Kian Pourtorab

Kian Pourtorab (born 20 August 1986); is a singer, songwriter, composer and musician from Iran. He is also known as the founder and lead singer of, a well-known alternative rock band in Iran. The band stopped activities in 2016 and Pourtorab pursued his career as a solo artist. He has since released several solo albums including “This Side (2018)”http://kianpourtorab.com/music/this-side/, “Q (2021)”http://kianpourtorab.com/music/q/, ”Shabgard (2022)”http://kianpourtorab.com/music/night-crawler/ and many singles such as “Parvaz (2019)”, “Promise (2020)”, and “Etefagh (2021)”.http://kianpourtorab.com/music/ 
== Early life and history ==
Kian Pourtorab was born and raised in Tehran, Iran. When he was 16, his cousin left a guitar at his place and did not come after it for a while. Pourtorab started playing different notes with the guitar and realized he has a natural talent. The positive feedback that he received from family and friends made him pursue the music more seriously.https://www.musicema.com/node/341879 
Eventually he began composing his own songs, adding lyrics to them and recording them at a studio. In 2007, he founded his own rock band called the and started performing with its other members including Nima Ramezan (guitar), Bardia Amiri (drums), Ashkan Abron (keyboard) and Arin Keshishi (bass guitar).https://www.musicema.com/node/341879https://blog.mideastunes.com/post/14937509986/interview-with-comment-iranian-alternative-rock Their first album “Miram Balatar (Going Higher)” was released in 2009. They released two more albums titled “Dayereha (Circles)” and “Rafte Az Dast (Lost)” which were followed by series of concerts over the years. The band continued to rehearse and perform until mid 2016 when suddenly stopped all activities.
== Career ==
In 2016, Kian Pourtorab announced that it has been a year since he started working on an individual project and his debut solo single “Pieces” would be released soon.https://www.musicema.com/node/281315 Subsequently, his debut solo album “This Side” was released in 2018. The album tracks were minimal and in ambient and electronic genres. All works on this album were performed by himself.https://www.farsnews.ir/amp/13970218000420
When asked about the similarity of this album with :fa:کامنت_(گروه_موسیقی)|Comment Band's albums, Pourtorab said that “the atmosphere of the album doesn’t resemble my style in . In this album I was trying to take a distance from my old version and it was really hard, because I needed to discover new dimensions of myself and invent a new me in music. On the other hand, it was really amazing, as I was completely myself and any good or bad results were just mine”.
Pourtorab’s second solo album “Q”, was released in 2021.http://kianpourtorab.com/music/q/ “Q” stands for quarantine, and the album was inspired and written by him during the lock down. This album has 6 tracks and is close to Lo-fi style and ambient genres. Every track of this album refers to one phase of the pandemic outbreak. Its lyrics are short and contain very limited words.
In 2022, his third solo album “Shabgard” got released.http://kianpourtorab.com/music/night-crawler/ In terms of music genres, the album can be classified in genre of electropop music. The word “Shabgard” is an adjective meaning the one who explores at nights, and the album's theme revolves around those who enjoy night life. All the works on this album from inception to the finish were merely done by Pourtorab himself. 
In an interview in 2022, Pourtorab stated that “there is a difference in making music in Iran and other countries”. According to him “in any other country the musician shall focus only on his area of specialization, while in Iran there is no systematic program for music production, and the musician has to get involved in almost every aspect of the process. So, besides composing, which is my own area of specialization, I was convinced that I have to master my skills and knowledge in the rest of the areas as well, and I believe this has happened.https://www.ilna.ir/fa/tiny/news-1204759 
== Artistry ==
Pourtorab says that he has “always been concerned with creating; creating things that are missing in the world”. He describes that “he does not limit himself to any particular music genre, and considers the genres to be the most unimportant part of music"; in his words "genres are just layouts to express the ideas that an artist has in mind”. He states that “anything irregular can be art too”.https://www.musicema.com/node/341879
== Discography ==
=== Studio Albums ===
* Miram Balater ; Going Higher (Comment Band 2009)
* Dayereha ; Circles (Comment Band 2012) 
* Rafte Az Dast ; Lost (Comment Band 2014)
* This Side (2018)
* Shabgard (2022)
=== EPs ===
* Q (2021)
=== Singles ===
* Parvaz (2019)
* Bihessam (2019)
* Promise (2020)
* Shab Sob She (2021)
* Emshab (2021)
* Etefagh (2021)
* Shahre Khamoosh (2021)
* Nemitabi (2022)
Category:Iranian people
Category:Iranian singers
Category:Iranian musicians