Ata Ebtekar aka Sote is an electronic composer, sound artist and recording engineer who was born on September 2nd, 1972. His goal is to create unique and timeless pieces of music that are not available anywhere except in his mind. Sote is interested in keeping the tuning of Persian classical scales (Radif) and melodies from old Persian folk songs within a new electronic framework. Since he has a firm conviction that rules and formulas have to be deconstructed and rethought, he alters some of these modal systems from their original tonality and rhythm (tradition). He has released 2 records on RLR, one a dancefloor limited edition vinyl titled 'wakeup' (the followup to his Warp records release 'electric deaf') and Dastgaah, a full length cd illustrating his beatless persian electronic music techniques.

Releases:

Sote & Alireza Mashayekhi - Persian Electronic Music, Yesterday&Today
[ Sub Rosa ] cd

Sote - Wake Up [ Record Label Records ] vinyl

Sote - Dastgaah [ Dielectric/RLR ] cd

Sote - Iranian Folk Noisic & Beyond [ Dielectric ] download

Sote - Unfamiliar Ceilings Compilation [ Tear ] cd

Sonic Death Monkies - Dielectric Minimalist All-Stars [ Dielectric ] cd

Sote - Dr.one Drone All-Stars [ Dielectric ] cd

Sote & Virgox - Dielectric Volume 1 [ Dielectric ] cd

Sote - xoxo [ Dielectric ] vinyl

Sote - Electric Deaf [ Warp ] vinyl

Sote - Electric Deaf [ Warp ] cd

Aastiage - Flesh & Blood [ FM ] cd

Ata - Avaz Jungle Mix (Spiritual Brothers) [ Capitol/Virgin/EMI ] cd

Atax - Essence [ Spundae ] vinyl

Atax - Pink [ Rampant ] vinyl

Atax - White Labels vinyl