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...

We Are Less than Nothing

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on my mind
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KEEP ME SAFE IN UR MIND

Li Po Poem

A meditative and immersive soundscape that brings the ancient Chinese poetry of the Tang Dynasty poet Li Po to life. This track is a musical journey, a reflection on the transience of life and the deep connection with nature.

Allow yourself to be carried away by the ambient textures and experimental sonic elements that build a bridge between the East and modern sound design. Perfect for reflection, focus, or simply escaping the everyday.

Genre: Ambient / Soundscape / World

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Li Po Poem

DC Promo Tracks #250: "Sky 1" by @precipitation is part of the new release "Earth/Sky" on 100% Silk @100percentsilk

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The latest capsule collection from pensive Vancouver visionist Zefan Sramek aka Precipitation presents a more binary take on overcast house and half-light ambience, split between a rhythmic “earth” side and a smeared cirrus “sky” side. Tracked live to tape and padded with Pacific Northwest field recordings of rainy forests and wet meadows, the pieces soar, sink, and spiral like small birds blown by the wind, isolated and adrift.

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Earthy/Sky

DC Promo Tracks #250: Precipitation "Sky 1"

Études Store Mix N°12 curated by @am-agency

Air - Ulla Straus 
Zure (Yves Tumor Obession Edit) - ryuichi Sakamoto
Pesticide - BONES feat. Cat Soup 
Cobra - O’Boy 
Leave It - UZ 
Jungle - Syncope
Testimony and Honor - K. Leimer
baggage - ukeme
Faith (Beauty Queen)/On fait une autre - Manast LL’
Sofia - Leonardo Martelli
4REIGN$//IMPORTED - IV.KEEP$
Yukko (Love Version) - Siddiq & Vektroid 
Beauty Dies Before Me - DJ Charme

Store Mix N°12

"I made this mix somewhere between the beach and a 10-day period - best of both worlds?" @djmum

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SUNDAY MIX

The premiere Good Morning compilation selects six entries from the extended kin, three extracted from previous cassette releases and three from the vault. Engaging the listener in a varied but constant visioning experience, GMT's fourth vinyl offering is a peace pilgrimage poised to spill some of its magical life source into receptive ears. 

Tapes, South London-grown wizard Jackson Bailey, opens with the “Silence Please” invocation - an electronic tanpura drone swept by mysterious winds and inviting mellow tabla percussion and a pastoral, uplifting melody. To follow, Eddie Ruscha’s cowboy-in-the-clouds alias Only Thingz pairs gliding synths with circling chimes around a dream of a saxophone, called “All Eyes Open”. Innsyter, Brazil-born and Berlin-based Fernando Seixlack, eclipses his divine Magnolia Shade tape with a distorted downtempo oasis and label anthem, “Morning Blend”.

Eszaid - Collapsing Market’s Louis Vial - scatters sparse and mysterious dnb frames on the top of the B side with “The Most Sacred Syllable”. Anthony Naples reprises a shimmering, sunrise dub-house slice from his beloved and eternal Take Me With You album. And to polish it off, fellow NY-er Kiki Kudo chases away any melancholy with “Haladub”, a zippy applause of palpitating melody and insistent sample spells. 

Tracklisting :

A1 Tapes – ‘Silence Please’
A2 Only Thingz – ‘All Eyes Open’
A3 Innsyter – ‘Morning Blend’

B1 Eszaid – ‘The Most Sacred Syllable’
B2 Anthony Naples – ‘Goodness’ (Extended Version)
B3 Kiki Kudo – ‘Hala Dub’

Coming very soon!
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GMV04 - All Welcome (Snippets)

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Tech Startup monthly radio on @radio-relativa.

Very special recording of the elusive Truckers' Club, recorded live at the Truck Stop Cafe in East Vancouver in late December 2019.

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SUNDAY MIX

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