Habib Rahimi composing beside a grand piano

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Portrait of Habib Rahimi in a leather jacket and blue turtleneck

Composer · Researcher · Spectral Lab

Habib Rahimi

Works across composition, psychoacoustic inquiry, electroacoustic sound, instrumental writing, and software-based artistic research.

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Sound as
material.

Tehran, Iran

Introduction

This site is a contemporary artistic research platform for spectral music, psychoacoustic listening, instrumental resonance, fixed media sound, and software tools for composition.

The BrinkViewDyslexiscopeViewLiminal2024 · Chamber orchestraViewTension Between Dying and Birth2024 · Symphonic orchestra and celestaViewChaotic ConduitViewChiaroscuroViewHidden Harmonics2024 · CompositionViewA Duet for Oud and Fixed Media2023 · Oud and fixed mediaView
Selected Works

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The Brink

2025 · Ensemble

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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.

Open project
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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02
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
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