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- Year
- 2024
- Medium
- Chamber orchestra
Composer · Spectral Research · Sonic Forms
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Composition · Psychoacoustics · Spectral Research
Habib Rahimi
Composer, researcher, spectral artist, interdisciplinary practitioner, and creator of Spectral Lab.
Habib Rahimi works across composition, psychoacoustic inquiry, electroacoustic sound, instrumental writing, and software-based artistic research.
Composer / researcher
Spectral listening laboratory
Spectral Lab
Composition: Habib Rahimi composing at a grand piano
Research: Habib Rahimi in a concert hall
Performance: Portrait of Habib Rahimi in a performance space
Introduction
This site is a contemporary artistic research platform for spectral music, psychoacoustic listening, instrumental resonance, fixed media sound, and software tools for composition.
Featured Works
A small selection from the composition and electroacoustic archive, drawn from the attached CV.
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- Year
- 2024
- Medium
- Symphonic orchestra and celesta
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- Year
- 2024
- Medium
- Vibraphone and string quartet
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A Duet for Oud and Fixed Media
Hybrid acoustic-electronic duet integrating timbral transformation and resonance.
- Year
- 2023
- Medium
- Oud and fixed media
Current Practice
Teaching, editorial work, musicological organization, and artistic direction form the institutional frame around the compositional practice.
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University Lecturer
Iran's National University of Skill
Full-time lecturer teaching composition, theory, orchestration, and music for animation while supervising creative and academic projects.
- Integrates interdisciplinary approaches in film scoring and sound design education.
- Period
- Oct 2024-Present
- Source
- Attached CV
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Music Theory, Organology, and Sound Design Instructor
Tehran School of Broadcasting
Part-time instructor for theoretical and practical courses in music theory, organology, sound editing, and sound design.
- Period
- Sep 2025-Present
- Source
- Attached CV
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Board Member
Iranian Musicology Association
Contributes to academic strategy, research initiatives, and contemporary music programs.
- Period
- 2025-Present
- Source
- Attached CV
Spectral Lab
The lab is the technical and artistic research layer of the site: a set of modular listening tools for spectral analysis, perception, and instrumental resonance.
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Artistic research platformActive site architecture
Spectral Lab
A modular web ecosystem for spectral analysis, psychoacoustic study, instrumental resonance, and composition-oriented listening tools.
- Date
- 2026
- Source
- Public repository
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LAB-01Evolving research prototype
Spectral Analysis Workstation
A research tool for uploading short audio excerpts and analyzing spectrograms, partial structures, harmonicity, roughness, and psychoacoustic metrics.
- Medium
- analysis
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LAB-02Evolving listening prototype
Spectral Psychoacoustic Lab
A browser-based listening laboratory for exploring beating, roughness, fusion, harmonicity, brightness, noise, and spectral perception.
- Medium
- psychoacoustics
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LAB-03Evolving composition prototype
Harmonic & Subharmonic Explorer
A composition-focused workbench for exact harmonic and subharmonic ratios, microtonal pitch approximation, playback, notation, and String Lab transfer.
- Medium
- composition
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LAB-04Evolving instrument prototype
Spectral Strings Lab
A minimal browser-based spectral string instrument for harmonic exploration, resonance, and interactive sound performance.
- Medium
- strings
Correspondence
For performances, collaborations, correspondence, or laboratory inquiries.