Ashkan Kooshanejad
Ashkan Kooshanejad (born 13 August 1985), also known as Ash Koosha, is a British-Iranian technology entrepreneur, multidisciplinary artist, futurist and innovator. He is known to use computer software such as artificial intelligence and virtual reality in his work. He is the CEO and co-founder of Oorbit Inc.
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Ashkan Kooshanejad
- Name
- Ashkan Kooshanejad
- Occupation
- Entrepreneur, Composer, record producer, film director,
- Born
- 1985
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Fields
- electronic music
- Languages
- English
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And one of the founders of Auxuman Inc.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Ashkan Kooshanejad • Origin — Tehran, Iran • Genre — Electronic Experimental Soundtrack Ambient • Occupation — Entrepreneur, Composer, record producer, film director, • Years Active — 2007–present • Label — Olde English Spelling Bee Ninja Tune Realms • Associated Acts — Take It Easy Hospital Roya Arab
Early life and education
Early life and education
Kooshanejad was born and raised in Tehran, Iran. He studied music at the Tehran Conservatory of Music.
Career
Career
Kooshanejad played the lead role in an Iranian-Cannes jury prize winner docufiction film by director Bahman Ghobadi called No One Knows About Persian Cats, which follows his band's story scouring the Iranian underground music scene trying to find musicians to play in a festival in the UK. Kooshanejad sought asylum in the UK due to the reaction to the film in Iran. Kooshanejad released the album GUUD in 2015. The video for "I Feel That" was directed by digital artist Hirad Sab. The album has received positive feedback and support from music critics such as Pitchfork. The album holds a rating of 4.4/5 on Discogs. He released his second album I AKA I on London label Ninja Tune, which holds a rating of 4/5 on AllMusic and 79 on Metacritic. I AKA I was accompanied by CGI videos created by Hirad Sab and was premiered on Adult Swim. In 2015, he introduced the concept for the world's first virtual reality album and has developed multi-sensory experiences for songs such as Snow, OTE, Stained and Eluded since. He has performed using a virtual reality headset for the first time at the London Institute of Contemporary Art, in collaboration with TheWaveVR. In 2018, he introduced a virtual singer named "YONA" which uses text-to-speech processed through an associated software to create human-sounding singing. In 2019, he founded Auxuman Inc., a technology company building virtual musicians using artificial intelligence. In 2021, he founded Oorbit inc., a cloud computing company that makes infrastructure for the metaverse.
Albums
Albums
• |Year — |Title • 2015 — GUUD * Released: 8 June 2015 * Label: Olde English Spelling Bee * Formats: LP, digital download • 2016 — I AKA I * Released: 1 April 2016 * Label: Ninja Tune * Formats: LP, digital download • 2017 — CHIMERA EP * Released: 14 July 2017 * Label: Ninja Tune * Formats: digital download • 2018 — AKTUAL * Released: 30 March 2018 * Label: Realms * Formats: digital download • 2018 — Unnamed * Released: 30 May 2018 * Label: Self-released * Formats: digital download • 2018 — Return 0 * Released: 21 September 2018 * Label: Realms * Formats: digital download • 2018 — A OK * Released: 24 September 2018 * Label: Realms * Formats: digital download • 2018 — STAMINA * Released: 13 November 2018 * Label: Realms * Formats: digital download
Singles
Singles
• |Year — |Title • 2016 — "Biutiful" * Released: 2016 * Label: Ninja Tune * Formats: digital download • 2016 — "Faint" * Released: 2016 * Label: Ninja Tune * Formats: digital download • 2018 — "Aroha" * Released: 2018 * Label: Realms * Formats: digital download
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Title — Functioned as • director — Screenwriter — Producer — Composer — Actor • 2009 — No One Knows About Persian Cats (Feature) • 2015 — Fermata (Feature) • 2017 — Another News Story (Feature/Documentary)
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- 1.The Loneliness of a Highbrow Teenage Songwriting Robot. Bloomberg.com. 26 November 2019.
- 2.Extension of Self: Ash Koosha Talks. Theransomnote.com.
- 3.Oorbit raises $5M from Mark Cuban, Deadmau5 and more for metaverse platform. 17 March 2022.
- 4.Sherburne, Philip. Ash Koosha: Conducting Destruction. Pitchfork.com. 16 September 2015.
- 5.Davies, Rodrigo. Iran's underground rock scene thrives despite censors. BBC News. 25 March 2010.
- 6.Richard Gehr. Ash Koosha: Acclaimed Iranian Musician on Being Newly Banned From U.S. Rolling Stone. 30 January 2017.
- 7.McElroy, Damien. Iran rock band seeks asylum in Britain. The Daily Telegraph. 11 August 2009.
- 8.Backer, Stina. Iranian stars who shone at Cannes ask Britain for asylum. The Independent. 8 August 2009.
- 9.Liu, Juliet. Enter Ash Koosha's Extra-Dimensional Virtual Reality in the Video For "I Feel That". The FADER. 8 July 2015.
- 10.Listen to "Harbour" by Ash Koosha. Pitchfork.com.
- 11.Ash Koosha – Guud. Discogs.com. 12 February 2016.
- 12.Simpson, Paul. I AKA I - Ash Koosha AllMusic Review by Paul Simpson. AllMusic. 15 April 2016.
- 13.I AKA I by Ash Koosha. Metacritic.com.
- 14.Watch Music Videos and Clips for Free from Adult Swim. Adultswim.com.
- 15.Ash Koosha is pushing electronic music into a virtual reality. Factmag.com. 2 March 2016.
- 16.Ash Koosha Live UK Debut + Brood Ma & LING | Institute of Contemporary Arts.
- 17.Ash Koosha explains why robots won't kill us all. Thefader.com.
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