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Arshan Najafi
Composer, Sound Artist, Poet · Tehran, Iran
Arshan Najafi (b.2001) is a composer, performer, sound artist, visual artist and poet from Tehran. He started playing the violin at the age of ten and later studied kamancheh with Saba Alizadeh. His piece Transgression in Common City for solo flute was selected in Petrichor Records' Call for Young Iranian Composers, which led to private lessons with Chaya Czernowin, Reza Vali, Arshia Samsaminia and Mohammad Amin Sharifi. His works have been presented and published by Spectro Centre for New Music, Noise à Noise, Petrichor Records, Unexplained Sounds Group, Cold Spring Records and XOR Space. His debut book Twenty Wrong Turns was published in Tehran in 2022.
Releases
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Compilation · 2025 · NaN24.1
Noise à Noise 24.1: Resistance 1
- 1. Mantiq Al-Tair – The Conference of Birds – part 1 (Compilation Excerpt) — Idin Samimi Mofakham4:48
- 2. Parley II (Compilation Excerpt) — Ehsan Samareh Taheri3:35
- 3. Qahr (Compilation Excerpt) — Manara4:26
- 4. In Memory of Voices – for Clarinet, Violin, Cello and Piano — Bracha Bdil10:06
- 5. Symphony No. 1 — Ali Aghili7:08
- 6. Trajectory Nr. 17 — Alireza Amirhajebi2:18
- 7. Light Particles from My Ears — Tarufu2:38
- 8. Flux blanc — Hanna Mesgari3:15
- 9. 35.710147° N, 51.398923° E — Zerone Duo4:56
- 10. Square — Ali Hashemlou3:23
- 11. Requiem for the Present Time — T-Noll4:01
- 12. Mountain (Compilation Excerpt) — Hesam Kardan1:03
- 13. Circular Zone 22.08.24 – Part 1 — Howling Mystics7:10
- 14. Circular Zone 22.08.24 – Part 2 — Howling Mystics9:01
- 15. Muddy White — Arshan Najafi2:57
- 16. Yellow Paper (Compilation Mix) — Ali Balighi2:32
- 17. The Principle of Movement — AOUM5:30
- 18. Signals in the Dark – Part 2 — Vitaliy Rybakin & Daria Lutsenko9:16
- 19. Road — Babak Sepanta1:58
- 20. Schizophernia — T-Noll3:44
- 21. GLUM — Vesal Javaheri & Arshan Najafi9:00
- 22. Echos of Confusion — Magicmind and Neuronal Noise7:15
- 23. There is No Space — Omar Fadel Hadi2:52
- 24. I Cannot Know — N3V04:55
Compilation · 2023 · NaN23.3
Noise à Noise 23.3: Tolerance
- 1. Bouran — Hanna Mesgari4:03
- 2. In Tolerance — Cedrik Fermont3:22
- 3. Politics-Aesthetics IV (Compilation) — Ehsan Saboohi7:32
- 4. KET ZeroOne — Arshan Najafi5:17
- 5. Pastorally Yours (for Flute and Oboe Duet) — Mohammad R. Hashemi2:50
- 6. Commen Love (Compilation) — Niloofar Karimi6:02
- 7. Didgeridoo Noise — Zhoobin Askarieh3:33
- 8. NGC 1068 — Alireza Amirhajebi4:59
- 9. Liberation Rhapsody — Ali Balighi4:06
- 10. Incoherent Shouts — Owrang3:44
- 11. Howz — Kian Hossein3:21
- 12. Live at CMMF (Excerpts) — Saturn Cube7:22
Compilation · 2023 · NaN23.4
Noise à Noise 23.4: Intolerance
- 1. Shot — T-Noll3:38
- 2. LArvae — Reza Ahmadian5:39
- 3. Blue Paper (Compilation edit) — Ali Balighi5:09
- 4. Limen — Kian Hossein1:41
- 5. I Can Hear You — Babak Sepanta3:49
- 6. Feathered Serpent — Chem XP3:26
- 7. Psychedelic Noise — Ali Sasha3:14
- 8. 230912_02 (excerpt) — RDKPL2:32
- 9. A Rhythm for Suffocation — Arshan Najafi5:49
- 10. Screaming Tombak (Excerpt) — Jazrudtz2:25
- 11. Resilience Resistant — Jesus Valenti & Niki Yaghmaee6:24
- 12. Entropy — Ali Aghili4:19
Compilation · 2023 · NaN-23
Noise à Noise 23: Noise vs. Silence (Vol. I-II)
- 1. Boogh Symphony Electronique — Arshan Najafi5:18
- 2. All Life Begins Hopeful — Leonie Roessler2:08
- 3. Untitled_1 — Ali Balighi2:32
- 4. Sirius — Wondering O4:27
- 5. Surveillance State — silo portem1:25
- 6. The Story Of An Old Froglitch Who Could Speak Human — Cedrik Fermont3:25
- 7. Beckett's Quad Variations No.1 (Compilation Mix) — Ehsan Saboohi3:51
- 8. Saririnah – The Embodied Souls — Ibukun Sunday0:31
- 9. Women, Life, Freedom — Balam Ronan1:38
- 10. LIZA: A Liminal Journey (Klangteppich IV Excerpts) — Shaahin Peymani & Judith Hamann5:17
- 11. FREQ.EXP (Klangteppich IV Excerpts) — Arshia Samsaminia11:24
- 12. GQ — Chem XP3:05
- 13. Overture — Sahar Homami8:17
- 14. DEEP TIME For Umpans and Bell Sound – CMMF Live performance — Alireza Amirhajebi6:00
- 15. Splash, Hiss, Shot — Leonie Roessler & Akane Takada11:34
- 16. Twisted Whispers — silo portem2:56
- 17. Three Ages of Woman-Mother — Alya Al-Sultani5:52
- 18. En-Sheneh — Nour Kara and Juliette Capel6:30
- 19. Zamzamah — Robbert van Hulzen4:48
Compilation · 2023 · NaN23
Noise à Noise 23: Noise vs. Silence (Vol. I-IV)
- 1. BOOGH Symphony Electronique — Arshan Najafi5:18
- 2. All Life Begins Hopeful — Leonie Roessler2:08
- 3. Untitled_1 — Ali Balighi2:32
- 4. Sirius — Wondering O4:27
- 5. Surveillance State — silo portem1:25
- 6. The Story Of An Old Froglitch Who Could Speak Human — Cedrik Fermont3:25
- 7. Becketts Quad Variations No.1 (Compilation Mix) — Ehsan Saboohi3:51
- 8. Saririnah: The Embodied Souls — Ibukun Sunday0:31
- 9. Women, Life, Freedom — Balam Ronan1:38
- 10. LIZA: A Liminal Journey (Klangteppich IV Excerpts) — Shaahin Peymani & Judith Hamann5:17
- 11. FREQ.EXP (Klangteppich IV Excerpts) — Arshia Samsaminia11:24
- 12. GQ — Chem XP3:04
- 13. Overture — Sahar Homami8:17
- 14. DEEP TIME For Umpans and Bell Sound- CMMF Live performance — Alireza Amirhajebi6:00
- 15. Splash, Hiss, Shot — Leonie Roessler & Akane Takada10:34
- 16. Twisted Whispers — silo portem2:56
- 17. Three Ages of Woman-Mother — Alya Al-Sultani5:52
- 18. En-Sheneh — Nour Kara and Juliette Capel6:30
- 19. Zamzamah — Robbert van Hulzen4:48
- 20. Death is Standing Above the Skies — Ali Aghili3:02
- 21. Radio Astronomy — Kian Hossein6:11
- 22. Drown — Babak Sepanta4:50
- 23. Pain & Fury — silo portem2:00
- 24. Suave Resistance — Wondering O6:16
- 25. Glory of Flare — Mohamad Nikpour5:50
- 26. Charivari Basement Experience (compilation mix) — Soheil Soheili & Blatta Joux5:45
- 27. Overstand — Ashkin Shabani3:05
- 28. Akeen — Shahin Souri4:39
- 29. Bernardinelli-Bernstein — Fuzzle Schnozzle3:22
- 30. Music for Pure Waves, Bass Drums, and Acoustic Pendulums — Mehdi Behbudi15:39
- 31. CNC Machines and more — Ramin Ashtari2:38
- 32. Solidarity — Katharina Stadler3:49
- 33. Le ombre si allungano (The shadows lengthen) — Jesus Valenti5:07
- 34. The Darkness Before Dawn — silo portem5:50
- 35. Intimate Invocations (Vayu Residency) — Negar Kharkan5:34
- 36. Pollution — Zhoobin Askarieh and Ali Sasha5:56
- 37. 1.5 e + 6 — Kian Hossein2:08
Compilation · 2022 · NaN21.4
Noise à Noise 21.4
- 1. XXY — Kian Hossein12:30
- 2. Spectābat — Farzan Salsabili10:05
- 3. Woeful — Mahbod Shirvani6:16
- 4. Rosemary — Arshan Najafi5:06
- 5. Gravitational Collapse — Babak Sepanta5:22
- 6. Observer Effect — Saturn Cube11:10
- 7. Sounds Of Life — Amin Shirazi4:34
- 8. Live Moments — Shaker4:39
- 9. Liars — N3V03:56
- 10. Elixir — Vladan Kuzmanović2:03
Compilation · 2020 · NaN20.4-1
Noise à Noise 20.4-1
- 1. A Visit To The Distant Detached Objects — C-drík4:29
- 2. Sancta Sanctio Pt. 2 — Parsa Shomali6:46
- 3. Specific Bells Small and Large — Leonie Roessler4:38
- 4. Lagos (Preface) — Ibukun Sunday4:57
- 5. Yalda Raft — Arshan Najafi8:11
- 6. Hearts Underwater — Arshan Najafi5:17
- 7. Enceladus — silo portem7:51
- 8. Save The Trees Pt.1 — Ali Sasha and Zhoobin Askarieh3:34
- 9. Abandoned Voices — Babak Sepanta6:49
- 10. Abee — Saeed Ramezanpour6:39
Year by year
2025
- Appears on Muddy White, GLUM on Noise à Noise 24.1: Resistance 1
2023
- Appears on KET ZeroOne on Noise à Noise 23.3: Tolerance
- Appears on A Rhythm for Suffocation on Noise à Noise 23.4: Intolerance
- Appears on Boogh Symphony Electronique on Noise à Noise 23: Noise vs. Silence (Vol. I-II)
- Appears on BOOGH Symphony Electronique on Noise à Noise 23: Noise vs. Silence (Vol. I-IV)
2022
- Appears on Rosemary on Noise à Noise 21.4
2020
- Appears on Yalda Raft, Hearts Underwater on Noise à Noise 20.4-1
Press
Field Notes · March 2025Found Sounds #4 by Kristoffer CornilsRead ↗African Paper · December 2024Resistance 1: Neue Compilation von Noise à NoiseRead ↗Bandcamp Daily · 2023Album of the Day: Noise à Noise 23: Noise vs. SilenceRead ↗African Paper · January 2023Noise Against the Silence: Umfangreiche Compilation von Teheraner Noise à Noise LabelRead ↗