“A Mimesis Of Nothingness” is a series of six dark abstract soundscapes where Siavash Amini derived inspiration from the photography work of fellow Tehranian Nooshin Shafiee, whose photographs were sadly not included in the promo package so I can’t comment, but as described in the accompanying sheet, showed not “the Tehran that everyone projected into their work” but instead “Tehran showing itself through tiny and giant overlooked places and objects”.

And there is certainly plenty of sinister undercurrent here. “Perpetually Inwards” is scarcely more than just a brooding rumble. “Lustrous Residue” feels somehow alien and dangerous, short stabbing percussive sounds and scratches carrying a sense of latent threat.

But there is also a sombre beauty too, as exhibited in pieces like the very melancholic “Moonless Garden”, which introduces hollow and more melody-driven string-like sounds and birdsong noise that somehow manages to avoid feeling cliché, perhaps because it feels chaotic and zoo-like rather than like a genuine landscape.

This conflict of moods is clashed together most dramatically in “Observance (Shadow)” where the soft choral-like pads seem to be quietly resisting the sharp-edged, impulsive, metallic and unpredictable screeching noises that come along to try and break them.

It’s 36 minutes of very dark portraiture, a kind of brooding semi-ambient yet one you can’t ignore thanks to the various unsettling tones and unexpected bumps. It’s far removed from the traditional images of Tehran and tells you something you didn’t already know, which is often the sign of a good portrait.