Ebtekar composes music with a deeply-held conviction that rules and formulas should be deconstructed and rethought. He describes his musical practice as pursuing a “poetry of sound, calibrating the synthetic and the organic with equal strength to build a euphonius complete whole.” A pivotal figure in the electronic music scene in the Middle East, he alters musical modal codes from their original tonality and rhythmic tradition to achieve vivid synthetic soundscapes. Many of his daring compositions revisit traditional musical material and playing techniques and subject them to digital manipulations to achieve radically contemporary forms that range from the delicate to the abrasive, displaying a unique ability to convey intense yet contrasting emotions.
His compositions and installations weave expansive sonic tales that exhibit a strong engagement with electro-acoustic techniques, sound design, microtonal systems, and polyrhythmic motifs. His vivid soundscapes employ various synthesis strategies and DSP techniques, both in analog and digital environments. Over the last three decades, he has released on labels such as Warp, Diagonal, SVBKVLT, Sub Rosa, Morphine, and Opal Tapes.
Ebtekar is looking for applicants whose work is based on non-formulaic electronic and electro-acoustic music. He is especially interested in projects with emphasis on sound synthesis as part of the musical composition and vice versa, using musical structures and rhythmic patterns as part of sound design. “Avoiding formulas and conventions has always been at the forefront of my artistic practice, says Ebtekar. “I would like to help you express your wild imagination.” As a mentor, he would like to guide the mentee in their process of realizing a strong and magical sonic landscape that could eventually become a collection of individual compositions or a single long piece, which could be performed live or presented as an installation.
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