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@ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social

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Classical, metal, and atmospheric cellist ✨ Available for live and session work 🎻 زن زندگی آزادی 🧿 linktr.ee/AriannaMahsayeh

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𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · Jan 23

Greetings, friends! I've still not quite decided how I'll be using this platform, but I may as well make a post 🖤 I'm Arianna, UK-based cellist, collaborating mainly with metal, folk, and dungeon synth artists 🎻

📷 Performing with Lowen at The Black Heart, London {11/10/24 by Talie Eigeland}

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𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · Jun 22

I'm a half-Iranian half-Iraqi woman, born and raised in the UK. I have never been to either of my homelands...

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𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · May 17

I've just found out it's Enya's birthday, so it's as good a time as any to post about the sick cover of Boadicea I did a few years ago with @fenwalker.bsky.social and Guild of Lore 🕯️ Absolute dream team
guildoflore.bandcamp.com/track/boadic...

𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · May 17

Sorry I don't post on here very much but I'm popping in to say that I enjoyed my double corduroy for Desertfest yesterday 🐪

𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · Feb 26

a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a crowd of people and says there are dozens of us

ALT: a man in a suit and tie stands in front of a crowd of people and says there are dozens of us

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𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · Feb 26

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𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · Feb 20

Well I have now! Always glad to hear about projects using cello so well 🎻🥹

𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · Feb 20

So glad you think so 🥹 Hopefully we can organise some more cello for future releases! 🎻

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𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · Feb 20

Last year, I had the pleasure of appearing on the track "Morning" by @greetlds.bsky.social 🌞 Recording the drones was a delight, like warm waves washing over me 🌊 Harmonium 1 was very fittingly released on cassette by @fiadh.bsky.social 🌿 2nd pressing still available via Bandcamp! ⚔️

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𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · Feb 16

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𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · Feb 16

Nice! Within 7%! Always good to corroborate results 🤝🏽

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𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · Feb 13

Taking the average height of 3 frozen blueberries I had to hand as 11mm, and rounding up to the nearest increment, you are 141 blueberries tall 🫐🖤

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𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · Feb 3

Would recommend getting your own megaphone, it's very empowering.

If anyone wants to chat about activism and setting up solidarity groups or lobbying groups within your workplace, hit me up 🇵🇸

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𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · Feb 3

Stand up and speak out. Loudly. It's easy to feel powerless when faced with global injustice, but we have power. It lies within our local communities, at our work places, in our friendship groups. Change doesn't happen overnight, we have to work where we have power. Brick by brick, stone by stone

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𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · Feb 1

As is yours to me, Harul! This album and our friendship will always hold a very special place in my heart 🖤🌞

𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · Jan 31

Not only does this album have some stunning original songs inspired by Himalayan folk music and folklore, but I also got to record a cover of "Østenfor Sol Og Vestenfor Maane", the first song from the album Kveldssanger by Ulver, which I'd been wanting to do for a long, long time 🥺🍃✨

𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · Jan 31

A few years ago, a beautiful man from Shimla, India approached me to provide some cello for his Himalayan acoustic folk/black metal project 🏔️ I feel incredibly lucky to have been a part of the album "भराड़ी घाट // Bharari Ghat" by @menelvegor.bsky.social 🖤🎻

harulvinay.bandcamp.com/album/bharar...

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𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · Jan 31

That's incredibly kind of you to say! It really was a brilliant album and I'm proud I could contribute a small part to it 🖤

𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · Jan 31

Thank you so much, Angel! Here's hoping we'll feature on more tracks together soon 🖤🤝🏽

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𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · Jan 31

I hate that I *heard* that

𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · Jan 30

Also, Greg and I finally got to hang out this summer when I was visiting NYC 🖤

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𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · Jan 30

I'll start introducing some of my work based on who's showing up on this platform! Last year, New York based @witnesses.bsky.social released this incredible doom album, "Joy", which I had the pleasure of recording some lush melodies and harmonies for 🖤🎻🍃

witnesses-nyc.bandcamp.com/album/joy

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𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · Jan 30

Aww thank you man! 🖤 I am active, just lurking at the moment hehe

𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · Jan 26

Your release last year was absolutely top notch, I've been playing it an awful lot. This is fantastic to see ⚔️

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𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · Jan 23

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𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐡 @ariannamahsayeh.bsky.social · Jan 23

You know it's gonna be a banger album when Brendan has done the art 🖤

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