Name: Parallel Persia Remixes
Brand: Sote

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DIAG057

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2023-06-30

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Sote

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Diagonal

Diagonal is a London-based independent record label founded and run by *a2480495* and Jaime Williams. With a focus on experimental music, Diagonal has established itself as a leading force in the underground music scene.
Since its inception, Diagonal has been dedicated to pushing boundaries and challenging conventions. The label prides itself on releasing innovative and forward-thinking music that defies categorization. From electronic to noise, from techno to punk, Diagonal embraces diversity and seeks out artists who are unafraid to explore new sonic territories.
With an impressive roster of talented musicians, including *artist1*, *artist2*, and *artist3*, Diagonal continues to release groundbreaking albums that captivate listeners around the world. By providing a platform for unconventional artists to express themselves freely, the label has gained a reputation for fostering creativity and supporting artistic vision.

Sote is an Iranian electronic music composer who was born in Germany and is currently based in Tehran. He has a unique sound that blends traditional Persian music with experimental electronic elements, creating a truly innovative and captivating musical experience.
After studying and teaching Sound Arts in Northern California, USA, Sote has gained a deep understanding of the technical aspects of music production. This knowledge allows him to push boundaries and explore new sonic territories, resulting in compositions that are both thought-provoking and mesmerizing.
With his distinct style, Sote has garnered comparisons to other groundbreaking artists such as Rian Treanor, Grischa Lichtenberger, Klein, Mark Fell, Saint Abdullah, Heith, David Toop, Slikback, Maral, Hiro Kone, Demdike Stare,and many more. His music stands out for its intricate layers of sound and its ability to transport listeners to another realm.

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Cutting edge innovators Rashad Becker and Mark Fell re-work material from Sote's extraordinary 'Parallel Persia' album alongside a killer non-album track by Ata Ebtekar aka Sote himself. Highly recommended if yr into the complex tunings and arrhythmic geometry of Dariush Dolat-Shahi, Autechre, Xenakis... Last year's 'Paralell Persia' album took the trajectory of his preceding 'Hardcore Sounds From Tehran' (2016) and 'Sacred Horror In Design' (2017) to thrilling new heights for Diagonal. Turning traditional instrumental music inside-out with computers and modular synths, he arrived at a thrilling mix of sound that stood out as one of the year's most original and striking releases. Wrapped around the incendiary core of 'Artificial Neutrality' which features Pouya Damadi's Tar and Arash Bolouri's Santour sculpted into fiery folk futurism by Sote, the remixes by celebrated mastering engineer and improvising composer Rashad Becker and minimalist rhythmatist Mark Fell exert incredible new spins on Sote's originals that remain faithful to the material in their inimitable styles. Rashad Becker's Dramatic Reenactment of 'Pseudo Scholastic' combs and curdles the original into 7 segmented minutes of squirming tones and melted rhythms that, through twists and turns, come to recall Korean classical court music and Florian Hecker as much as they recall the original. Mark Fell, meanwhile, impresses with his quadruply extended 20 minute Parallel Yorkshire mutation of 'Modality Transporter', where he unravels its syncopated flex in endless permutations of laser-guided pulse drops, puckered strings and choral stabs that come to sound like Autechre letting off fireworks at a Dariush Dolat-Shahi show

Parallel Persia Remixes

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