Mirza

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Mirza: (1) San Francisco instrumental psychedelic band, mid-to-late 1990s. (2) Iranian guitarist/composer, active 1990s-. (3) Kurdish folk singer, currently active (1) Instrumental neo-psych combo Mirza was based in San Francisco. They released 'Anadromous' in 1997, their contribution to Darla Records’ ongoing Bliss Out series; the 'Iron Compass Flux' LP followed a year later. The band’s final release was the 'Last Clouds' LP on Ba Da Bing! Records -- a compilation of their debut 12” originally released on Autopia in 1996, plus 7 previously unreleased tracks. The band were: Mark Williams, Brian Lucas, Glenn Donaldson, and Steven R. Smith. After their breakup Glenn formed the The Skygreen Leopards, and with Smith and Loren Chasse the improv group, Thuja. Brian Lucas’ current project goes by the name of Cloud Shepherd. (2) Born in 1971 in Tehran, Babak Mirzakhani is a self-taught guitarist who first picked up the guitar in 1990. In 1996 started his university studies in Theater in which he performed as an actor, wrote music for student plays, directed two plays,and graduated with a B.A in 2000. After graduation he has acted as assistant director in several movies, and from 2002 has focused his efforts and music compositions on a theater troupe created by his collegue Jalal Tehrani. As of 2006 he has written scores for 7 plays and 3 movies, and was nominated for best soundtrack for the play Hey Big Man Don't Cry from the Fajr Art Festival. Mirzakhani is also a gui...