mhz: Material Prosody | review on chain d.l.k | nov 2024
The result is music that’s as intellectual as it is physical, as much a study in rhythm and texture as it is a philosophical treatise on sound itself.
immediate perception: a conversation with mo h. zareei | interview with fulcrum arts | oct 2024
mHz :: Material Prosody (Room40) | review on igloo magazine | oct 2024
“captivating, thoughtful, emotive, strange”
mHz ~ Material Prosody | review on a closer listen | sep 2024
“The artist dares the listener to find beauty in what is stark, which might also describe the ethos of Room40; the label has produced a gem in Material Prosody, although not from diamonds and rubies, but something rougher and more relatable.”
mHz - Proof Of Identity | review on foxy digitalis | may 2023
“this music is delightful and introspective, casting meditative phantoms at surprising angles to create a shadow world worth exploring”
mHz - same room, another day | review on the wire
“purely narcotic”
Material Sequencer – Physical materiality of sound | feature on creative applications | nov 2021
mo h. zareei turns raw material into sound with 'material sequencer' sound sculpture | feature on design boom | nov 2021
The Best Ambient Music on Bandcamp: May 2021 | review on bandcamp daily | jun 2021
“As with his other compositions, Earth’s Shadow gives voice to the unhuman, adding a subjectivity to the galaxy’s brightest star.”
mHz - Earth's Shadow | review on endaural | may 2021
“You won't have to understand all the science, you'll just need to be present for the experience.”
mHz: Function: Important | review on neural | may 2021
"a hypnotic charm and an orderly, powerful, abrasive and geometric poetry ... debunking the cliché that art-music does not welcome the use of beats."
Material Music, a band of matter | review on neural | jan 2021
“an ideal embodiment of the juxtaposition between sound art and science”
mHz - Function | review on boomkat | nov 2020
"For all their dryness and austerity, mHz’s rigorous tekkers results in hypnotic patterns and dancefloor traction that should light up fans of the purest electronics".
mHz – sometime after two, somewhere else by mHz | review on attn:magazine | sep 2020
“it’s a simple premise, and the results are beautifully complicated.”
sometime after two, somewhere else by mHz | new and notable on bandcamp | jul 2020
“a longform drone piece from new zealand sound sculptor mo H. zareei plays subtly with listeners’ perceptions as its layers unfold.”
mHz - Function | review on the wire | jul 2020
"a perfect balance between the crisp granular qualities of the constituent sounds and the seductions of rhythm.”
mHz - Form | review on vital weekly | nov 2019
”think pan sonic meets alva noto, goem meeting ryoji ikeda and you get part of the picture [...] this is another fine mark of what I think could be a comeback of the whole clicks 'n cuts movement.”
Form by mHz | review on toneshift | nov 2019
the minimalism of mHz is striking and coded, slightly animated in terms of production style that comes off like hard-edged collage here and there.”
hardcore sounds from tehran | review on resident advisor | dec 2018
“zareei kept energy levels high with glitchy beats and the melodies of frayed electronics, as if a chorus of printers, servers and radars had joined up to programme dance music according to their own logic.”
luminaries from the local and international sonic arts scene at aotearoa audio arts festival, wellington, new zealand | feature on streaming museum | nov 2018
aotearoa audio arts festival | review on the wire | dec 2018
“a blisteringly abrasive display of brutalist, rhythm electronics accompanied by glitchy light-based visuals, executed in the style of ryoji ikeda”
aaa festival| | interview with radio nz | sep 2018
interference [dac] – cross medium light wave distortions | feature on creative applications | jun 2017
machine brut(e), temporal monolithism | feature in neural magazine | may 2017
brutalist architecture informs a series of sound-sculptures | review on vice | may 2016
"much like the music of idm masters autechre, there isn’t simply beauty in the repetition and geometry of the audio, but in the tonal qualities of the sound.
the look of sound | interview with radio nz | may 2017
artist gives brutalist architecture a singing voice | feature on kill screen | may 2016
θr: | interview with radio nz | sep 2015
these brutalist-inspired instruments redefine the meaning of industrial music | review on fast company | may 2015
mo zareei's kinetic sound-sculptures | profile on streaming museum | mar 2015
sound-sculptures by mo H. zareei | feature on creative applications | may 2015
gradient | interview with sounz | mar 2015
robotics and music of the future | interview with radio nz | nov 2014
Hg [EP] | review on a closer listen | oct 2013
"Hg is a dynamic debut from a young composer who is willing to take risks right out of the gate. from the sound of this EP, every move has paid off. a clear concept and crisp execution are the marks that we expect will lead to a successful career."