Ramin Rahimi is a percussionist and

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. His

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mostly focused on drums and

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Percussions

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and Tombak. he is also one of the members of

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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 LPs. Founded by Kay Anders and Andreas Lorenz in 2006, the main interest of Pure Steel is to spread the true and independent h ...

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 Grea ...

”. In 2007 he also Recorded his first solo Album, then in 2008 signed with ARC Music 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'' and then focused to write materials for his new solo album '' The Pulse of Persia'', the album was released in June 2010 through ARC Music, 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

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Discography

Solo albums

*''Iranian Percussion'' (2009) ARC Music * ''The Pulse of Persia'' (2010) ARC Music * '' Persian Percussion Electrified'' (2012) ARC Music

With Angband

*'' Rising from Apadana'' (2008)

*'' Visions of the Seeker'' (2010) Pure Steel Records *'' Saved from the Truth'' (2012) Pure Steel Records

Compilation

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

References

External links

Ramin Rahimi at Facebook

ARC Music

Angband
on Myspace
Angband at Facebook

Watch Video at Youtube
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