After introducing ARYA: Songs From Iran, I wanted to present SoundMojo’s third album, CURRENT: EDM Transformed, which combined two of my favorite genres and styles: electronica music and instrumental guitar rock. As we release songs with their own complete music videos (playlist to music videos), I wanted to release the whole thing as it is a concept album in the interim.

I was born in Iran.

Left in 1983, through Spain.
Then in 1984 at the age of 6 moved to Canada, when, I didn’t really travel.

Post graduation—through work, then leisure—the map opened again, since visiting some 30 countries on 5 continents.

Music was always there. Pop, rock, rap, EDM, hard rock, heavy metal, classical.

But for some reason, during travel, I always gravitated to Instrumental rock tracks and EDM.

This album is the fusion: ten EDM songs, transformed into instrumental rock tracks. Each track—a city. A phase. A place in time. A state of mind.

ACT I — Awakening

1. Innocence (Children — Robert Miles, 1995)

Tehran — Origin

Before ambition, there is origin.

Children carries the weight of Innocence interrupted.
That is Tehran for me.

You don’t choose where you begin.
But it sets the tone for everything that follows.

2. Sunrise (Sunset on Ibiza — Three Drives, 1997)

Spain — Awakening

Spain wasn’t just transit—it was realization.
The world is bigger than what you left.

Not ambition yet.
Just realization, and awareness.

3. Elysium (Greece 2000 — Three Drives, 1997)

Athens / the Greek Isles — Identity

I read Persia’s history endlessly—always rewriting the ending.
But history doesn’t bend. Alexander wins.

That tension drew me to Alexander. I wrote about him in my second book.

Iran absorbs the world and reshapes its conquerors, through force and finesse.

Then came Christine—my queen from Ithaki.
But I didn’t arrive there immediately.

That came after the “10-year overnight success,” where I wrote my third book on 2016.
And each time I returned since—it meant more.

Identity isn’t inherited.
It’s lived, and loved.

ACT II — Ascent

4. First Light (1998 — Binary Finary)

Paris / London — Foundation

Discipline enters.

A French lycée. An exceptional English teacher.
Mastery, without knowing it.

That language became leverage.
WatchMojo followed, a reflection of my education and curiosity.

5. The Architect (Gamemaster — Lost Tribe, 1998)

New York / Chicago — Realization

New York—never fully reached, yet somehow conquered.

Finance rejected me.
Madison Avenue never embraced me.

But slowly, it became clear:

Chicago builds.
New York perfects.

America wasn’t out of reach.
You stop watching the game.
You start designing it.

You make it your own. You help define it.

6. Viper’s Run (Diamondback — Mekka, 2000)

Berlin / Amsterdam — Execution

Old empires. Former capitals of power.

Now… lessons.

What rises. What falls. What endures.

These cities don’t merely impress.
They instruct.
They inspire.
What was, what could be.

You learn about reinvention, revitalization.

ACT III — Peak

7. Jackhammer (Piledriver — Amoeba Assassin, 1997)

St. Petersburg / Beijing — Velocity

Was fortunate to reach the furthest points from home in the late 2010s, meeting with, and speaking to global citizens around the world.

I missed Shanghai. Hong Kong. Moscow.

Regrets linger.

But the memories I did make in Beijing and St-Petersburg remain.

Distance changes perspective.

8. Xcaper (Xpander — Sasha, 1999)

California — Expansion

Hollywood. Silicon Valley.

Closed systems. Unreachable circles.

I knocked. I waited.

Then something shifted:

I didn’t change.
They did.

Now the goal isn’t entry.

It’s disruption.

ACT IV — Climax

9. Overture (Opus — Eric Prydz, 2015)

Rio / Buenos Aires — Purpose

Overture builds slowly—until it overwhelms.

By 2026, I wasn’t searching anymore.

I was expanding.

Not chasing the world—
just at ease with myself to pursue whatever my heart desired.

ACT V — Release

10. Cortado (Café Del Mar — Energy 52, 1993)

Lisbon — Reflection

Back to Iberia. But not as departure. As return.

Clarity over motion.

Signal over noise.

A new chapter begins: Signal & The Noise.

Final Thought

This isn’t merely a playlist.

It’s a trajectory.

From origin…
to awareness…
to identity…
to execution…
to expansion…
to purpose…
to reflection.

The music didn’t guide the journey.

But somehow—

It always knew where I was. Finding me. Guiding me. Hope you enjoy the music, and journey.