Masoud (, born Masoud Fouladi Moghaddam (); May 22, 1985) is an

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record producer A record producer or music producer is a music creating project's overall supervisor whose responsibilities can involve a range of creative and technical leadership roles. Typically the job involves hands-on oversight of recording sessions; ensu ...

, artist, and DJ living in

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, Iran. He is known for leading the electronic dance music artist community in Iran.5 Iranian Music Stars To See Sans-Sanctions: Googoosh, Masoud, Yas and More
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Biography

He started working as a dance music producer at the end of 2009 by collaborating with

Jaren Cerf Jaren Cerf (born September 22, 1983) is an American recording artist and songwriter most recognized for her work in the trance music with artists like Armin van Buuren, Dash Berlin, and Cerf, Mitiska & Jaren. She has co-written songs for Canad ...

as a songwriter and her sister Josie on vocals which is called "Leave It All Behind" signed by

Ferry Corsten Ferry Corsten OON (; born 4 December 1973) is a Dutch DJ, record producer and remixer. He is well known for producing many pioneering trance tracks during the 1990s–2000s under his numerous aliases, including System F, Moonman, Pulp Victim an ...

's label

Flashover Recordings Flashover Recordings is a trance music record label founded by Dutch trance producer and DJ Ferry Corsten in 2005. The label was first formed releasing only trance music which included its sub-labels Levare Recordings and Flashover Recording ...

and got supports by Armin Van Buuren and

. After the success of this single Masoud got to remix "Staring at the Sea" by New York-based Musician " Dj Eco Pres. Pacheco" and supported by British Trance Group

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and

then hit the

Beatport Beatport is an American electronic music-oriented online music store owned by LiveStyle. The company is based in Denver, Los Angeles, and Berlin. Beatport is oriented primarily towards disk jockey, DJs, selling full songs as well as resources that ...

top20 chart. Platinum selling rapper

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sampled "Leave It All Behind (PrOmid Remix)" on "Young Ni**a Dream" featuring

YFN Lucci Rayshawn Lamar Bennett (born February 16, 1991), known professionally as YFN Lucci, is an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. In 2014, Bennett signed a record deal with Think It's A Game Entertainment and released his debut mixtape, ''Wish M ...

and Barcelini in 2017. In year 2010 Masoud teamed up with

again and made "Blinded". The vocal performed by a Los Angeles-based Model/Singer "Laurie". Sebastian Brandt remix of Blinded marked as a "Tune of the Week" on

A State of Trance ''A State of Trance'' (often abbreviated as ASOT) is a Dutch Trance music, trance radio show, hosted by Armin van Buuren and co-producer Ruben de Ronde, that first aired in June 2001. It is currently aired weekly every Thursday at 20:00 (CET) a ...

#453 by Armin van Buuren and got number 1 "Tune of the Month" on

's Countdown Radio Show in May. Andy Moor put Masoud's new EP in his Compilation CD "Breaking The Silence Vol. 2" and Signed it to the

Armada Music Armada Music is a Dutch independent record label that specialises in releasing electronic dance music. Armada Music was founded on 1 June 2003 by Dutch producer Armin van Buuren, Dutch business executive Maykel Piron, and music manager David ...

which is run by Armin Van Buuren in 2011 and supported by

Paul Oakenfold Paul Mark Oakenfold (; born 30 August 1963), formerly known mononymously as Oakenfold, is an English record producer, remixer and trance DJ. He has provided over 100 remixes for over 100 artists including U2, Moby, Madonna, Britney Spears, Ma ...

and

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, Faruk Sabanci's remix hit #1 on Juno Download Store. After that he signed a deal to Teletunez Inc. in 2011 to write for TV music with Brian Wayy. His remix of "Arlanda" an

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track by Sophie Sugar and Tom Colontonio released under A State of Trance (label) which is a sub-label of

and reached

Dash Berlin Dash Berlin is a Dutch electronic music group started in 2007 in The Hague by Eelke Kalberg and Sebastiaan Molijn. Dash Berlin were voted the seventh most popular DJs in the world according to ''DJ Mag'' in 2012; Kalberg and Molijn were record ...

's Top15 in May 2011. Masoud's releases and remixes got into compilations such as "Trance Nation 2010", "Armada Lounge Vol.5", "The Ibiza SoundTrack 2011", "50 Ibiza Trance Tunes 2012", "Vocal Trance Sessions 2010", "20 Vocal Trance Anthems – 2012 Spring Edition", "Trance 75, 2012", "Trance 100 2010 & 2011 & 2012", "AVA Recordings Collected & Best of 2011" by the record labels like

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and

In year 2014 Masoud signed three songs to

featuring Melissa Loretta,

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and Aneym supported by Armin Van Buuren,

, Andy Moor Masoud started an EDM project with Emmy Award winner Brian Wayy in 2015 and called it "MaWayy" and released first single "Wrong" in 2017 under Teletunez's division HitTunez and

Blanco Y Negro Blanco y Negro Records (Spanish: "White and Black"), a subsidiary of WEA Records Ltd., was established in 1983 by Geoff Travis of Rough Trade Records and Mike Alway of él Records. Michel Duval of Les Disques du Crépuscule was also involve ...

record label includes remixes by Joe Maz and Ayin. this record hit No.42 on

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chart in May 2018 for 3 weeks and became No.1 record on

WCPY WCPY (92.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to Arlington Heights, Illinois, and serving the Chicago area. WCPY airs a Polish language format during the daytime, as "Polski FM", while airing a dance hits format at night known as "Dance Factory ...

"Dance Factory FM" station in

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Masoud Fouladi Moghaddam Spinning At Sanctuary Club Atlantis Hotel Dubai 23rd of June 2010

The Caspian Sessions

He hosts a bi-weekly radio show entitled "The Caspian Sessions" on the trance radio Afterhours.FM and podcast on the Iranian Entertainment website Bia2.com A selection of the progressive trance, house and electro tunes at the moment plus a chillout song at the end of the show. Masoud picks a song as his favourite of every sessions. On June 9, 2015 the radio show airplay changed from Afterhours.FM to

Digitally Imported DI.FM (formerly known as Digitally Imported) is an Internet radio broadcaster consisting of over 90 channels dedicated to electronic music, such as house, trance, techno, drum and bass, and dubstep. DI.FM broadcasts handpicked selections consis ...

DJ Mixes channel on a monthly basis. Masoud cancelled this show after 100 episodes.

Discography

Singles

* 2009 "Masoud Feat. Josie – Leave It All Behind lashover Recordings/Levare (

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, Jorn van Deynhoven, Amurai, Promid Remixes) * 2010 "Masoud Feat. Laurie – Blinded lashover Recordings/Levare (Sebastian Brandt, Ginatron Remixes) * 2011 "Caspian Beat – Seven M Music * 2011 "Dj MaSound – Don't Be Afraid ost Language * 2012 "Masoud Feat. Nicole McKenna – Fix The Broken rmada Music/AVA * 2014 "Masoud Feat. Melissa Loretta - Best Days rmada/Statement! * 2015 "Masoud Feat. Hysteria! - Pull Me Back Again lack Hole Recordings * 2016 "Masoud Feat. Tara Louise – My Dreams" * 2017 " MaWayy – Wrong itTunez/Blanco y Negro Music">Blanco_y_Negro_Music.html" ;"title="itTunez/Blanco y Negro Music">itTunez/Blanco y Negro Music * 2018 " MaWayy – Blame [HitTunez]" * 2020 " MaWayy – Calling Her My Name pic Oslo/Sony Music">Sony_Music.html" ;"title="pic Oslo/Sony Music">pic Oslo/Sony Music (LIZOT, Glowinthedark Remixes) * 2021 " MaWayy – Run Run Run pic Oslo/Sony Music">Sony_Music.html" ;"title="pic Oslo/Sony Music">pic Oslo/Sony Music (Alex Ross, Glowinthedark Remixes)

EPs

* 2011 "Masoud – Here We Go [feat. Hannah Ray] / Skyward rmada Music/AVA ( Faruk Sabanci, Ginatron, Phillipe El Sisi Remixes) * 2014 "Masoud Feat. Alexandra Bădoi - Where Is The Sunrise", "Masoud Feat. Aneym - No More". As the label's website says, "‘No More’ is a summery tune fit for radio and long days, while ‘Where Is The Sunrise’ takes a slightly more ominous tone." * 2016 "Masoud Feat. Tara Louise - My Dreams / Goodbye" ilk Music(Vintage & Morelli, meHiLove Remixes)

Remixes

* 2010 "Dj Eco Pres. Pacheco – Staring at the Sea (Masoud Remix) lashover Recordings * 2010 "Tasadi – Jupiter (Masoud Remix) ost Language * 2010 "Dave Emanuel – Four Noble Truths (Masoud Remix) armonic Breezre Recordings * 2011 "Sophie Sugar & Tom Colontonio – Arlanda (Masoud Remix) rmada Music/ASOT * 2012 "Store N Forward – Listen To Life (Masoud Remix) fterglow * 2012 " Andy Moor Feat. Sue McLaren – Fight The Fire (Masoud Chillout Mix) rmada MusicArmada Lounge Vol.5
armadamusic.com * 2012 " Andy Moor Feat. Sue McLaren – Trespass (Masoud Chillout Mix) rmada Music/AVA

Biography

The Caspian Sessions

Discography

Singles

EPs

Remixes

Charts

References

External links