'I produce whatever real ideas come into my mind, even if I go to prison for years,” Rajabian said.
Mehdi Rajabian is thirty years old. A music lover from a young age, the creative arts forever beckoned to him. His appreciation of music took him on a journey from a young composer to the owner of a production company, helping others like him create music that—in his home country of Iran—can cost an artist their freedom.
Rajabian was interested in music from an early age, but the art form was never just an audible experience for him. “The philosophy of music and the message it carries is always the most important part for me,” he explained. “Music is made by using physical items and combining time and voices, but it isn't the true result of these instruments and mathematics unless it has a philosophy or a message to go along with it.
It took Meures almost a year to even find people willing to have their story told—the two eventual protagonists Anoosh Rakizade and Arash Shadram. “Everyone was interested and everyone liked the idea of being in a movie, but in the end everyone was too scared,” she recalled. “I did promise them i would not show their faces, I would not reveal their identities, but there is so much mistrust.”
“It might be hard to believe for the rest of the world, but here, a simple art activity can ruin its artist's life. That's why many artists censor themselves automatically, and not much of good music comes out of Iran,” Rajabian explained. But even his experience in prison served as inspiration. Indeed, it was where the idea for the Middle East album came to him. He recalled he was put on the same ward as Somali pirates as an added punishment, but instead they became his friends. “They would sing me their folk music and poems,” he said, and still today Rajabian has “a hand-written souvenir from their leader, which is a humanitarian poem.” He has posted the poem for all to see on his Instagram page.
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