Visions of Darkness (2CD edition), by Various Artists

Visions of Darkness (2CD edition)

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Gwynplaine de Pétroleuse This complition of Iranian artists is absolutely mindblowing. So many styles of Experimental Ambient and Electronic compositions. Each artist on the release molds their own uniqueness into their track. Overall, Visions of Darkness is a must have for any avant-garde music fan. Favorite track: DSM - Nowruz.

treerings Does what all great ambient album does; creating a soundscape that takes the listeners' mind to through a sonic journey.

cdrk_syrphe Great dark ambient, ambient, drone compilation that shows how interesting and diverse the Iranian scene has become in the past decade, highly, highly recommended !
Hard to select which one is my favourite track but the musicality and atmosphere of Mehdi Behbudi & Vahide Sistaani's song touches me a lot - even though I must tell I unfortunately don't understand the lyrics. Favorite track: Mehdi Behbudi & Vahide Sistaani - Tehran Moonlight.

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1.	Saint Abdullah - Unforgotten Promises 03:10	info	buy track
2.	Xerxes The Dark - Longing To Return 06:08	info	buy track
3.	S.S.M.P - The Blue Chasm 05:54	info	buy track
4.	Alphaxone - A dystopia 04:29	info	buy track
5.	Limen - Wherefore the Worm Universe 09:18	info	buy track
6.	Ali Phi - condition.III 03:00	info	buy track
7.	Reza Solatipour - Surviving the Darkness 05:06	info	buy track
8.	Nojan - Revolution 06:31	info	buy track
9.	Hossein RangChi - Mute 13:04	info	buy track
10.	Narcissa Kasraï - Articulation 05:37	info	buy track
11.	Rhonchus - Graph 07:27	info	buy track
12.	DSM - Nowruz 04:14	info	buy track
13.	idft - DT 05:37	info	buy track
14.	Nyctalllz - Daeva 05:43	info	buy track
15.	Poo Yar - Burried Alive 05:40	info	buy track
16.	Anunnaki signal - Father 05:25	info	buy track
17.	Soheil Soheili - Labrotary 05:38	info	buy track
18.	XSIX - Lost 07:02	info	buy track
19.	Crows in the Rain - ... (For A Film) 02:45	info	buy track
20.	Downtown of HongKong - Downtown Valley 13:52	info	buy track
21.	Mehdi Behbudi & Vahide Sistaani - Tehran Moonlight 16:41		buy track

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The simurgh is depicted in Iranian art as a winged creature in the shape of a bird, gigantic enough to carry off an elephant or a whale. It appears as a peacock with the head of a dog and the claws of a lion, sometimes however, also with a human face. Iranian legends consider the bird so old that it had seen the destruction of the world three times over. The simurgh learned so much by living so long that it is thought to possess the knowledge of all the ages. We hope this mythological benevolent creature could be a hope and a a guide in our dark times.

Link to the first Iran experimental survey edited by Unexplained Sounds Group: unexplainedsoundsgroup.bandcamp.com/album/iran-experimental-underground-016-survey

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released May 5, 2017

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Concrete Web
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Heathen Harvest
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Archaic Triad
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Terra Relicta
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Ondarock
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Resounding Footsteps
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Edited by © Unexplained Sounds Group.
Curated by Raffaele Pezzella (Sonologyst)
and Morego Dimmer (aka Mohamad Reza G.).
Cover artwork editing by Raffaele Pezzella and Morego Dimmer.
Special thanks for precious help to Morego Dimmer and all Iranian friends who, once more, believed into Unexplained Sounds for making their art better known around the world.
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