Motion Music
Temp-Illusion’s video for “Sketchy” captures senseless cacophony
The news can be numbing in all its violence and mindlessness, compounded by a chorus of shills across media and social media. Temp-Illusion, the duo formed in Tehran by Shahin Entezami and Behrang Najafi, cuts through those feelings like a knife. Then stick around for the deeply meditative Bayal بیل (Shanin + Adel Poursamadi).
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Soroush Khazaei, audiovisual artist, killed in an airstrike in Tehran
People are not numbers, and so among the rising tide of wartime deaths around the world are some familiar faces from our communities. Soroush Khazaei was an audiovisual artist who gave generously to the Iranian scene. He was killed earlier this week in Tehran by US/Israeli airstrikes.
From Tehran’s Bernisaun, dreams, cortisol reduction, and analog rituals
In dark times, music and sound can go from seeming irrelevant or empty to becoming a lifeline. The artist Bernisaun from Tehran has been brewing music that can, in his words, “engineer the frequency of your well-being.” It’s healing for headphones. And I know almost everyone I know is going to need to turn to that at some point this week.
Rock, electroacoustic, and traditional Iranian mix in Behrouz Pashaei LP
Peter Kirn - August 30, 2024
CDM Premieres Motion Music
Premiere: “Lips Seeking the Forbidden” video as Tehran’s Sote joins SVBKVLT
Peter Kirn - February 21, 2024
CDM Premieres Motion Music Stories
Cologne, on the outskirts of Tehran: Timcheh Music Festival this week
Peter Kirn - November 29, 2023
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