Ehsan Saboohi post orientalism composer and music theorist

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  • aesthetics of post-orientalism, Vol. II: Subject, Structure, Counterpoint
  • 29.12.2025 News
  • — POST-ORIENTALISM MUSIC: PUBLICATION CALENDAR 2026 aesthetics of post-orientalism, Vol. II: Subject, Structure, Counterpoint Ehsan Saboohi, Author Release: January 4, 2026 This book is about two. It concerns how one voice becomes two voices in musical counterpoint, and how one being enters into relationship with another without either destroying the other or dissolving into it. The central question is whether two can emerge within the linguistic and musical framework of the Middle East—whether, ...
  • aesthetics of post-orientalism, Vol. II: Subject, Structure, Counterpoint
  • 29.12.2025 News
  • — POST-ORIENTALISM MUSIC: PUBLICATION CALENDAR 2026 aesthetics of post-orientalism, Vol. II: Subject, Structure, Counterpoint Ehsan Saboohi, Author Release: January 4, 2026 This book is about two. It concerns how one voice becomes two voices in musical counterpoint, and how one being enters into relationship with another without either destroying the other or dissolving into it. The central question is whether two can emerge within the linguistic and musical framework of the Middle East—whether, ...
  • New Year, New Sound
  • 27.12.2025 News
  • Dear friends and colleagues, As we welcome the New Year, the post-orientalism community extends warm wishes for a prosperous and creative year ahead. We offer our sincere thanks to all listeners, followers, and supporters whose engagement sustained our projects, releases, and conversations over the past year. Your attention, listening, and encouragement matter to the life of this community. We also wish to express our deep gratitude to the publications, radio programmes, writers, and curators who ...
  • Announcement from Post-Orientalism
  • 25.12.2025 News
  • Announcement from Post-Orientalism Post-Orientalism announces the release of Four Sleepers, a four-volume collection grounded in post-orientalist aesthetics, now available on Bandcamp. The complete set has a total duration of approximately eight hours. Each album employs QuarkTonal system structures and Python programming, and is presented as a single, continuous composition. The project examines a Zen worldview, focusing on how sonic processes may dissolve perceived boundaries between self and other ...
  • 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 ...