Fowj Fowj – Avin Ahmadi
Taken from the album Liminal (2025)
Composed and performed by Avin Ahmadi
Lyrics adapted from a poem by Ali Babachahi
Directed by Ali Amiri
Recorded in May 2026 - Live at Brotfabrik Wien
Darb wa Nour | نزار روحانا وياسمين شاه حسيني - درب ونور - Nizar Rohana & Yasamin Shahhosseini
From the album 'Sujoud', out November 6, 2026
Stream - Bandcamp
Darb wa Nour (Path and Light) follows two ouds as they walk the same road side by side, an offering of hope to everyone finding their way through the darkness. Sujoud is an album for two ouds, bringing together the Palestinian Nizar Rohana and the Iranian Yasamin Shahhosseini. Composed and arranged by Rohana, it is a dialogue between the Persian tradition and its Arab, particularly Egypto-Levantine, counterpart.
Nizar Rohana, oud & composition
Yasamin Shahhosseini, oud
Ruven Ruppik, percussion
Video by Michel Gaco
Modality Transporter - Sote
Parallel Persia (2019, Diagonal Records)
Come, oh beloved, come!
An example of singing culture of Qashqai nomads in Iran during the process of kilim and carpet weaving. Part of ‘The Woven Sounds’, a project by Mehdi Aminian
Monica & Mehdi, Vocals and Ney - Unexpected Improvisation Session
“Nu-i lumina nicari. This is story of two strangers who met accidentally in the train on the way to Brasov in Romania. They started to improvise near the train station before even knowing each others name. The camera man being present at that spot recorded this moment. This clip is an expression of Iranian Traditional Music and a Romanian folk tune being improvised at the time. This concept later was developed to Roots Revival by Mehdi Aminian. Filmed and recorded by Catalin Lesscu, Brasov, May 2012.”
Sote - Boghze Esfahan [Opal Tapes]
Album: Sacred Horror In Design (2017)
Rhythm - Manounchher Tayyab
Hossein Tehrani & His Drum
Iran, 1963
Mohammad Reza Mortazavi live in Berlin
‘Shokoofeh’
From Hani Niroo´s album Bazkhani (2013)
‘Distant Words’
Directed by Nassiem Valamanesh, whose Iranian father emigrated to Australia