Ramin Rahimi is a percussionist and

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music ...

. His

music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspe ...

mostly focused on drums and

Iranian Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian lan ...

Percussions

Daf Daf ( fa, دف) also known as Dâyere and Riq is a Middle Eastern (mainly Iranian) frame drum musical instrument, used in popular and classical music in South and Central Asia. It is also used in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Iran, Uzbe ...

and

Tombak The ''tombak'' ( Persian: تمبک), ''tonbak'' (تنبک), or ''zarb'' (ضَرب) is an Iranian goblet drum. It is considered the principal percussion instrument of Persian music. The tombak is normally positioned diagonally across the torso ...

. he is also one of the members of

power metal Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in contra ...

act Angband.

Biography

Born 1969 in Tehran, Rahimi worked with Tehran Symphony Orchestra for some years as a Cello player. He founded an all percussion band named Ramin Rahimi's Tapesh in 1998, a 25-member big band in concerts. He joined Angband in 2007, a power metal/progressive band that signed with

Pure Steel Records Pure Steel Records is a record label based in Germany that focuses on heavy metal music. Pure Steel produces CDs and LP album, LPs. Founded by Kay Anders and Andreas Lorenz in 2006, the main interest of Pure Steel is to spread the true and inde ...

from Germany later that year, released an album in August 2008 entitled “Rising from

Apadana Apadana ( peo, 𐎠𐎱𐎭𐎠𐎴) is a large hypostyle hall in Persepolis, Iran. It belongs to the oldest building phase of the city of Persepolis, in the first half of the 6th century BC, as part of the original design by Darius the Gr ...

”. In 2007 he also Recorded his first solo Album, then in 2008 signed with

ARC Music ARC Music is a world music and folk music label based in West Sussex, England, that was established in 1976. Naxos acquired ARC in 2019. Film and television ARC Music has been used in the films ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crysta ...

and in July 2009 his first solo album “Iraninan Percussion” released and received well. In 2008-9 Ramin worked on Angband’s second album ''

Visions of the Seeker ''Visions of the Seeker'' is the second studio album by Angband, the power metal/progressive metal musical group, released on October 29, 2010, through Pure Steel Records. The album was mixed and mastered by the veteran producer/sound engineer ...

'' and then focused to write materials for his new solo album '' The Pulse of Persia'', the album was released in June 2010 through

, a more colorful release due to many guest musicians on Persian folk instruments. Ramin Rahimi played many concerts in his own country. Besides that many world music listeners have seen him on stage in many countries, including Turkey, Germany, Finland, France, Czech Republic, Armenia, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan. Ramin Rahimi's music featured on

BBC Radio 3 BBC Radio 3 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. It replaced the BBC Third Programme in 1967 and broadcasts classical music and opera, with jazz, world music, drama, culture and the arts also featuring. The sta ...

Discography

Solo albums

*''Iranian Percussion'' (2009)

* ''The Pulse of Persia'' (2010)

* ''

Persian Percussion Electrified ''Persian Percussion Electrified'' is the third studio album by Ramin Rahimi, drummer for the power metal act Angband. The album was released on November 19, 2012, through ARC Music. It features Mahyar Dean and Farshad Shokuhfar from Angband as ...

'' (2012)

With Angband

*''

Rising from Apadana ''Rising from Apadana'' is the first studio album by Angband, a power metal musical group from Tehran, released on August 29, 2008, through Pure Steel Records. Track listing Reception The album was well received. Many magazines and webzine ...

'' (2008)

*''

'' (2010) Pure Steel Records *''

Saved from the Truth ''Saved from the truth'' is the third studio album by Persian power metal act Angband released on September 28, 2012 through Pure Steel Records. as was the case with their previous album the mixing and mastering was handled by well-known produce ...

'' (2012) Pure Steel Records

Compilation

*''Masters of Percussion Vol.3'' (2009)

References

External links

Ramin Rahimi at Facebook

ARC Music

Angband
on Myspace
Angband at Facebook

Watch Video at Youtube
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