I recently participated in an interview with THE NO NORMAL PODCAST, based in Edmonton, Canada, where I discussed my latest album, Radif of Iranian Music: Home Is Far Away. This episode is available on all streaming platforms.
In their write-up about the episode, they described:
Ali Balighi is a composer, sound designer, and poet from Tehran, Iran. His latest album, Radif of Iranian Music: Home Is Far Away, is currently available on Bandcamp. His compositions are influenced by his poetry, sound exploration, and experimentation with electronics, resulting in numerous multidisciplinary works and albums. His music has been performed at international festivals and conferences, including Sonic Matter, the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, the Hot Air Music Festival, the Tehran Contemporary Music Festival, NoiseFloor UK Contemporary Music, the Research On Contemporary Composition Conference, ClarinetFest, the Cortona Sessions for New Music, the Audiovisual Frontiers Festival, the ICSC 2022 6th International Csound Conference, and the Tehran International Electronic Music Festival.
The episode includes the following pieces:
01:12 – Dastgah: Algorithmic Explorations of Persian Microtonality and Serialism (excerpt 1), composed by Ali Balighi, March 2025
09:35 – A Song Below Water (excerpt), composed by Ali Balighi, 2022
16:25 – Who am I?, composed by Ali Balighi, performed by Kathryn Vetter, 2020
28:39 – Corridor, composed by Ali Balighi, February 2025
33:38 – Home Is Far Away, composed by Ali Balighi, February 2025
40:28 – Dastgah: Algorithmic Explorations of Persian Microtonality and Serialism (excerpt 2), composed by Ali Balighi, March 2025
46:33 – Walking in the Darkness (excerpt), composed by Ali Balighi, 2018
61:26 – Dastgah: Algorithmic Explorations of Persian Microtonality and Serialism (excerpt 3), composed by Ali Balighi, March 2025