Maz Karandish is a Devotee of music-A well traveled vocalist & multi-instrumentalist coveringgrounds from Rāga, Maqām, and Dastgāh to Harmony, Jazz, and Opera.

Maz feels deeply connected to the ancient musical traditions of the East, which he began learning at a very young age.

As an Ethnomusicologist and a practicing Psychologist, he has come to recognize that people in his generation have an easier time engaging with traditional music when it’s integrated with familiar rhythmic and sonic environments. Maz devotes his musical time to exploring the possible weaving of Indian, Persian, Greek and Turkish music with modern soundscapes.

The sounds of distant lands are served on a platter of familiar body moving bass lines and thumping grooves. Māh Ze Tār is an active performing member of Balkan Bump and has had significant musical collaborations with Desert Dwellers, David Starfire, Jef Stott, Morillo, Akriza, Nyrus, Adham Shaikh, and many others.

Notable performances: Red Rocks, Coachella, Lightning in a Bottle, Gem & Jam, Joshua Tree, Lucidity, Symbiosis, Oregon Eclipse, BurningMan, Oregon Country Fair, Haurkaze Tokyo Festival amongst many others.

Iyakuh creates immersive sonic landscapes blending OrganicDowntempo, Ambient, Textured Beats, Global Bass, and Ecstatic Dance.

Through a collage of nature recordings gathered across the world, his music becomes an intimate auditory reflection of our planet’s diversity. Inspired by lineage, cosmovision, and ancestral traditions, his compositions weave a multicultural tapestry of instrumentation and atmosphere.

Deeply influenced by visual realms, Iyakuh collaborates with filmmakers and visual artists to create soundtracks supporting the preservation of ecosystems, plant species, and cultural memory.

His performances are meditative,cinematic, expansive, and dancefloor-activating.