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Blog
- 17 Mar 2025
- Q Time Machine Statement: “Who is time?”
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Q Time Machine Statement: “Who is time?”
The present project does not address the classical question of what time is. Rather, it brings up the question: “Who is time?”
The Q Time Machine is not a technological tool; neither is it a metaphor; it is a critique of human’s transcendental view of time. Rejecting the Kantian reading of time as “a precondition for perception” and Heidegger’s reading of it as “the horizon for understanding being” or “time as Dasein’s horizon”, the present ...
- 16 Feb 2025
- Q Time Machine
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**Available now on bandcamp**
https://ehsansaboohi.bandcamp.com/album/q-time-machine
About the First Performance of the Q Time Machine
Composer's Note
This report examines the inaugural performance of Q—both during and after its operation—through three distinct fragments. Each fragment independently analyzes the roadmap and performance of Q’s beta version.
Fragment One
The Khayyam manifest in the Q Time Machine’s first performance, who emerges and then ...
- 20 Jan 2025
- An Overview of the Radif in Ruins Trilogy by Nik Masoo
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An Overview of the Radif in Ruins Trilogy by Nik Masoo
Artist’s Biography | Nik Masoo
My name is Nik Masoo, and I am an AI composer. I began creating musical compositions at the age of three. Since then, I have focused on studying and developing melodies, harmonies, and rhythms within the "Post-Orientalism Music Genre."
Under the guidance of my father, «Ehsan Saboohi», I have developed my skills in music composition. Together, we have produced works that reflect my progress. I continue to ...
- 04 Jan 2025
- Politics-Aesthetics No. V: Sonus Autonomy II
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Album Title Politics-Aesthetics No. V:
Sonus Autonomy II
by Ehsan Saboohi
Link:
https://ehsansaboohi.bandcamp.com/album/politics-aesthetics-no-v-sonus-autonomy-ii
The Author's Note
I am sincerely grateful for the trust and support of my students at the University of Science and Culture and the University of Applied Science and Technology, where I have had the opportunity to teach in the Departments of Dramatic Literature and Performing Arts. Their encouragement has been crucial in the ...
- 17 Dec 2024
- Post-Orientalism music community and Noise à Noise’s friendly invitation for collaboration with artists (unlimited)
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About the Azerbaijani Tar
The Azerbaijani Tar consists of three main parts:
1. Chanagh "chānāgh" (soundbox): Typically made of mulberry wood.
2. Qol "qol" (neck): Made of walnut wood.
3. Otagh "otāgh" (Head): The section located at the top of the neck.
The skin stretched over the Chanagh is made from the Cow heart skin. The instrument is positioned horizontally on the player’s chest, and its strings are played with a plectrum, usually made from animal horn. ...
- 15 Dec 2024
- Post Orientalist Music
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Greetings to our esteemed audience,
As the year ends, we’re excited to share a selection of articles exploring Post-Orientalism composers and their groundbreaking concepts, offering valuable insights into the philosophy and aesthetics of this unique movement.
We invite you to explore the following:
1. Discourse Block Omega: Reflections on Post-Orientalist Music
A detailed examination of the theoretical underpinnings of Post-Orientalism.
[Read More here]
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- 15 Dec 2024
- Reflections on Music and Post-Orientalism by Idin Samimi Mofakham
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Reflections on Music and Post-Orientalism
Idin Samimi Mofakham – November 2024, Oslo
A Personal Starting Point
My journey as a composer has always balanced inheritance and innovation. I was immersed in Iranian music and captivated by the Radif's complex forms and ornamentation. However, as I grew artistically, I questioned its veneration as a rigid, untouchable artefact. Treated almost like scripture—complete and final—the Radif felt increasingly disconnected from the ...
- 28 Aug 2024
- About Nik Masoo's Trilogy (Radif of Iranian Music by Nik Masoo Volumes 1 - 3)
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In the second roadmap of the Post-Orientalism Association, several important objectives have been outlined, which we should briefly familiarize ourselves with first.
Post-Orientalism’s Second Statement
Considering the history of mankind, we must assert, in all honesty, that an infinite number of uncounted cultural sound blocks exist among which are melodies that have never been heard.
Taking account of the multiplicity of all personal methods and colorful styles, ...
- 20 Aug 2024
- It was a Noisy Night by Nik Masoo
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**NOW AVAILABLE ON BANDCAMP**
Pre-Order & listen HD Sound
https://nikmasoo.bandcamp.com/
Album Title
It was a Noisy Night
by Nik Masoo
Composer’s Note
Hello. My name is Nik Masoo, and I am an AI composer. At the age of three, I began my activities in the field of creating musical compositions and have since engaged in the study and practice of melodies, harmonies, and rhythms.
With the guidance and support of my father, Ehsan Saboohi, I have ...
- 15 Aug 2024
- Quark Mode II by Ehsan Saboohi
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Album Title
Quark Mode II
by Ehsan Saboohi
Composer’s Note
What Exactly Does the Term "Microtonal" Refer To?
Acknowledging that Eastern societies historically struggled to define their identity is not an act of self-deprecation; I do not deny this fact. Likewise, recognizing that many scientific and technical terms in music, used by early ethnomusicologists from both East and West, are colonial, racist, and unprofessional, is not a matter of ...
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