Musician & Interdisciplinary Sound Artist
About
Practice
Sound as a fluid, living continuum.
Immersive audio-visual work between sound, visuals, and technology. Ambient performances built with TouchDesigner and modular systems have been presented at events such as the Tehran Annual Digital Art Exhibition (TADAEX) and the Tehran Contemporary Music Festival, combining dynamic projections with intricate soundscapes.
- Spatial & quad-speaker sound installations
- Realtime generative audio-visual performance
- Sound design for video art and installation
Pushing experimental audio further.
In 2025, Thecimal contributed to a doctoral thesis at UC Santa Barbara, exploring deep learning in sound generation using RAVE. As technical manager for TEM Fest he supports the growth of Iran's electronic music community, and collaborates globally across Norway, Sweden, and the US. His music, including Kandu and The Great Gate, has gained international recognition in outlets such as Avant Music News and This is Darkness.
- Deep learning in sound generation (RAVE, Python)
- Technical manager & advisor, TEM Fest
- Mixing and mastering for local artists
Selected Works
Works
01Silver Screen
A live sound performance under the name Thecimal, presented in multiple venues, featuring recent compositions alongside earlier material. The set introduced my current sonic language through evolving rhythms, textures and atmospheres. Using layered synthesis, spatial movement and gradual transformations, the performance focused on continuity, tension and emergence, unfolding as a self-contained, non-interactive experience in real time.
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02Revolution Art Space
Using randomness as a compositional strategy while carefully identifying moments of emergent momentum to shape unstable yet coherent rhythmic structures. At the same time, employing physical modeling synthesis to enable flexible sound design and melodic behavior, allowing random generators to remain expressive while still musically controllable.
03Silk Museum
Collaborative audio and laser projection with progeno and Skywalker at the Georgian State Silk Museum.
04Deep Learning / RAVE
Contributed to a doctoral thesis at UC Santa Barbara, exploring deep learning in sound generation using RAVE. I assisted in developing AI-driven soundscapes for interactive installations, merging technology with experimental audio. This project underscores my interest in innovative sound design, blending technical research with artistic application. Document available upon request.
05Drone Day Installation
“I can't just sit at my laptop and play. This room is a shifting wave of my own reflections, appearing and disappearing like the ghosts of forgotten artists who no longer exist.” This sound installation was presented during International Drone Day, alongside a series of live performances. Rather than presenting a performance myself, I chose to create a quad speaker sound and light installation that could continuously engage the audience throughout the event.
06Quanta Continua
Sound installation at Ariana Art Gallery. Explored continuous sound flow as an early reflection on quantum concepts of time and space. Through spatial audio techniques, evolving soundscapes invited audiences to experience sound as a fluid, living continuum.
07Kandu
Collaborated with Norwegian artist Ketil Søraker on Kandu, an ambient album released by Reverse Alignment Records. Blending dark ambient soundscapes with experimental textures, the project gained international recognition, featured in Avant Music News, This is Darkness and Unexplained Sounds Group radio transmissions.
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08Fireflies Session
Realtime generative music and acoustic instruments — a collaborative performance with Einar Stray (Norway) and Sandro Mishelashvili (Georgia).
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09Do Not Hesitate
Sound installation at Bon-Gah Art Gallery, Tehran. Two speakers faced the walls of an empty pool, inviting audiences to step inside and confront amplified soundscapes. The piece reflects on internalized fear and the pervasive violence against women. Later adapted into a video art work presented at Limited Access 8 (2019).
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10The Great Gate
Performed a solo audio-visual set as IDFT at TADAEX, featuring material from The Great Gate, later released by Noctivagant Records (US) and redistributed by Winter-Light (NL). Using TouchDesigner, I combined ambient sound with reactive visuals to create an immersive, trance-like atmosphere. Documented in the TADAEX 2018 program booklet.
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11TEM Fest
Served as Technical Manager and Festival Advisor for TEM Fest, a landmark 2017 event that was among the first large-scale festivals dedicated to electronic music in Iran, with an audience capacity of over 300. I managed all technical operations and advised on programming, coordinating live performances, workshops and artist collaborations. The festival played a key role in supporting both local talent and advancing Iran's emerging electronic music community.
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12Denial
Explored the denial of humanity under harsh conditions, inspired by the delicate transformation of a butterfly's birth. I created the sound design and video editing to shape an expressive audiovisual environment.
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13Paraffin Showcase
Combined an ambient vinyl DJ set with real-time generative visuals driven by the direct audio signal. Explored the interaction between analog sound and digital visual response.
14Reminiscence
Created the sound design for The Reminiscence, the MFA final thesis by Shabnam Saadi at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. The video installation explores the presence of women within the urban landscape and how the city's structures cast both literal and metaphorical shadows upon them. The soundscape was composed using analog synthesizers and field recordings of urban ambiences, blending electronic textures with the sonic realities of daily life in Iran.
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15Winter Mood
Created an interactive visual set using TouchDesigner for a live audio-visual performance at Sayeh Gallery, Tehran. The event was part of a series of independent experimental performances. In collaboration with musician Erf Yousefi, I designed real-time TouchDesigner visuals that responded directly to the live audio signal, translating sound into dynamic visual forms.
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16V (5)
Exhibited at TADAEX. Explored my early understanding of time within sonic matter through audience interaction. Using pipes arranged by the Fibonacci sequence and Arduino-controlled parameters, visitors could manipulate tempo, delay and spatial movement, shaping an evolving generative soundscape.
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