Idlefon is Hesam Ohadi (b. 1987 in Tehran), an Iranian Canadian computer musician and sound artist based in Calgary, Canada.
They began creating electronic music in 2006 after experimenting with various music styles as a drummer. Idlefon's works can mainly be associated with the broad spectrum of modern visceral ambient, fusing muted elements of IDM and glitch into each work's vastness. Their first experience as a producer dates back to 2010 when they made the soundtrack for the animated short “The Radiologist’s Room” by Arash Radkia. They then released 4 tracks as a third of an split album called “Spotty Surfaces” along with fellow musicians Siavash Amini and Nima Pourkarimi.
Idlefon's output has often been influenced by daily existence in the urban center of Tehran and later on by the natural beauty of their home province Alberta. Ohadi has previously released Idlefon's music on Tympanik Audio; as of 2021, Ohadi has found a home for their output with the Oakland-based emotive experimental label n5MD. Faded and processed vocals can also be heard throughout the album among deep pads and harsh rhythms that mark his familiar sounds.
They are also one of the co-founders and runners of the experimental art label BITROT and the music festival SET.
We're grateful to collaborate and produce on the shared, stolen, unceded, ancestral and traditional territories of Penelakut, Lamalcha, Hwitslum and other Hul’qumi’num speaking peoples, as well as the ceded territories of Tsawwassen First Nation, on what is now known as Galiano Island, British Columbia. We recognize the complex impacts that hosting settlers and non-settlers has on the Indigenous land and peoples of this area, and we aim to be responsible and accountable for these impacts and our footprint—whether cultural, environmental or social.
We acknowledge the generous support of our partners and funders:
