Ehsan Saboohi Blog

Materialism and Temporality
22.11.2025 Artikel
Materialism and Temporality by Nik Masoo Liner Notes by Ehsan Saboohi Section I — Materialism and Temporality: Foundational Concepts Marxist materialism understands being not as a fixed substrate but as a ongoing process generated within concrete material relations and practical activity. It breaks decisively with any substantialist or ahistorical account of reality. In the dialectical view, matter is not a passive given but a dynamic field of determinations whose character emerges through ...

A Narrative of World Classical Music History
20.11.2025 News
Post-Orientalism Music is honored to announce that beginning January 1st, 2026, a new roadmap will commence in the activities of this label. This path, titled "A Narrative of World Classical Music History," provides a framework for re-engaging with the classical heritage—not from an identity-centered perspective or through prevalent dichotomies, but rather based on an understanding that musical structure and knowledge belong to all humanity. In many countries over the past decades, a misconception ...

Album and Score of "48 Etudes for Multiple Percussion Solos" Released
15.11.2025 News
Album and Score of "48 Etudes for Multiple Percussion Solos" Released Post-Orientalism Press has released the album and score of "48 Etudes for Multiple Percussion Solos," accompanied by liner notes from Ehsan Saboohi, composer and theorist of Post-Orientalism. According to the composer's notes, the process of developing and writing this collection began in 2020 and was completed at the end of 2025. During this period, Saboohi focused on reconsidering the concept of time in music and re-examining it ...

Opus Five Series — Weekend Bundle Offer
31.10.2025 News
Opus Five Series — Weekend Bundle Offer Celebrate the release of Opus Five Vol. IV with an exclusive weekend offer: purchase all four volumes of the Opus Five series at 75% off — just $9 total (regularly $36). Valid through November 5, 2025, exclusively on Bandcamp. To redeem: Apply code Opus5 at checkout for each individual album purchase. Discount code: Opus5 Official site: https://postorientalism.bandcamp.com/ === #PostOrientalism #postorientalismGenre #OpusFive #Bandcamp

Opus Five Vol. III
24.10.2025 News
Available on Bandcamp Album Title Opus Five Vol. III Pre-Order, Listen & Support: https://postorientalism.bandcamp.com/album/opus-five-vol-iii Works by: 1. Rahi Sinaki – Blutorange 2. Dave Seidel – Elegy, for Jon 3. Ehsan Saboohi & Emad KhankeshiPour – And from the earth, blood rises to stain the sky 4. RDKPL – 241130_01 5. Hubert Heathertoes – Inconsistency helping where it is needed === Previous volumes: Opus Five Vol. I — postorientalism.bandcamp.com/album/opus-five-vol-1 Opus ...

Side Effect of QuarkTonal – Vol. I
11.10.2025 News
— Available on Bandcamp Album Title Side Effect of QuarkTonal – Vol. I by Ehsan Saboohi https://postorientalism.bandcamp.com/album/side-effect-of-quarktonal-vol-i About the Album Composer’s Note Following the publication of the six-volume series QuarkTonal: Quatrains Vol. 1–6 in 2024, and the release of my book Aesthetics of Post-Orientalism: Philosophy of Composition with its accompanying audio exemplars in 2025, this album serves as a practical extension of the QuarkTonal theory. The ...

Opus Five Vol. 1
25.09.2025 News
— Available on Bandcamp Album Title Opus Five Vol. 1 https://postorientalism.bandcamp.com/album/opus-five-vol-1 Works by: Bruce Hamilton, Dave Seidel, Ehsan Saboohi, RDKPL, Hubert Heathertoes & Zan Hoffman Track List 01. Ehsan Saboohi – 13 September 1874 02. Dave Seidel – Penumbral 03. Bruce Hamilton – Witness 04. Bruce Hamilton – Strings Attached 05. Bruce Hamilton – Cry_Wait 06. Bruce Hamilton – This Unity 07. RDKPL – 250818_02 08. Hubert Heathertoes & Zan Hoffman – How to ...

Gaza
19.09.2025 News
Album Title: Gaza by Ehsan Saboohi https://postorientalism.bandcamp.com/album/gaza Composer’s Note Nothing. Only shame. Only compassion for the innocent. Ehsan Saboohi September 19, 2025 Track List 1. Gaza Fugue No. 1 2. Gaza Fugue No. 2 3. Gaza Fugue No. 3

aesthetics of post-orientalism: Philosophy of Composition
22.08.2025 News
Release on Bandcamp Title aesthetics of post-orientalism: Philosophy of Composition By Ehsan Saboohi Listen, Read, Pre-order, and Support: https://postorientalism.bandcamp.com/album/aesthetics-of-post-orientalism-philosophy-of-composition *Project: Aesthetics of Post-Orientalism — Philosophy of Composition A theoretical and practical dissertation exploring the possibilities of musical composition and its philosophical foundations in the contemporary post-orientalist context. About This ...

Imaginal Isomorphism: A Preliminary Inquiry into Reading and Understanding “Mystical Literature” as Fantasy
16.08.2025 Artikel
Imaginal Isomorphism: A Preliminary Inquiry into Reading and Understanding “Mystical Literature” as Fantasy Ehsan Saboohi Composer and theorist of Post-Orientalism “Is Rumi’s understanding a form of fantasy? Can we say that there exists no ontologically substantive thing called mystical literature?” This Note is a structural and algorithmic study that examines the isomorphism of narrative texts within the framework of Post-Orientalism and genre analysis. The focus of the Note is strictly on ...