A personal exploration into the forgotten pulse of Persian music. This album is not just a tribute, it is a revival. Rooted in over two decades of Tombak practice and shaped by years of close study with the Qajar-era tasnif repertoire, this collection revisits a lost rhythmic tradition: the role of the zarb-gir-e-tasnif-khan – the percussionist who sings.

Drawing from rare gramophone recordings from Tehran, Paris, London, and Tbilisi (1905–1914), and inspired by the subtle mastery of past greats, this work seeks to awaken the rhythmic intelligence embedded in short classical cycles and reintroduce the power of the six-beat rhythm, once the heart of Qajar music.

Each piece has been chosen to reflect a full spectrum of rhythmic forms used in tasnifs: from 2-beat and 4-beat patterns to the elusive heavy 6-beat cycle, with all its melodic entry variations. Some compositions, like ‘Del dadam o del’, ‘Shabha ze eshtiaq’, and ‘Doshine pey-e golab’, are recorded for the first time.

This is a humble reminder, not of what has passed, but of what still pulses beneath the surface. A rhythm. A voice. A lineage rediscovered.