Current & Upcoming Projects/Events/News
Unsound - Yerevan, Armenia (21/9/18) - SOLO
Outernational Days - Bucharest, Romania (23/9/18) - SACRED HORROR IN DESIGN
Cave 12 - Geneva, Switzerland (26/9/18) - SOLO
Sonica - Ljubljana, Slovenia (27/9/18) - TALK
Sonica - Ljubljana, Slovenia (28/9/18) - SACRED HORROR IN DESIGN
Tresor - Berlin, Germany (9/10/18) - SOLO
Nusasonic - Yogyakarta, Indonesia (12/10/18) - SOLO
MUTEK - Dubai, UAE (17/10/18) - SOLO w/ Tarik Barri on live improvised visuals
Ableton article/interview
Zabte Sote Records - Label focusing on Iranian experimental electronic composers, operating as an Opal Tapes sub-label
Seda Projects - Multi-channel Sound Space in Tehran
Selected Past Events & Projects
SETxCTM - Tehran, Iran
Nowa Muzyka, Katowice, Poland
Donau Festival - Krems, Austria
Paraffin Tehran - Tehran, Iran
Cinema Galeries/Kavir - Brussels, Belgium
Sound & Music for theater play - Tehran, Iran
Ultima - Oslo, Norway
JazzHouse - Copenhagen, Denmark
Today's Art Festival - The Hague, Netherlands
CTM Event - (Festsaal Kreuzberg), Berlin, Germany
Bozar - Brussels, Belgium
Night of Surprise - Cologne, Germany
Berghain - Berlin, Germany
Donau Festival - Krems, Austria
Cave12 - Geneva, Switzerland
Heart of Noise - Innsbruck, Austria
SOU Festival - Tbilisi, Georgia
Mix for Unsound Festival's Podcast Series
Review in ATTN Magazine
Mix for Red Bull Music Academy Radio
Remix for CoH (Ivan Pavlov) on Ge-stell
Article in Stray Landings webzine for their 'That Time When' series
Guest Mix for 'Pay no mind to us, we're just a minor threat' webzine
Interview with 'Pay no mind to us, we're just a minor threat' webzine
Article in The Quietus reviewing 'Hardcore Sounds From Tehran'
CTM Festival - Berlin - performance - February 2017
CTM Festival - Berlin - talk - February 2017
S/V/N/ Savana MASH - Milan - talk
S/V/N/ Savana MASH - Milan - performance
EMS Residency - Stockholm
Sound of Stockholm Festival - Stockholm - performance
Unsafe and Sounds Festival - Vienna - performance
UH Festival - Budapest - performance
UH Festival - Budapest - talk
Boiler Room - London - mix
Berghain - Berlin - performance
Cafe OTO (NEXT) - London - performance
Unsound Festival - Krakow - performance
Unsound Festival - Krakow - talk
SET presents Audio only performance - Tehran
Next Festival - Bratislava
Next Sound Festival - Kiev
Performance at Off-Studio, collaborating with Arash Akbari on visual arts - Tehran
Performance at SET Festival, collaborating with Arash Akbari on visual arts - Tehran
CTM Festival - Berlin
MFOC - The Golden Pudel - Hamburg
Aufabwegen event - Cologne
IAMINDUST EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC Showcase at Omni Circus - San Francisco
Maraya Art Centre - Multi-channel audio/visual installation: Cylindr.us: Under The Indigo Dome
Ata 'Sote' Ebtekar and Ala Ebtekar collaboration - Sharjah, UAE
Ebtekar will transform Maraya Art Park into the Gate to All Nations; a historic landmark in Persepolis, through a multi-channel sound installation composed and programmed by electronic composer and sound artist Ata ‘Sote’ Ebtekar. At the core of this installation, Ebtekar will use the obsolete technology of phonograph cylinders (one of the earliest mediums to record and reproduce sound) with seven wax cylinders, each containing a unique recording. From cylinder to cylinder, from clay to wax, from cuneiform to the sound of the first recorded voice, cylindr.us: under the indigo dome draws parallels between inscription and recording from two different eras, cultures and moments marked by innovation. Through additional performances and readings, cylindr.us: under the indigo dome explores connections between the legacy of this ancient object and the contemporary moment.
Ata ‘Sote’ Ebtekar composes seven movements for cylindr.us: under the indigo dome, which can be experienced separately on their own, as well as a simultaneous multi-channel playback for an extended in depth electro-acoustic work, utilizing micro-tunings of Persian classical music and children’s voices within an electronic framework. The videos of the young participants are played on suspended devices, becoming stars in the landscape of the sound sculpture.
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco - Multi-Channel Sound Sculpture for The Cyrus Cylinder & Ancient Persia
A Multi-Channel Audio/Visual Installation collaboration between Ata Ebtekar and Ala Ebtekar
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts - ConVerge - San Francisco
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts - Migrating Identities Exhibition - San Francisco
Luggage Store Gallery - San Francisco
Resistance by Taraneh Hemami
VOKS is composed for stereo and multi-channel systems.
All source material is from the Iranian revolution protest chants and slogans during various demonstrations in 1978/79. These frequencies are analyzed, and spectrally isolated and extracted for further transformation via digital signal processing and modular synthesis for tonal and atonal stems to be utilized as an instrument part within the whole composition. The rhythm of these chants is altered individually to an unfamiliar state and placed into polyrhythm motifs within the macro grid.
Unsound - Yerevan, Armenia (21/9/18) - SOLO
Outernational Days - Bucharest, Romania (23/9/18) - SACRED HORROR IN DESIGN
Cave 12 - Geneva, Switzerland (26/9/18) - SOLO
Sonica - Ljubljana, Slovenia (27/9/18) - TALK
Sonica - Ljubljana, Slovenia (28/9/18) - SACRED HORROR IN DESIGN
Tresor - Berlin, Germany (9/10/18) - SOLO
Nusasonic - Yogyakarta, Indonesia (12/10/18) - SOLO
MUTEK - Dubai, UAE (17/10/18) - SOLO w/ Tarik Barri on live improvised visuals
Ableton article/interview
Zabte Sote Records - Label focusing on Iranian experimental electronic composers, operating as an Opal Tapes sub-label
Seda Projects - Multi-channel Sound Space in Tehran
Selected Past Events & Projects
SETxCTM - Tehran, Iran
Nowa Muzyka, Katowice, Poland
Donau Festival - Krems, Austria
Paraffin Tehran - Tehran, Iran
Cinema Galeries/Kavir - Brussels, Belgium
Sound & Music for theater play - Tehran, Iran
Ultima - Oslo, Norway
JazzHouse - Copenhagen, Denmark
Today's Art Festival - The Hague, Netherlands
CTM Event - (Festsaal Kreuzberg), Berlin, Germany
Bozar - Brussels, Belgium
Night of Surprise - Cologne, Germany
Berghain - Berlin, Germany
Donau Festival - Krems, Austria
Cave12 - Geneva, Switzerland
Heart of Noise - Innsbruck, Austria
SOU Festival - Tbilisi, Georgia
Mix for Unsound Festival's Podcast Series
Review in ATTN Magazine
Mix for Red Bull Music Academy Radio
Remix for CoH (Ivan Pavlov) on Ge-stell
Article in Stray Landings webzine for their 'That Time When' series
Guest Mix for 'Pay no mind to us, we're just a minor threat' webzine
Interview with 'Pay no mind to us, we're just a minor threat' webzine
Article in The Quietus reviewing 'Hardcore Sounds From Tehran'
CTM Festival - Berlin - performance - February 2017
CTM Festival - Berlin - talk - February 2017
S/V/N/ Savana MASH - Milan - talk
S/V/N/ Savana MASH - Milan - performance
EMS Residency - Stockholm
Sound of Stockholm Festival - Stockholm - performance
Unsafe and Sounds Festival - Vienna - performance
UH Festival - Budapest - performance
UH Festival - Budapest - talk
Boiler Room - London - mix
Berghain - Berlin - performance
Cafe OTO (NEXT) - London - performance
Unsound Festival - Krakow - performance
Unsound Festival - Krakow - talk
SET presents Audio only performance - Tehran
Next Festival - Bratislava
Next Sound Festival - Kiev
Performance at Off-Studio, collaborating with Arash Akbari on visual arts - Tehran
Performance at SET Festival, collaborating with Arash Akbari on visual arts - Tehran
CTM Festival - Berlin
MFOC - The Golden Pudel - Hamburg
Aufabwegen event - Cologne
IAMINDUST EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC Showcase at Omni Circus - San Francisco
Maraya Art Centre - Multi-channel audio/visual installation: Cylindr.us: Under The Indigo Dome
Ata 'Sote' Ebtekar and Ala Ebtekar collaboration - Sharjah, UAE
Ebtekar will transform Maraya Art Park into the Gate to All Nations; a historic landmark in Persepolis, through a multi-channel sound installation composed and programmed by electronic composer and sound artist Ata ‘Sote’ Ebtekar. At the core of this installation, Ebtekar will use the obsolete technology of phonograph cylinders (one of the earliest mediums to record and reproduce sound) with seven wax cylinders, each containing a unique recording. From cylinder to cylinder, from clay to wax, from cuneiform to the sound of the first recorded voice, cylindr.us: under the indigo dome draws parallels between inscription and recording from two different eras, cultures and moments marked by innovation. Through additional performances and readings, cylindr.us: under the indigo dome explores connections between the legacy of this ancient object and the contemporary moment.
Ata ‘Sote’ Ebtekar composes seven movements for cylindr.us: under the indigo dome, which can be experienced separately on their own, as well as a simultaneous multi-channel playback for an extended in depth electro-acoustic work, utilizing micro-tunings of Persian classical music and children’s voices within an electronic framework. The videos of the young participants are played on suspended devices, becoming stars in the landscape of the sound sculpture.
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco - Multi-Channel Sound Sculpture for The Cyrus Cylinder & Ancient Persia
A Multi-Channel Audio/Visual Installation collaboration between Ata Ebtekar and Ala Ebtekar
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts - ConVerge - San Francisco
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts - Migrating Identities Exhibition - San Francisco
Luggage Store Gallery - San Francisco
Resistance by Taraneh Hemami
VOKS is composed for stereo and multi-channel systems.
All source material is from the Iranian revolution protest chants and slogans during various demonstrations in 1978/79. These frequencies are analyzed, and spectrally isolated and extracted for further transformation via digital signal processing and modular synthesis for tonal and atonal stems to be utilized as an instrument part within the whole composition. The rhythm of these chants is altered individually to an unfamiliar state and placed into polyrhythm motifs within the macro grid.
