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King Raam

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Who is Raam?

Raam is an Iranian musician, storyteller, and actor. He started his performing career as the singer/songwriter/founder of Hypernova, a post-punk band born in the undergrounds of Tehran in the early 2000's. After touring worldwide with Hypernova, Raam began pursuing a solo career under the name of "King Raam," making music, acting in film and theater, and developing his solo story telling performance “Departure”, a tragic story about his father's fate.



What is the story of your father?

In January 2018, Raam's father, Kavous Seyed Emami , a prominent environmentalist, was arrested in Tehran under false charges of espionage. Two weeks after his arrest he was killed  in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison. Raam and his family attempted to flee Iran, but the authorities detained his mother and confiscated her passport. Raam and his brother were allowed to leave, but his mother was held hostage in Iran for 582 days .



What's the story of your band?

I met my bandmates back in 2014. I was looking to recruit new members when I stumbled upon these two. I found Amir on youtube as he was recording videos of himself playing covers. Arman just looked really cool and I knew immediately I wanted this guy in my band. I hadn't even heard him play a note but I knew he was in. 

Ever since then we've had some amazing adventures and tours around the world. We have been through so many up and downs, as many bands go through similar hurdles, but for us the difficulties only brought us closer together. 


What will the next album sound like? 

Well I'm glad you asked, because it is definitely different from anything I've ever done before. If you have been to any recent shows of mine you've noticed that we are now a much more electronic band. To keep the creative process fresh and to adapt to the times we have been experimenting and incorporating a lot of backing tracks through ableton live. Arman manages most of the electronic stuff, while Amir creates lush layers of pulsating sounds with his endless effects; and me, well I drone about in my usual baritone voice telling stories of love and loss. This setup has been extremely fun for us and for the first time in a long time, without any external pressures, we're creating what we want to play and listen to. 

What is the theme of this album?

These past few years have been the hardest time of my life without a doubt. I have tried to cope with the pain and loss of my father's departure in many different ways. I wrote a theater piece that I am still working on, I wrote him a song, I went and did different kind of therapeutic treatments to spark some life into me. All of those things have helped in their own way but I am hoping that this album will be my magnum opus. I am pouring everything I got into this project. I don't know how much longer I can afford to do this whole rock 'n' roll thing, but as long as there are people out there who support what I do I promise to give it my all. At the end of the day this whole creative process is the best therapy for me. I don't know what I would have done without music in my life.  Something that has surprised me during this whole ordeal has been the resilience of the human spirit. It can crack and bruise but it cannot be broken. So in a way I guess the theme of this album for me is a comeback of sorts. From the ashes we rise...



Rewards
(For all rewards please send your confirmation receipt to [email redacted])

$200 - I will make a personal video message for you or anyone you would like to send a message to + below rewards

$100 - Signed album + below rewards

$50 - Limited edition Tshirt + Link to pre-release stream

All donations, even under $50, will get a link to stream the album and singles before the official release.

There are no limits to how much you can donate. If you can afford much more than the above it would be greatly appreciated. There  actually are some cool options for larger donations and if you really want to splurge and help us out get in touch with us directly for more information.

What are the costs?


As most of you know in today's world a lot of songs are being produced in bedrooms and basements, but we want to be able to have the opportunity to work with a more established producer and studio this time around so that we can really polish our sound. One thing we always hear from our fans is that we sound so much better live than we do on our records and so we want to make sure that we deliver the highest quality to our audience. With your help we would like to not only record and produce this album, but also come and tour it extensively around the world. These are the main things that our costs will go towards:

Album Production:
- Recording the tracks at a proper studio
- Mixing tracks with an experienced engineer
- Mastering tracks to meet industry standards

Tour:
- Travel costs: flight, car rentals and cabs
- Equipment rentals
- Gas and food

Marketing:
-  We will use a portion of the funds to promote and market our shows and releases

Music Videos:
- With whatever funds remain we will use to make videos and teasers

Share, share, share!

Please share the link to this page with your friends and family and help me reach this goal. Honestly my music has been listened to millions and millions of time, if only 3000 of my fans each contribute 10$ we hit the goal! 


Notable links:

www.kingraam.com
www.twitter.com/kingraam

www.instagram.com/kingraam

Organizer

Raam Em
Organizer
New York, NY

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