After releasing Iconophobic album, something extraordinary happened. Critics started comparing my sound to composers and bands I have never listened to. Here are four examples:
- "In many ways it would be more natural to hear this kind of music coming from a French performer than an Iranian one." - Gary Hill, Music Street Journal
- "I say ... the entire Belgian chamber rock scene as an influence on making Iconophobic" -Peter van Haerenborgh, Progwereld
- "Salim was born in Iran in 1981 and at age 29, he sounds much more adapt to the French/Belgium electronic progressive rock school of the 70's that stand up so well to this day." - Lee Henderson, ProgNaut
- "If I had listened without knowing the author, I probably would have said: Cute the new album by Clint Mansell!" - Emanuele Brizzante, Good Times Bad Times Blog
The interesting point here is I have no way to prove - however unnecessary - that I had never listened to Belgian prog rock of the 70s or been a follower of Clint Mansell's works! For me, this is only a testimony of the multicultural nature of human collective unconsciousness from which I have hunted the sounds for Iconophobic album.
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