Justin Lassen asked if I could add some vocals to the video game sound track he’s working on, Grimm: Quest for the Gatherer’s Key.  The music has both a Persian and Gothic influence and there were already plenty of choir vocals over the Gothic portions.  My job was to add some sort of worldly sounding vocals in the Persian parts.  An assignment I was stoked to take on=)

I dug up some old influences I had while I studied the Eastern scale – Sima Bina’s singing in Songs of the Ney and Abida Parveen – and listened to them a few times to put myself in the mindset. 

Then I recorded a bunch of takes, edited them and then cleaned them up for Justin to work his magic on.  I think it turned out pretty good!

Haus of Persian Descent (f. NMERCER) by Justin Lassen