimposed a sample of Egyptian protest chants on top of the piece, to make it "sufficiently Middle Eastern".

What prejudiced conservatism and performative liberalism share are gatekeeping practices that box one in a preconceived state of otherness. While the former overtly regards that otherness as inferior, the latter exoticises it through patronising paternalism. To me, it is especially troubling when exclusionary practices are driven by some form of overzealous "diversity and inclusion" agenda. If you don't fit the diversity box they've made for you, too bad. It's your fault for being "insufficiently diverse". "Poor thing, you've been colonised!", they tell you, as they claim ownership over a collection of frequencies and rhythms. When you look at who gets to decide if something's indigenous enough, you see how decolonisation itself has been colonised.

When you listen to this piece, I'm very happy for you to keep in mind that it was made by someone from Iran. But I might need to clarify that this piece has nothing to do with sufism and the whirling dervishes, the interweaving patterns of the Persian carpet, the poetry of Rumi, or Islamic architecture. And if you hear those moments of "non-western" sonorities, that is because I have constructed this piece from samples of a piece of Iranian traditional music – an overplayed piece that was all over TV and radio while I was growing up Iran, one that I never found particularly inspiring or interesting. Here, I have tried to make it more interesting by completely taking it apart and reconstructing it through my personal compositional techniques, aesthetic preferences, and a wide range of musical influences. So in short, while this piece might not sound like your archetypical Iranian music, I assure you that it is Iranian enough."

Mo H. Zareei aka mHz is an Iranian sound artist and electronic musician based in Wellington, New Zealand. Using custom-built hardware and software, his artistic practice aims to highlight the beauty in the basics of sound and light production and reductionist audiovisual elements that draw inspiration from physical and architectural principles. He has exhibited his work at international venues such as ISEA (Montreal/Vancouver/Dubai), SETxCTM festival (Tehran), NIME (London), Modern Body Festival (The Hague), ICAD (New York), and NZ Festival (Wellington), to name a few. His installation “Rasping Music" was the recipient of the 1st prize for Sound Art at the last iteration of the international Sonic Arts Award in 2015 (Italy). 

Under the moniker mHz, Zareei’s electronic music projects have been published via LINE (US), Important Records (US), leerraum (CH), and Kasuga Records (DE).
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Made with the support of Creative New Zealand

Proof Of Identity - MHz

The beyond talented Benny Salvador hitting record and letting the movements flow on a 6 hour extend triiip. Effortlessly moving between hip hop, modern soul & funk to house, techno, broken beat and mind expanding percussive melters. Suitable for long drives, long walks or long kick ons. 

Much Love Benny!

1800 triiip - Benny Salvador - Mix 043

:)
shoutout to noah (@sun_leong_ on instagram) for those strings

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