# Hermes Records

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**Hermes Records** is an independent record label founded in [Tehran](/source/Tehran), [Iran](/source/Iran), in 1999 by Ramin Sadighi.[1] Under the slogan *music for music*, Hermes has published and produced mainly [contemporary](/source/Contemporary_classical_music) [Persian music](/source/Music_of_Iran).

Hermes Records has published different styles and genres of contemporary Persian music, as well as interactions between western and [oriental](/source/Music_of_Asia) [musical textures](/source/Musical_texture) and [harmonies](/source/Harmonie).[2] It has been described as having "almost singlehandedly built a much needed platform for artists and [fans](/source/Fan_(person)) of genuinely [experimental](/source/Experimental_music) Iranian music".[3] The label is officially distributed in Iran, Turkey, Italy, UK, France, Germany, Greece & [BeNeLux](/source/BeNeLux).[citation needed]

## Genres

Ramin Sadighi (CEO of Hermes Records) has produced different styles of contemporary Persian musicians. The label does not produce strictly [classical Persian music](/source/Persian_traditional_music) and pop music, as they have their own labels, and vocal music by women is censored by the government of contemporary Iran.[4]

In a 2009 article for [MERIP](/source/Middle_East_Research_and_Information_Project), Sadighi and Mahdavi described the evolution of the post-revolutionary music scene in Iran, its subversive character, and Western misconceptions of underground and rock music in Iran.[5]

## Selection of musicians

[Ahmad Pejman](/source/Ahmad_Pejman), [Alireza Mashayekhi](/source/Alireza_Mashayekhi), [Hossein Alizadeh](/source/Hossein_Alizadeh), [Dušan Bogdanović](/source/Du%C5%A1an_Bogdanovi%C4%87), [Peyman Yazdanian](/source/Peyman_Yazdanian), [Pejman Hadadi](/source/Pejman_Hadadi), [Hooshyar Khayam](/source/Hooshyar_Khayam), Nima A Rowshan, [Sahba Aminikia](/source/Sahba_Aminikia),[citation needed] [Quartet Diminished](/source/Quartet_Diminished_(band))[6]

## Awards and nominations

- 2006: Label of the year at [Fajr International Music Festival](/source/Fajr_International_Music_Festival)[1]
- 2007: [Grammy Awards](/source/Grammy_Awards) – [Endless Vision](/source/Endless_Vision) by [Hossein Alizadeh](/source/Hossein_Alizadeh), [Jivan Gasparyan](/source/Jivan_Gasparyan)[7] – nominated[1]
- 2015: Womex Award for Professional Excellence[8]

## References

1. Meadley, Phil (4 May 2007). ["The Persian music-makers"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131105233428/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5882425.html). *The Independent*. Archived from [the original](http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5882425.html) on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 21 April 2013.

1. Hodgson, Martin (22 April 2007). ["Iran's other face"](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/apr/22/features.musicmonthly6). *The Observer*. Retrieved 21 April 2013.

1. Dunn, Lucinda & Shaeyghi, Nima (February 2009). "Global Ear: Tehran". *The Wire*. No. 300. p. 18.

1. ["Music's Messenger – Interviews | Little White Lies"](http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/features/interviews/musics-messenger-267). 2013-02-27. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130227000328/http://www.littlewhitelies.co.uk/features/interviews/musics-messenger-267) 27 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-03-18.

1. Ramin Sadighi, Sohrab Mahdavi (2009-03-12). ["The Song does not remain the same"](https://merip.org/2009/03/the-song-does-not-remain-the-same/). *MERIP*. Retrieved 2022-03-18.

1. All About Jazz. ["Quartet Diminished: Station Three album review"](https://www.allaboutjazz.com/station-three-quartet-diminished-hermes-records). *All About Jazz*. Retrieved 2022-03-18.

1. McDaid, Carol (31 July 2005). ["Jazz and world CDs"](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/jul/31/jazz.shopping). *The Observer*. Retrieved 21 April 2013.

1. ["WOMEX 15 AWARDS * Award winners"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180613070541/http://www.womex.com/programme/womex_awards). *womex.com*. 2015. Archived from [the original](http://www.womex.com/programme/womex_awards) on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2015.

## Further reading

- Moazami M. (2021) Tehran, Iran: Experimental’ Electronic Scene (2000–2020). In: Darchen S., Charrieras D., Willsteed J. (eds) *Electronic Cities*. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4741-0_16

## External links

- [Official website](http://hermesrecords.com/en/home)
- [Video on the occasion of 22 years of Hermes Records](https://www.instagram.com/p/CYrb6l4Bjhz/)
- [Hermes Records YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsBWPPmkX_aHtqu8N-ionog/about)
- [Hermes Records](https://www.discogs.com/label/540207-Hermes-Records-3) on [Discogs](/source/Discogs)
- [Herms Records on classical next](http://www.classicalnext.com/net/hermes_records)
- [Q & A with Ramin Sadighi the founder of Hermes Records. by Spencer Grady, Record Collector, March 2010\[](http://www.hermesrecords.com/uploads/press/20100412044640143-rc374.jpg)*dead link*][dead link]
- [Interview with Ramin Sadighi (article in Italian) Thursday, 29 November 2007\[](http://www.hermesrecords.com/uploads/press/20100412231329souno.jpg)*dead link*][dead link]

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