Alongside friends Morgan Buckley and Olmo Devlin, Omid Geadizadeh is one of the co-founders of cult Dublin-based label, Wah Wah Wino. Like The Sea Knows Blue, I think, is Geadizadeh’s first solo release under his own name. The 4-track EP contains 3 hits of Middle Eastern, more specifically Iranian-flavoured, dub, plus a remix from Buckley. The track titles are written in Persian and the 13th-century Afghan poet Rumi is quoted on the record sleeve. The productions all set haunting, cinematic zither strains to skanking rhythms. 

My Eyes Drank Water begins with a burst of short wave radio, and rides a Jah Wobble-like B-line. Strings and distant Satie-esque keys enter a cascading call-and-response, while Wah Wah Wino affiliate Davy Kehoe adds some muted Kind Of Blue horn. The results are very On-U Sound. Very early Dub Syndicate. Eight Ways From Sunday on the other hand is more digital, a little Jahtari, but even more Noda & Wolfers. There are plenty of sound clash sound effects and the riddim rocks syn-drum pops. 

Buckley’s remix is most definitely designed for the dance floor, but nothing the label does is run-of-the-mill, straight forward, genre-by-numbers. The collective often hiding avant ideas within accessible smashes. It’s this, of course, that makes the imprint super interesting. For starters it’s never made clear whether their sides should be spun at 45 or 33. Faster, here, Buckley delivers some damn speedy / spritely drum & bass, but slower his take becomes shape-shifting and episodic. Like a dovetailing of dive-bombing dubstep subs and post-rock. Revealing details such as dissected vocals and stretched, treated guitar arcs. Texturally aligned with the experiments of artists such as Tortoise and Spring Heel Jack.