Persian Empire - ABOUT//BLANK '2019

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ABOUT//BLANK is a collage of collages, an EP pasted together from tracks that
are built of parts of various tracks, recordings, sketches, hooks, grooves and
loops that Persian Empire has been working on in the past few years. Its a warm
piece of fragmented soul music and a project thats far more vocal than any of
Sam Khatams previous productions.

The vocals, though, float in a cloud of haze. Recorded lo-fi, on the fly, impro
style. Theyre intentionally imprecise, leaving blank spots and holes for
listeners to fill in. Thus the play of these ambiguous lyrical fragments becomes
not just open to but in fact invokes obligatory interpretation. Its the listener
who with active interventions solves the mumbles and connects the gaps.

The EP draws from classic funk samples and hiphop production techniques and nods
to the end of 90s cut n paste of vanguard styles Mo Wax, Warp and Chocolate
Industries championed so well. With all this retro, throwback swing Persian
Empire delivers soft soul that doesnt fit anywhere but in the present.

Persian Empire has been immensely influenced by UK dance styles, from 2step to
bass yet his music usually cant happen without the usual intruders - from jazz
to experimental electronics and hiphop. With special attention to rhythmical
details Sams put out music for labels likeCosmonostro and Record Record and
since 2015 he runs his own Prrrrrrr Records, with a focus on young promising
blood.

His live acts are not to be missed.

01. Persian Empire - Roshin (4:08)
02. Persian Empire - ABOUT//BLANK (3:22)
03. Persian Empire - Homeofficegirl (2:47)
04. Persian Empire - He Wouldnt Sleep (1:40)
05. Persian Empire - She Got Confused (2:41)
06. Persian Empire - He Got Confused (1:36)
07. Persian Empire - Pussyjuice (3:19)

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