from
SEUIL Remixes,
released July 30, 2017
Idlefon is Hesam Ohadi, a computer musician and sound artist
based in Tehran, Iran. His music is mainly associated with the
broad spectrum of IDM, Ambient, and Glitch styles. Idlefon tends
to make music which is relevant and in harmony with the urban life
in his hometown of Tehran. He is also one of the co-founders and
runners of the experimental art label BITROT.
Ohadi started his music career as a drummer for a metal band
when he was a teenager experimenting with in Doom Metal and
Death Metal styles. He then gravitated towards electronic music
through his growing interest in industrial and post-metal music. His
first experience in the field of music was the soundtrack for the
animated short “The Radiologist’s Room” by Arash Radkia. He then released 4 tracks as a third of an split
album called “Spotty Surfaces” along with fellow musicians
Siavash Amini and Nima Pourkarimi.
His first appearance as Idlefon is for his debut LP “Intensive
Collectivity Known As City” which was released on the American
label Tympanik Audio. Afterwards he released his EP “Submarine”
on the same label in 2015. His second LP “Coldstream” was
finished in late 2016 and is due to be released in mid 2017. The
album reveals Idlefon’s deeper experiments into Ambient, IDM
and Industrial styles. Faded and processed vocals can also be
heard throughout the album among deep pads and harsh rhythms
that mark his familiar sounds.