Rhizosphere by Hamid Rahmati

Artist biography:

Hamid Rahmati is a Tehran based composer, sound artist and pianist who graduated in Composition from University of Tehran.
His work includes compositions for solo instruments, ensemble, orchestra and theatre as well as electro-acoustic and electronic music.
He combines elements of different styles and attitudes such as contemporary classical, experimental electronic, minimalism and Iranian classical music.

Artist statement:
Rhizosphere is about roots, areas which originate all of our inspirations, not only from an artistic point of view but also from an exhaustive aspect that embrace our whole being and becoming.
The main characteristic of root is its ever-changing and ever-growing property that makes its influences unique and transformative. In an extensive sense, this quality affects artistic creativity and produces an ever-transforming synthesis which in combination of diverse and sometimes opposite elements can relatively create unique forms. For instance, accurate and deliberated approach to music composition, and far from it, unpredictable nature of some electronic music techniques generates a new quality which can induce motivations spontaneously.
From an aesthetical perspective, I have always been under the influence of diverse traditions and philosophies, from different styles of Rock music and experimental attitudes to Contemporary Classical and Iranian Classical music. Rhizosphere is the result of contemplation and getting immersed in my roots and trying to reflect what exists deep into my consciousness and sub-consciousness.

A label focusing on Experimental Electronic Music by Iranian Composers.

Curated by Ata 'Sote' Ebtekar

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