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.

Akira Yoshikawa 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.

TWM71 This is good to smoke to, work to, read to, and when just loud enough, drive to. It’s unlike most anything else in my collection; like colorful fragments of alien artifacts and other curiosities on a dark shelf that interact upon touch. It’s haunting, and it’s beautiful. Two thumbs up and the finger.

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# Visions of Darkness (2CD jewel case)
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# Anthology Of Persian Experimental Music Vol. II (4 panels digipack )
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9 Cds bundle + a digital release.
All cds come in 4 panels digipack, except "Visions Of Darkness" that comes in 2XCD jewel case.

It contains the following cds of the Sound Mapping Collection + a digital release (for the bundle buyers all Dl codes available for free on demand. Please send your request to info@unexplainedsounds.com):

Anthology Of Experimental Music From China (4 panels digipack cd)
unexplainedsoundsgroup.bandcamp.com/album/anthology-of-experimental-music- from-china

Anthology Of Experimental Music From Mexico (4 panels digipack cd)
unexplainedsoundsgroup.bandcamp.com/album/anthology-of-experimental-music-from-mexico

Anthology Of Experimental Music From Peru (4 panels digipack cd)
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Visions Of Darkness In Iranian Contemporary Music (2CD jewel case)
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Anthology Of Persian Experimental Music Vol. II (4 panels digipack )
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Anthology of contemporary music from Middle East (4 panels digipack cd)
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Anthology of Electroacoustic Lebanese music (4 panels digipack cd)
unexplainedsoundsgroup.bandcamp.com/album/anthology-of-electroacoustic-lebanese-music

Anthology Of Post Industrial Music From Balkan Region (4 panels digipack cd)
unexplainedsoundsgroup.bandcamp.com/album/anthology-of-post-industrial-music-from-balkan-region

Anthology of contemporary music from Africa continent (4 panels digipack cd)
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Electroacoustic Music in Latin America
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Full Digital Discography

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of METAMUSIC, Portraits, Anthology Of Experimental Music From China, Anthology Of Experimental Music From Peru, DEPRECATED, Unexplained Sounds Group - 6th Annual Report, ANAGRAMMI, Anthology Of Experimental Music From Mexico, and 62 more. , and , .

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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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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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Global Network of Aural Disorientation founded by Raffaele Pezzella (Sonologyst) to investigate the experimental worldwide music scene.

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