This website represents the culmination of Payman Abdali's many musical endeavors. It shows his work as BANAFSH and his collaboration with the members of the BANAFSH band. In addition, it shows his participation in NEMAN, an ethno-electronic duo he co-founded with Negar Kharkan. The website also presents his solo projects in the field of contemporary electronic music under his own name Payman Abdali. And finally, the joint efforts of BANAFSH + GRAY, a partnership with Arash Adelpour, are presented.
Company co-founder | XDOT Production | San Francisco, CA | 1989
TV Series score | A summer full of kindness | Director: Abbas Ranjbar | 1992
Movie score | Bemani | Director: Abbas Ranjbar | 1993
TV call for prayer (music composition) | Jahad Daneshgahi IRIB | 1993
Angel of Thoughts (music album) | XDOT25 Music | 1994
TV Series score | Finding a friend | Director: Abbas Ranjbar | 1995
Theater music score | The song of the fairy | Director: Sepideh Nazaripour | 1995
Best Theater Composition candidate | The song of the fairy | Fajr international festival | 1996
Concert (Creation) | Austrian Cultural Center Tehran | 1996
Company founder | Naqmeh Banafsh Andisheh (NBAI) music label | 1998
Theater music score | Haghil | Director: Amir Dejakam | 1999
Documentary Music Composition | 18th Festival | Azersam Film | Director: Ramin Mohseni | 2000
Honorary award for theater score | First women theater festival | Director: Sepideh Nazaripour | 2000
Theater music score | Yadegari | Director: Amir Dejakam | 2004
Honored for Single release | Waiting for the sun | 10th anniversary of Sahar English network | 2007
Music Hall 151 (music album) | NBAI | 2010
Fifth Element (music album) | NBAI - rereleased in 2021 XDOT25 Music | 2013
Sound Design | Halls 1, 2 and 3 Sacred defense museum | 2014
Movie score | Window (documentary) | Director: Mohammad Rasekhfar | 2015
Best movie score candidate | Window (documentary) | Haghighat documentary festival | 2015
Audible Visions (music album) | NBAI - rereleased in 2021 XDOT25 Music | 2016
A Pledge for Peace (music album) | NBAI | 2016
A Pledge for Peace concert | 6th “Arts for Peace” festival Tehran, Iran | 2016
Movie score | Savadkoohi (short film) | Director: Mohammadreza Madjd| 2017
A Pledge for Peace concert | Azadi Square,Tehran, Iran | 2017
A Pledge for Peace concert | Ivan ShamsTehran, Iran | 2018
Khoramshahr +30 (installation art) | Farmanfarma Gallery | Tehran, Iran | 17 May - 31 May 2019
Social Art Award 2019 under the topic “We are the People – Peaceful Revolutions” candidate | Institute for Art and Innovation | Berlin, Germany | 2019
Border (mixed performance) | Director: Masoumeh Jalalieh | Carrara, Italy | 2019
NEMAN band | formed the band with Negar Kharkan a great Kamanche Player | Tehran, Iran | 2019
Single Track Ordibehesht | Tarr Records | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 2021
Trailer music | When pomegranates howl | Director: Granaz Mousavi, Australia | 2021
Movie score | Don Shahriar (documentary) | Director: Reza Mohana | 2021
Ambient Music Composition | Bordeaux Blues | Mostafa Nodeh picture gallery, Bordeaux, France | 2021
Konzert Improvisation | Eindorf, Vienna Austria | Nov 29 2022
Performance for Hidden Goddess Organization | Independent Women Refugee Week| Athens, Greece | 2023