POUYA EHSAEI is a live electronic musician, composer and sound designer working on the intersections of experimental electronic music, live improv and dub techno, characterised by influences from industrial music, breakbeat, jazz, noise, and Iranian folk and classical music. He is the band-leader of Cuban-Iranian ensemble Ariwo and co-founder of Parasang where he led long-from improvisations in a clubbing context. He has released two solo albums There (Entr’acte), RocRast (Zabte Sote) and two albums with Ariwo and performed at Montreux Jazz Festival, London Jazz Festival, Barbican, Southbank Centre, Womad, Tehran Contemporary Sounds, Womex, Fold and many more. www.pouyaehsaei.com
