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freeform electronic music - founder & curator at @zabte_sote

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Day two of the Xciting Festival began with the film Crooked, presented as a tribute to the recently passed rapper Sensational.

The evening continued with Alex Cortex, followed by an audiovisual experience by Sote & Tarik Barri.

The night unfolded with performances by Psychic Defence, Lise Barkas, Liminal Resonatrix feat. Nicola Romanò, and finally Madteo, who closed the night.

Another full house, amazing energy, and a deeply engaged audience.

A huge thank you to everyone who came, to all the artists who shared their work with us, and to the entire team for making these two days possible.

Photos: @rongchenphotography

#xcitingfestival #musicfestival

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Amazing performances yesterday by Liminal Resonatrix and @tarik_barri with @ata_ebtekar at @xciting_festival

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به مناسبتِ تولدِ استادِ عزیز عطا ابتکار
دغدغه‌مند، صبور، فروتن و جادوگر!

«زنده‌باد موسیقیِ الکترونیک»
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تهران، خرداد ۱۴۰۴، آخرین جلسه قبل از جنگ ۱۲ روزه
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Olympus μ[mju:]-I
Minolta VX100 (Edited to BW)
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Develop & Scan @bandar.studio

به مناسبتِ تولدِ استادِ عزیز عطا ابتکار
دغدغه‌مند، صبور، فروتن و جادوگر!

«زنده‌باد موسیقیِ الکترونیک»
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تهران، پاییز ۱۴۰۴
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Olympus μ[mju:]-II
Kodak ColorPlus 200
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Develop & Scan @bandar.studio

به مناسبتِ تولدِ استادِ عزیز عطا ابتکار
دغدغه‌مند، صبور، فروتن و جادوگر!

«زنده‌باد موسیقیِ الکترونیک»
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ضبط و پخش، تهران، زمستان ۱۴۰۳
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Yashica Samurai Z (half frame)
Fuji Superia 200
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Develop & Scan @bandar.studio

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Delighted to announce the release of Dağ Dağlar by Saeed Vahedi on Zabte Sote.
It’s only 56 seconds long, but its energy and soul make it feel complete.

Music and Cover Art by @saeed_vahedi.8
Mastering by @kaveh_sattari at @waxi.audio

Available on @zabte_sote BandCamp page.
Link in ZS’s bio.

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Zabte Sote artists @kaveh_sattari & @behrouz_pashaei starting their own mixing & mastering services in Tehran, Iran.
GET YOUR AUDIO POLISHED ✨at @waxi.audio
(All styles of music accepted)

Video: @nemayoula
Photo taken at Cafe Naderi in Tehran 2025

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Die achte Ausgabe des Xciting Festivals bewegt sich im Spannungsfeld zwischen Clubkultur und Neuer Musik. Experimenteller Hip-Hop und Techno treffen auf Noise, Elektroakustik und Neue Musik, ergänzt durch historische Instrumente wie Spinett oder Dudelsack. Mit Künstler:innen aus den USA, dem Iran und zahlreichen europäischen Ländern bringt das Festival internationale Positionen nach Stuttgart, die hierzulande selten oder erstmals zu erleben sind.

11.09.2026 – 12.09.2026 | Kunstverein Wagenhalle e.V., Stuttgart

Mehr Infos → in unserem Kalender, Link in Bio

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The eighth edition of the Xciting Festival explores the intersection of club culture and contemporary music. Experimental hip-hop and techno meet noise, electroacoustic music, and contemporary music, complemented by historical instruments such as the spinet and the bagpipes. Featuring artists from the U.S., Iran, and numerous European countries, the festival brings international perspectives to Stuttgart that are rarely seen here—or are being presented for the first time.

11.09.2026 – 12.09.2026 | Kunstverein Wagenhalle e.V., Stuttgart

More info → in our calendar, link in bio

📸Xciting Festival 2026 © Mattia Spich

#musikfonds #kulturförderung

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موسیقی الکترونیک و تجربی در ایران، طی سال‌های اخیر به زبانی پیشرو، چندلایه و فراتر از مرزهای جغرافیایی تبدیل شده است؛ روایتی منحصربه‌فرد از سنتز صداها، طراحی بافت‌های صوتی انتزاعی و فضاسازی‌هایی که تجربه شنیداری متفاوتی خلق می‌کنند.

✍🏻 نویسنده:
محمد نیک پور

در این مجموعه (پارت اول)، نگاهی انداخته‌ایم به ۵ آلبوم شاخص و اثرگذار از جریان موسیقی الکترونیک معاصر ایران:

Temp-Illusion — Pend
Mahdyar — Seized
Ash Koosha — I AKA I
Siavash Amini, Nima Pourkarimi, Hesam Ohadi — Spotty Surfaces
Sote — Sacred Horror in Design

🎧 شما تجربه شنیدن کدام‌یک از این آلبوم‌ها را داشته‌اید؟ انتخاب اول شما کدام است؟

منتظر قسمت های بعدی این مجموعه باشید.

#cnksh #ElectronicMusic #ExperimentalMusic #IranianArtists

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A few days ago I hosted a listening session which was curated by Arefe Hekmatpanah and because of this event I had the chance to listen deeply into Ata Ebtekar’s sonic world.
As artists, we walk and create along paths paved by those who came before us. Sometimes, if we are fortunate, we find an opening through which to carve a path of our own.

Since first becoming drawn to sound, experimental / electronic music, I have had the privilege of encountering the work of extraordinary thinkers and composers from John Cage and Alvin Lucier to Terre Thaemlitz, and many others.

Yet one question has remained with me throughout the years: coming from the rich heritage of Iranian musical culture, how can an artist carry that culture into their work without reducing it to the exotic? How can one honour a tradition while creating a new world ,one that opens onto unexplored horizons?

For me, Ata Ebtekar (aka Sote) inhabits precisely this space. He has absorbed and transformed his heritage so profoundly that his work can truly be called Iranian electronic music.

The forms, textures, rhythms, and tonalities of his pieces are at once intricate and elemental. Listening feels like gazing into an ancient carpet woven centuries ago, then entering it through a VR headset, travelling across its landscapes, and experiencing its hidden dimensions from within.

It is both an honour and a privilege to sometimes have my name mentioned alongside his in interviews and writings about Iran’s electronic and experimental music scene.
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@noise_works

Kudos to Ata Ebtekar ,to his singular sound world, and to the vision that continues to expand it.
@arefeh_hekmatpanah

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INTRODUCING:

@ata_ebtekar & @tarik_barri

Audio-Visual | Electroacoustic

In their latest collaboration Majestic Noise, Sote (Ata Ebtekar) and Tarik Barri create immersive audiovisual worlds that, despite their abstraction, carry a strong visceral and symbolic impact. A powerful journey where beauty persists, even in times of tension.

See them live on Sept. 12, 2026.

Design: @aenyfitz, @macksreichert, @lu.sk
Picture: Arash Bolouri

#audiovisual #xcitingfestival

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“Brass Tacks” by Sote (Parallel Persia, 2019)

One of the tracks on heavy rotation in our orbit lately, first pick from the curation.

Persian tradition and modular synthesis collapsing into one another. Ata Ebtekar rebuilding electronic music as if it grew from a different root entirely.

#experimentalmusic #electroacoustic #musiccuration #soundexploration #modularsynt

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«زنده‌باد موسیقیِ الکترونیک»
-عطا ابتکار/صوت
تهران، پاییز ۱۴۰۴
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Olympus μ[mju:]-II
Kodak ColorPlus 200
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Develop & Scan @bandar.studio

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From Tehran to London, from Berlin to LA. Iranian electronic artists are shaping a global soundscape. This series is a vivid snapshot of boundary defying talent, as producers and visionaries take their beats to the world’s biggest stages. Stay tuned, because the pulse is just beginning.

📷 @hessamsamavatian

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