Mastaneh — Mehrdad Asemani

About this track

The story behind “Mastaneh” is really a story about balance: the voice of Mehrdad Asemani, the emotional idea of the song and a production that has to give each element enough room. The finished version depends on those parts meeting in the right place.

“Mastaneh” is part of Range Eshgh and is described in the project notes as a bright six-eight track coloured by tar and setar.

The a rhythmic six-eight groove character matters because it establishes the emotional temperature from the first bars. At around ۱۰۰, That movement gives Mehrdad Asemani’s voice a place inside the production rather than leaving it floating above the music.

Alongside his personal Miragesohi releases, collaborations like this show another side of Meraj Mirzaei: the engineer and producer who spends much of his time shaping other artists’ music until the final version feels complete.