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Episode 21 presents a portrait of Iranian experimental composer Siavash Amini. His music, which moves seamlessly between contemplative ambience, menacing dissonance, and spacious melodicism, has been released on experimental imprints such as Umor Rex and Room40. His latest, A Mimesis of Nothingness, just came out on the Swiss label Hallow Ground. Siavash tells host Mack Hagood that his entire life is based on an experiment and he doesn't yet know what its outcome will be. This episode traces the contours of that story, from his boyhood as a metalhead in a small Iranian port town to his role in the development of Tehran's lauded experimental music scene. Along the way, we drill down on the international and internal politics that add danger and difficulty to the life of this outspoken leftest composer. Amini is forced to navigate not only the authoritarianism of Iranian government censorship, but also the authoritarianism of western tastemakers, who sometimes want him to make the “Middle Eastern music” they hear in their own heads. Steadfast in his individuality, Siavash makes sounds that resist these authorities–the defiant anthems of an imaginary land, population: one. Most of the music in this episode is by Siavash Amini–listen to it again in this Spotify playlist and check out this great introduction to his music on Bandcamp. This episode was edited by Mack Hagood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Episode 21 presents a portrait of Iranian experimental composer Siavash Amini. His music, which moves seamlessly between contemplative ambience, menacing dissonance, and spacious melodicism, has been released on experimental imprints such as Umor Rex and Room40. His latest, A Mimesis of Nothingness, just came out on the Swiss label Hallow Ground. Siavash tells host Mack Hagood that his entire life is based on an experiment and he doesn't yet know what its outcome will be. This episode traces the contours of that story, from his boyhood as a metalhead in a small Iranian port town to his role in the development of Tehran's lauded experimental music scene. Along the way, we drill down on the international and internal politics that add danger and difficulty to the life of this outspoken leftest composer. Amini is forced to navigate not only the authoritarianism of Iranian government censorship, but also the authoritarianism of western tastemakers, who sometimes want him to make the “Middle Eastern music” they hear in their own heads. Steadfast in his individuality, Siavash makes sounds that resist these authorities–the defiant anthems of an imaginary land, population: one. Most of the music in this episode is by Siavash Amini–listen to it again in this Spotify playlist and check out this great introduction to his music on Bandcamp. This episode was edited by Mack Hagood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/music
Episode 21 presents a portrait of Iranian experimental composer Siavash Amini. His music, which moves seamlessly between contemplative ambience, menacing dissonance, and spacious melodicism, has been released on experimental imprints such as Umor Rex and Room40. His latest, A Mimesis of Nothingness, just came out on the Swiss label Hallow Ground. Siavash tells host Mack Hagood that his entire life is based on an experiment and he doesn't yet know what its outcome will be. This episode traces the contours of that story, from his boyhood as a metalhead in a small Iranian port town to his role in the development of Tehran's lauded experimental music scene. Along the way, we drill down on the international and internal politics that add danger and difficulty to the life of this outspoken leftest composer. Amini is forced to navigate not only the authoritarianism of Iranian government censorship, but also the authoritarianism of western tastemakers, who sometimes want him to make the “Middle Eastern music” they hear in their own heads. Steadfast in his individuality, Siavash makes sounds that resist these authorities–the defiant anthems of an imaginary land, population: one. Most of the music in this episode is by Siavash Amini–listen to it again in this Spotify playlist and check out this great introduction to his music on Bandcamp. This episode was edited by Mack Hagood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sound-studies
Siavash Amini, Sarrsew, mHz and Mariam Rezaei discuss Tehran's experimental scene, and how geography and community can affect the creative process.Based in Tehran, Iranian musician and composer Siavash Amini has worked with the labels Room40, Hallow Ground, Opal Tapes and Umor Rex for the better part of the past 10 years. He's also collaborated with a wide range of international artists including Rafael Anton Irisarri, 9T Antiope and Zenjungle, and remixed tracks for Carl Craig, Bernard Szajner and the duo Arigt. This year he's released two albums, Eidolon and Eremos. Mariam Rezaei is a composer and genre-defying turntablist who's been honing her own unique style since starting DJing at 15. She previously led experimental arts project TOPH, TUSK FRINGE and TUSK NORTH, and in November 2022 received the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Artists in recognition of her contribution to music composition. She released her album BOWN earlier this year. Sara Bigdeli Shamloo, aka SarrSew, is a Tehran-born and Paris-based vocalist, lyricist and composer. She's one half of duo 9T Antiope, and also one half of the aternative/electronic Farsi duo Taraamoon. On top of her collaborative projects and solo releases, she's also produced creations for theatre and film and is an active performer and actor. Mo H. Zareei, aka mHz, is an electronic musician, sound artist, and researcher whose artistic practice covers a wide range from electronic compositions to kinetic sound-sculptures and audiovisual installations. After studying in Tehran and California, he now lives in Wellington, New Zealand, where he's a senior lecturer in composition and sonic arts. He also released the album Proof of Identity earlier this year
Some personal news about a new project I recently got funding for that I'm excited about. Album of the day is from one of my favorites, Siavash Amini. Truly one of the greats. Plus a new compilation from Great Lakes Dungeon Synth, and new joints from mioriii and Powders. Wednesday episodes are exclusively on Patreon. Album of the Day: Siavash Amini “Eidolon” https://siavashamini.bandcamp.com/album/eidolon Additional links for the day: https://hushhushrecords.bandcamp.com/album/natures-way https://greatlakesdungeonsynth.com/album/great-lakes-dungeon-synth https://powders.bandcamp.com/album/concede-to-circumstance Brad Rose is the the principal writer and editor-in-chief of Foxy Digitalis, an online music magazine and has run various DIY record labels for the last 30 years. Wednesday episodes are exclusively on Patreon. foxydigitalis.zone patreon.com/foxydigitalis twitter: @foxydigitalis Instagram: @foxy.digitalis Mastodon: foxydigitalis@mastodonmusic.social
Yann Novak's work has been a fixture in my life these last few years, whether its solo music or Dragon's Eye Recordings, but his new one, “Voice of Theseus,” caught me off-guard. Plus some quick appreciation for Siavash Amini. Wednesday episodes are exclusively on Patreon. Album of the Day: Yann Novak “Voice of Theseus” https://yannnovak.bandcamp.com/album/the-voice-of-theseus-2 Additional links for the day: https://siavashamini.bandcamp.com/album/the-sweat-of-earth Brad Rose is the the principal writer and editor-in-chief of Foxy Digitalis, an online music magazine and has run various DIY record labels for the last 30 years. Wednesday episodes are exclusively on Patreon. foxydigitalis.zone patreon.com/foxydigitalis twitter: @foxydigitalis Instagram: @foxy.digitalis Mastodon: foxydigitalis@mastodonmusic.social
Ponemos fin al mes de abril volviendo a escuchar cosas que llevan ya un tiempo dando vueltas en nuestros reproductores. Preparando Atmósfera para este 30 de abril, nos venían a la mente trabajos que teníamos guardados para seguir escuchando, y hoy los recuperaremos. Tendremos los sonidos de Qluster, Oscar Mulero o 9T Antiope & Siavash Amini o Stereo Hypnosis & Christopher Chaplin. Escuchar audio
The next mixtape comes from musician and composer Remo Seeland, who is behind the Swiss experimental label Hallow Ground. He's presenting a selection of the label's music, partly in response to the label's recent publication, their first ever "concept-compilation" Epiphanies (Hallow Ground, 2022) released earlier in March this year. Founded by Remo Seeland, Hallow Ground was created in 2013 and has been instrumental in launching the careers of artists such as Kali Malone and FUJI||||||||||TA as well as recently releasing albums by Lawrence English, Norman Westberg, Maria W Horn and Siavash Amini, as many of Seeland's composition as well. More than a record label, Hallow ground is a platform for Music and Art that leads to ‘Visions', also acting as We act as publishers, hosts and performers. For the label's first ever compilation, the artists were commissioned to pursue a non-rational creative process in approaching the phenomenon of epiphany through sound. The results, whether long-form, short vignettes, profane and concrete sounds or spiritual and abstract pieces, perfectly encapsulate what Hallow Ground as a label has stood for since its inception in the year 2013: challenging not only conventional notions of what music is supposed to sound like but also the listeners' perception through the power of sound. The mix Seeland has prepared for us reflects on the sound of some of the main artists behind the label, and a joyous and sinuous journey into experimental introspection. Tracklist: 1) Lawrence English - Outside The City of God (Augustine wept) 04:02 2) Miki Yui - Listening (oneness) 10:03 3) Maria W Horn - Oinones Death pt. I 05:36 4) Siavash Amini - Spuming Silver 05:53 5) Kali Malone - Empty The Belief 10:01 6) Marja Ahti - Symbiogenesis 07:22 7) Remo Seeland - Pulse Points Green 05:33 8) Steve Fors - Unsound Structures 06:26 9) FUJI||||||||||TA - sukima 07:03
Taken from Saffronkeira & Siavash Amini's LP The Faded Orbit on Denovai Records, out September 24. More: www.orbmag.com/music/ @denovali @
Esta noche tenemos un programa con un contenido que nos alegra poder incluir. Uno de los encuentros de Experimental que Atmósfera sigue cada año es el Festival Lem de Barcelona, y hoy, a pesar de los momentos complicados que vivimos, podemos hablar de esta edición tan especial que comenzó el pasado 9 de octubre y finalizará el 30. Escucharemos también lo nuevo del compositor iraní Siavash Amini, volveremos al trabajo de Bite y rescataremos dos de las reediciones de Tyndall. Nuestra segunda hora de programa la dedicamos a los sonidos más relajantes con Atmósfera Continua (18.10.20) Escuchar audio
Big thank you to Whettmen Chelmets for providing the guest mix this week. Check out his bandcamp to find a number of albums of his, including his recent split release "Theme Variations": https://strategictapereserve.bandcamp.com/album/theme-variationshttps://whettmanchelmets.bandcamp.com 1 - Nate Scheible - “I Don’t Give a Fuck if You Like Me” - Prions and Scrapie - 00:00 2 - Lake Mary & M. Sage - “Towards a Golden Light” - Shepherd’s Bridge - 01:51 3 - Jake Muir - “Green Eyes” - Lady’s Mantle - 03:36 4 - Acef Stripe - “The Stuffies are Not Sleeping” - Foxy - 05:17 5 - Andrew Tuttle - “Burwood Heights Convenience” - Alexandra - 06:22 6 - RA - “Overcoming Sadness” - The Meditations of Zera Yacob - 07:39 7 - Pulse Emitter - “Ripples” - Swirlings - 09:29 8 - Siavash Amini and Saaad - “Calm in Resignation” - All Lanes of Lilac Evening - 11:39 9 - Assassin of Sound - “Artic (66° 30’N)” - Earth Suite - 14:31 10 - Binaural Space - “Good Night Spacemen” - Boyhood - 16:31 11 - Nhung Ngyuen - “Bittersweet” - An Ordinary Narrative - 18:34 12 - Cruel Diagonals - “Topography of an Affliction” - s/t - 22:12 13 - clair rousay - “buy my blessing” - “i’ll give you all of my love” - 24:00 14 - Chorchill - “Human Submarine” - Nachtfisch - 24:53 15 - Wife Signs - “Burning Off the Nuance” - Beneath the Weight of Care - 26:59 16 - Whettman Chelmets - “But I Need to” - I Don’t Want to Let Go, but I Need to Let Go - 29:24 17 - Amy Cutler - “riddles of the firmament” - Oro Tape (Fieldtrips of the Damned) - 32:58 18 - qualchan. - “glass.” - Micrographia - 35:08 19 - Lucy Liyou - “Who You Feed” - Welfare - 35:33 20 - Lowering - “Just a Fever” - Sleep in Perpetual Storm - 36:52 21 - Matt Jencik - “Night Gallery Pause” - Dream Character - 38:19 22 - Forest Robots - “It’s Quietest at the Edge of the Crestline” - Timberline and Mountain Crest - 41:36 23 - Ghost Signs - “We Haunt These Cities Like a Half Remembered Dream” - The Holy Ghost and other Lost Souls - 44:47 24 - Barraco Barner - “20200420 Pops” - 20200419-20200422 - 46:47 25 - Barraco Barner - “20200421 There’s a Payoff I Promise” - 20200419-20200422 - 48:45
Esta semana intentamos ponernos al día y nos ponemos a abrir novedades que se nos quedan atrasadas poco a poco. Escucharemos a Stereo Hypnosis & Christopher Chaplin, Robert Worby, Station 17, Siavash Amini y terminaremos nuestra primera hora de Atmósfera con lo nuevo de Rival Consoles y un repaso a su anterior trabajo “Persona”. Nuestra segunda hora de programa la ocuparán los sonidos más de pista. Tendremos una hora de Atmósfera Expansiva con Atmósfera en cabina. Escuchar audio
Tears for a lost, shadowed moon... with Brian Eno, John Hassell, Simon Wilkinson, Siavash Amini and James Parrott.
Episode 21 presents a portrait of Iranian experimental composer Siavash Amini. His music, which moves seamlessly between contemplative ambience, menacing dissonance, and spacious melodicism, has been released on experimental imprints such as Umor Rex and Room40. His latest, A Mimesis of Nothingness, just came out on the Swiss label Hallow Ground. Siavash tells host Mack Hagood that his entire life is based on an experiment and he doesn't yet know what its outcome will be. This episode traces the contours of that story, from his boyhood as a metalhead in a small Iranian port town to his role in the development of Tehran's lauded experimental music scene. Along the way, we drill down on the international and internal politics that add danger and difficulty to the life of this outspoken leftest composer. Amini is forced to navigate not only the authoritarianism of Iranian government censorship, but also the authoritarianism of western tastemakers, who sometimes want him to make the "Middle Eastern music" they hear in their own heads. Steadfast in his individuality, Siavash makes sounds that resist these authorities--the defiant anthems of an imaginary land, population: one. Most of the music in this episode is by Siavash Amini--listen to it again in this Spotify playlist and check out this great introduction to his music on Bandcamp. This episode was edited by Mack Hagood.
(Kevin)Playlist: Kendra Amalie/Ryley Walker - Drooling inSufjan Stevens and Lowell Brams - The Lydian RingFour Tet - 4T RecordingsAphni - Faded Amber LightsSiavash Amini & Saåad - A Vision Without ContoursT. Gowdy - Therapy with ColourCelia Hollander - Spared TimeEvan Caminiti - Russian PalmSuperposition - Field//KeyDainel Avery & Alessandro Cortini - WaterIan William Craig - The SmokefallenChristine Ott - SiriusJacaszek - Twelve YearsA Home For Ghosts - ReturningLucy Gooch - My Lights Kiss Your Thoughts Every MomentClément Edouard - The PresentMusic for the Towers - Four Zero Five Line RewindJonny Nash & Suzanne Kraft - KnifePantha du Prince - The PresentIda Toninato - We Become GiantsCalifone - By the Time the Starlight Reaches Our Eyes
(Kevin)Playlist: Kendra Amalie/Ryley Walker - Drooling inSufjan Stevens and Lowell Brams - The Lydian RingFour Tet - 4T RecordingsAphni - Faded Amber LightsSiavash Amini & Saåad - A Vision Without ContoursT. Gowdy - Therapy with ColourCelia Hollander - Spared TimeEvan Caminiti - Russian PalmSuperposition - Field//KeyDainel Avery & Alessandro Cortini - WaterIan William Craig - The SmokefallenChristine Ott - SiriusJacaszek - Twelve YearsA Home For Ghosts - ReturningLucy Gooch - My Lights Kiss Your Thoughts Every MomentClément Edouard - The PresentMusic for the Towers - Four Zero Five Line RewindJonny Nash & Suzanne Kraft - KnifePantha du Prince - The PresentIda Toninato - We Become GiantsCalifone - By the Time the Starlight Reaches Our Eyes
Monolithian matter, melting Arvo Pärt in a pan, finding the hidden trumpets. The Tehran-based composer discusses three important albums.
It's been a minute, so in this short episode, we update you on what's happening with Phantom Power and what's coming in 2020. The big (and sad) news is that co-host cris cheek is departing. After two years of lending his unique voice, ideas, and turns of phrase to the show--not to mention producing fantastic episodes like his interview with This Heat's Charles Hayward--cris has decided to refocus on his many other creative endeavors. We will miss cris, but the show will go on. And he's been kind enough to let us continue using his golden intro! Check out the pod to hear about some of our upcoming 2020 episodes, with guests including Colin Black, Harriet Ottenheimer, Jonathan Sterne, and Siavash Amini.
The title track from Biting Through by Fox Millions Duo; "Throne Lane" by Steve Moore from Beloved Exile; "Cause Yourself To Rise, Gong" by Paisiel from their self titled album; "Alice" by Psychic TV from Pagan Day; "Black Fly" by Circuit des Yeux from Reaching for Indigo; "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" by Deadbeat and Camara from Trinity Thirty; "Here It Comes" by POW! from Shift. Courtesy of Castle Face; "Pinnacles of You" by Caterina Barbieri from Ecstatic Computation; "Golden Ball" by Stereolab from Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements; "Flu" by Jameszoo and Metropole Orkest from Melkweg; "Argathini" by Siavash Amini from Subsiding.
The title track from Biting Through by Fox Millions Duo; "Throne Lane" by Steve Moore from Beloved Exile; "Cause Yourself To Rise, Gong" by Paisiel from their self titled album; "Alice" by Psychic TV from Pagan Day; "Black Fly" by Circuit des Yeux from Reaching for Indigo; "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" by Deadbeat and Camara from Trinity Thirty; "Here It Comes" by POW! from Shift. Courtesy of Castle Face; "Pinnacles of You" by Caterina Barbieri from Ecstatic Computation; "Golden Ball" by Stereolab from Transient Random Noise Bursts With Announcements; "Flu" by Jameszoo and Metropole Orkest from Melkweg; "Argathini" by Siavash Amini from Subsiding.
Moribund observations of a gilded place... with Thom Yorke, Nine Inch Nails, Bark Psychosis and Siavash Amini.
Moribund observations of a gilded place... with Thom Yorke, Nine Inch Nails, Bark Psychosis and Siavash Amini.
An unreal city beside a hyper-real sea... with Siavash Amini, Marcus Fjellstrom, John Zorn, Evan Caminiti, Harold Budd, Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois.
An unreal city beside a hyper-real sea... with Siavash Amini, Marcus Fjellstrom, John Zorn, Evan Caminiti, Harold Budd, Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois.
Sounds In The Dark turns one year old with an amazing playlist of new work from Alex Cobb, Tiny Leaves, HELM, Shuttle358, The Sly and Unseen, Tim Kays, and much more! Enjoying the show? Please support BFF.FM with a donation. Playlist Eric's Basement & Secret Tunnels by Psymon Spine on Psymon Spine (Axis Mundi) A ground without a figure by SHUTTLE358 on CAN YOU PROVE I WAS BORN (12k) September 1st by Altars Altars on 1864 (http://altarsaltars.bandcamp.com) Live By Golden Rule: Go Orange Be Strong by Andrew Weathers Ensemble on Fuck Everybody, You Can Do Anything (Full Spectrum) Thograinn Thograinn (Hidden Orchestra Remix) by Macmaster / Hay on Reorchestrations (Denovali) I Saw The Brown Leaves Dropping by Siavash Amini and Heinali on When No Wind Whirled (Futuresequence) Medicated Yoga by Lifted on 1 (PAN) Radar Receiver by Solvent on Apples & Synthesizers (Ghostly International) Summer Shower Interlude #4 by Tim Kays on Phenomena (Aural Films) Cold Wind On Erringden Moor by The Sly and Unseen on All Similarities And Technical Difficulties End Here (Hibernate Records) Shed Abroad by Tiny Leaves on A Certain Tide (Futuresequence) the sea inside of me by tunnel at the end of the light on IN THE WAKE OF AN AVALANCHE (http://tunnelattheendofthelight.bandcamp.com) Bagatelle for Harp and Orchestra by Cousin Silas & David Gerard on Cousin Silas David Gerard (We Are All Ghosts) Path of Appearance by Alex Cobb on Chantepleure (Students of Decay) Sky Wax (London) by HELM on Olympic Mess (PAN ) end of the night by Chihei Hatakeyama on Moon Light Reflecting Over Mountains (Room40) Il Giardino Dei Riflessi by Neil On Impression on L'oceano Delle Onde Che Restano Onde Per Sempre (Denovali) by long sea breakers by juxta phona on we will not be silence (Home Normal) Disorder 7 Piano 2 by Alex Menzies on Order & Disorder (Kathexis) Check out the full archives on the website.
New music by Drowse, Matt Finney & Siavash Amini, The Fun Years, Lee Noble, Alapastel, Nadia Struiwigh, yndi halda and Eulogy
SPEKTRMODULE 46The Fog And The Sails34 minutes and 33 seconds This is an ambient / haunted music podcast curated by Warren Ellis, who is a writer from England. I am at @warrenellis / warrenellis@gmail.comandhttp://morning.computer & http://orbitaloperations.com Please tell other people about this podcast for sleepy people if you like it. We are #SPEKTRMODULE on social media. It lives at spkmdl.libsyn.com 1. logotome 2. "L. Caution part two" - Petrels (album: Flailing Tomb - http://petrels.bandcamp.com ) 3. "Body Speech Mind" - ALONE IN THE HOLLOW GARDEN (album: Nothingness Without End - http://aloneinthehollowgarden.bandcamp.com ) 4. "Necropolis (So Many)" - Shape Worship (album: A City Remembrancer - https://fandf.bandcamp.com/album/a-city-remembrancer ) 5. "Heavy Eyes" - Julia Kent (album: Asperities - http://music.juliakent.com ) 6. "whistling to the sky" - Siavash Amini and Heinali (album: When No Wind Whirled - http://futuresequence.bandcamp.com ) 7. "Indland I" - GRØN (album: Indland - http://yerevantapes.bandcamp.com ) 8. logotone