It was difficult not to become giddy at the prospects when this collaboration between Siavash Amini and Zenjungle (Phil Gardelis) was first announced by Flaming Pines. These are two of the most potent and expressive voices in experimental ambient and drone music on the scene today and the idea of them joining creative forces was tantalizing to say…
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Siavash Amini – Subsiding [Futuresequence]
Siavash Amini returns to the Futuresequence label with Subsiding, his sixth full length album and the third in a triptych of recent densely layered works, a stunning opus that incorporates some of the most distinctive elements of each of its predecessors while incrementally refining and evolving his sound. We have reached the point where we can…
Read MoreA Sense of Place: Tiny Portraits on Flaming Pines
Flaming Pines label founder Kate Carr has developed a highly regarded and multi-faceted creative practice “centered on articulating the relationship between people and place through sound”. In addition to her own sound work, she has curated a variety of wonderful conceptual series, the latest of which has seemingly unlimited potential despite its ostensibly diminutive name – Tiny Portraits.…
Read MoreTravelogue 2015-21: The Power of 3 (a case for the short EP)
Just like the short story in prose, the haiku in poetry, or the short subject in film, the humble EP is a form that can be enjoyed on its own terms. These four wonderful EPs that have something on common – each has exactly 3 tracks. The shortest lasts barely 11 minutes and the longest…
Read MoreSiavash Amini – What Wind Whispered To The Trees [Futuresequence]
What Wind Whispered To The Trees by Siavash Amini What Wind Whispered To The Trees by Tehran-based musician and producer Siavash Amini marks the second time that he has channeled powerful themes and cultural motifs from classic literature into a stunningly beautiful and uniquely moving collection of music. Released earlier this year, Till Human Voices Wake Us distilled T.S.…
Read MoreTravelogue: Week 2014-37
Noteworthy highlights from the past week of music discovery, releases, previews, and other news. Daily updates are available on the Stationary Travels Facebook and Twitter feeds and audio/video links to all tracks featured during the month are available on the Songdrop page. Previews and Singles Siavash Amini | What Wind Whispered to the Trees | Futuresequence (Oct 6) I…
Read MoreAlbum review: “Till Human Voices Wake Us” by Siavash Amini (Umor Rex)
“We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us, and we drown.” It is the last line from the final stanza of T. S. Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock quoted above that musician/producer Siavash Amini has chosen to take the…
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