Kavus Torabi
| Kavus Torabi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 December 1971 |
| Genres | Psychedelic Progressive rock |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, mandolin, cuatro, santur, melodica, violin, various other instruments |
| Associated acts |
Knifeworld Cardiacs Gong The Monsoon Bassoon Guapo North Sea Radio Orchestra Mediæval Bæbes Chrome Hoof Miss Helsinki Admirals Hard Die Laughing Authority Hatchjaw and Bassett |
Kavus Torabi (born 5 December 1971, in Tehran, Iran) is a British Iranian musician and composer, record label owner and broadcaster. A multi-instrumentalist, he is known for his work in the psychedelic, avant-garde rock field (primarily as a guitarist). Torabi was one of the founding members of The Monsoon Bassoon (as singer, guitarist and one of the two primary composers) and subsequently joined the cult psychedelic rock group Cardiacs as second guitarist.
He currently fronts his own group Knifeworld and also plays guitar and composes for Guapo and for the legendary psychedelic band Gong, is a touring and recording musician for the Mediæval Bæbes and frequently collaborates with notable artists working in left-field music.
Torabi is reluctant to be pegged as a particular stylist, and his music has always drawn on a wide variety of influences. These have included indie and alternative rock (Pixies, Shudder to Think, XTC), British and American art/progressive rock (Cardiacs, Henry Cow, Yes, Hatfield and the North, Don Caballero), folk music, minimalist music, various forms of hard rock and heavy metal (Voivod, Melvins) and many others. His compositions are often typically dense, polyrhythmic and based in the lydian mode.
Kavus Torabi was born in Iran to an Iranian father and an English mother. His family moved to Plymouth, UK, when he was eighteen months old, originally planning to return once his father had made sufficient money, but ended up settling permanently following the 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran. "Most" of Torabi's relatives remain in Iran, but he himself has never returned.
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