Wishing you health in 2020 and a message to support your artists.
Not much to add to the current discussions except to wish you & your family health and well-being.
As most artists are currently not working & client load is zero, please consider buying directly from artists if possible.
Some sites to consider for more direct purchasing include Vimeo On Demand for films, Bandcamp for music, and of course, personal websites, yours included.
Wishing you well and talk soon.
As a further note, if for example, I cannot process an order immediately (photo or art print), I will get it to you as soon as possible, and appreciate the patience.
Wishing you well, and enjoy some photos from a new series below (any avail to purchase, just let me know. haven’t yet decided the print number or size yet, but they will be limited prints).
Cooking with my Baba Jaan
Hi friends, this is a personal post. My father, Yousef has been dreaming of opening a restaurant for quite some time. We decided that another way to fulfill this dream is to share his kitchen with the world, and so, he made a cooking show on Youtube. It’s Persian centric, it’s wholesome, it’s relaxed, it’s a bit like mediation.
Please consider subscribing, liking and commenting, and of course, please pass it forward! Click the image below.
Love ya’ll
AM
A spotlight on MAN - Kicking the Seat
A funny thing happened a few nights ago that succinctly describes the plight of independent filmmaking and the practice of sending screeners. Let me preface that with this; one of the most rewarding aspects of filmmaking in the true independent sense is the process of self-actualization, a partially controllable condition. Now, the uncontrollable condition (everything after the creation) is that the farther a vision strews from established norms, the harder it becomes to attract a certain level of attention. This is woven into the classic gatekeeper paradigm.
Ok, back to the first sentence. Nearly two years ago, Chicago Film Critics Association member Ian Simmons was handed a screener to the film MAN (screening at Chicago at the time) by a colleague, he watched the first ten minutes of it and shut the screener off prematurely, writing it off as not his thing. Fast forward to a couple of nights ago, as he confessed this earlier sin on his “Kicking the Seat Podcast”, and now proclaimed that the film had, “blown his mind” while dedicating an entire episode talking about the film. A massive change of opinion nearly two years in the making, done in a transparent, respectable & honest way.
This is the reality of artmaking and it is unavoidable when the access & context is not in place. One cannot demand that people pay attention to your work. But it is always the artist's responsibility to tell what needs to be told, in the only way that one can.
Time takes care of the rest, not in the sense that people will come around, but in the sense that ultimately, it never really mattered in the first place.
Here is the link to the Kicking The Seat Podcast in which MAN is given a positive, newly minted spotlight in the eyes of one critic.
And below, a link to watch on our preferred platform.
Premiere of new short film, "four" - 12/20/2019 - 12am EST
“mirs wonders into the desert in search of an old friend.” (links below to Youtube & Vimeo)
Mirs - fourxfour - out today!
Stream or buy the latest Mirs drop, fourxfour wherever music is peddled. Merci.
Mirs - fourxfour
l i t t l e m o n s t e r s l i t t l e f r i e n d s - limited prints & original avail
“l i t t l e m o n s t e r s l i t t l e f r i e n d s”
Print run - Edition of 44 in various solid hues. (13”x19” - high-quality archival paper)
Original in black & white ink.
Message for info/purchasing.
l i t t l e m o n s t e r s l i t t l e f r i e n d s - 2019
l i t t l e m o n s t e r s l i t t l e f r i e n d s - 2019
Kicking the Seat Podcast Ep 471 - "cinema"
Was recently a guest on CIFCC film critic Ian Simmons podcast, “Kicking the Seat”. My episode number, 471. You can listen/get info to it here: http://www.kickseat.com/podcast/2019/11/13/ep471-cinema.html
CINIMA and Mirs - Sleepless - improv sessions
My friend Nima Rezai just launched a new project called CINIMA. We just released a collaborative single titled Rain (see post below) between his project and my ongoing music project Mirs.
We had previously worked together on CANYON (2016), though I had never performed that album live. Below is a chopped & screwed improv version of the track Sleepless from CANYON, filmed at Nima’s studio.
CINIMA and Mirs - Rain (out now)
My most recent Mirs music collaboration just went live. This excursion, I partnered with my friend Nima Rezai and his newly launched project, CINIMA . We had previously worked together on the visual album CANYON. Further collaborative singles incoming.
Stream & buy on these platforms (& many more) below:
CINIMA & Mirs - Rain
CINIMA and Mirs - Rain (new drop Oct 25th)
Clicked up in the studio with my friend & collaborator Nima Rezai (CANYON) recently as he’s launching his new project CINIMA. This is our first collaboration between our two projects, CINIMA & Mirs.
Our first single, “Rain” drops on all major platforms Oct 25, 2019.
Rain - CINIMA & Mirs
Rain - CINIMA & Mirs
Three Worlds Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Composed by Julian DW Brink now Available on Pandora!
The Julian DW Brink composed, original “Three Worlds” soundtrack is finally included into the Pandora Radio catalog. You can stream the original soundtrack now, and shortly, add the station so that it plays similar songs through the music genome project. (you can also own the record, among other places at the ANIMALS Official Bandcamp Page in full 24bit quality)
The score was mixed by Jake Jackson at Abbey RoaANIMALd Studio 2, London & mastered by Cicely Balston at AIR Studios, London.
Mirs & KidGusto's RAINBOW SEASON LP now on Pandora Radio
My latest album “Rainbow Season” is now included in the Pandora catalog. I personally use Pandora more than either Spotify or Apple Music, as its artist station radio options are great in the car (especially if you live in LA, as you live in a car).
Just another choice….
Mirs & KidGusto’s “Rainbow Season” now on Pandora!
Rainbow Season - The Film
While we initially wanted to release both Rainbow Season, The Album and Rainbow Season, The Film simultaneously, we (KidGusto and I) decided to stagger the releases, with of course, the record coming out first.
The last few years I’ve been releasing films with the records I produce, starting with the release of CANYON in 2016, though I had tried to do it with Spin Cycle back in 2010, but I didn’t have the infrastructure to execute.
Films with music is becoming standard practice to varying degree, and so with this effort, we tried to push that idea further, melding the experience between the two forms in a slightly different envelope.
The first trailer for the new feature length work went live today and we’re having a limited VOD soft release starting on Thurs 07-11-19, It’ll be available shortly after on other platforms, but we priced it to make it a no brainer for anyone interested in an early, ad-free experience. You can of course, buy it to own as well (DRM-Free). It’ll roll out to other platforms shortly after.
(ps: if you buy the film on pre-order (not rent), shoot me an email & I’ll get out the record to you in 320kbps mp3, DRM Free as a bundle. i’ll honor this through the pre-order period as a sincere thank you for the support ;) )
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