'VISIONS OF DARKNESS IN IRANIAN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC' - In a country where youth culture has been heavily restricted for so long, it's significant when a cultural form such as this has an opportunity to reach a wider audience - aided by the abstract nature of dark ambient, drone and noise. In comparison, the dance music scene in Iran has a harder time taking root due to the illegality of men and women dancing in public together. However, the growth of the experimental electronic scene is going to be about more than a mere novelty reaction to a political paradigm shift. CD1: 01. Saint Abdullah - Unforgotten Promises 02. Xerxes The Dark - Longing To Return 03. S.S.M.P - The Blue Chasm 04. Alphaxone - A Dystopia 05. Limen - Wherefore The Worm Universe 06. Ali Phi - Condition.III 07. Reza Solatipour - Surviving The Darkness 08. Nojan - Revolution 09. Hossein RangChi - Mute 10. Narcissa Kasrai - Articulation 11. Rhonchus - Graph CD2: 01. DSM - Nowruz 02. idft - DT 03. Nyctalllz - Daeva 04. Poo Yar - Buried Alive 05. Anunnaki Signal - Father 06. Soheil Soheili - Laboratory 07. XSIX - Lost 08. Crows In The Rain - ... (For A Film) 09. Downtown Of Hong Kong - Downtown Valley 10. Mehdi Behbudi & Vahide Sistaani - Tehr