Hance’s new full-length album extends the world charted by Luna Oscura — cinematic EDM and techno landscapes laced with mystic textures. A live performance is in the works for Amsterdam in October 2026, with a San Francisco Bay Area date to follow by year’s end.

Three-and-a-half decades after The Child Within helped define the X DOT 25 Music sound, the sequel arrives. Built around previously unreleased tracks from the original sessions — now reworked, expanded, and paired with new material — The Child Within II continues the conversation that began in 1992.

The Trio returns to where it all began. It is a remix and reproduction of the original demo songs Yussi and Django first turned over to X DOT 25 Music — the recordings that Bandidos De Amor was born from — now reworked as a trio with Yussi Wenger, Django Porter, and Ronik.

It completes the full Bandidos De Amor Project, a four-part arc: Bandidos De Amor, the album; The Spanish Sessions; The Desert Sessions; and this fourth and final piece, The Trio.

Azərbaycan gathers the songs Azeris have loved longest — a collection of revered works by the great masters of Azerbaijani composition, performed in Baku by the Azerbaijan National Orchestra on the indigenous instruments this music was written for: tar, kamancheh, duduk, and the traditional ensemble around them. It takes its name from Azərbaycan, the song at its heart.

Carrying them is a voice of rare size. Yaghoub Zoroofchi sang with the discipline of the great operatic tenors — the instrument of a Pavarotti or a Bocelli — but turned it toward the songs of his own people, standing in the direct line of Rashid Behbudov, the singer he shared a stage with in Mannheim in 1986. Warm, unforced, enormous at the top.

Every track has been carefully remastered from the original tapes, opening up the orchestra behind him and restoring the presence of a voice recorded decades ago. Just as importantly, the release is presented as it was sung: all metadata, song titles, and complete lyrics appear in the original Azerbaijani — not transliterated, not translated away.

Zoroofchi died in Baku in September 2021, in the city where he had made his home and where, in 1989, he sang for an audience of over a million people. Azərbaycan marks the fifth anniversary of his passing. Its symphonic companion, Arzum, follows alongside it.

The Dawn is a meditation on beginnings — that fragile, luminous moment when night finally gives way to first light. In Persian tradition, dawn is the hour of poets and travelers, of remembrance and renewal, when the world feels briefly suspended between what has passed and what is still to come.

At its center is the singular voice of Alan Kushan’s own handcrafted Santoor — strung with piano and harp strings, moving from the most delicate shimmer, like light breaking over a horizon, to vast orchestral waves of sound.

Time Traveller Suite is an epic over 18-minute musical odyssey that bridges the ancient world with the limitless possibilities of the future. Guided by the timeless voice of the Persian santoor, Alan Kushan invites the listener on a voyage through civilizations, forgotten landscapes, and the enduring spirit of Persian culture.

At the heart of this recording is an extraordinary instrument conceived and handcrafted by Alan himself — a monumental concert santoor strung with piano, harp, and harpsichord strings, revealing colors and resonances rarely heard from a single instrument.

A Sip of Fire is a mesmerizing collaboration between acclaimed visual artist, poet, musician, and writer Koorosh Angali and renowned Santoor Maestro Alan Kushan. Rooted in the rich traditions of Persian art and inspired by the timeless poetry of Mawlana Jalal ad-Din Rumi, the album weaves expressive spoken word with beautifully improvised santoor performances, creating an intimate journey of reflection, passion, and spiritual discovery.

Together, Angali’s heartfelt recitations and Kushan’s spontaneous performances create a living dialogue where poetry and music breathe as one — an invitation to experience the enduring beauty of Persian culture through a timeless fusion of poetry, music, and artistic expression.

Bakı Gecələri (2026 Remaster) presents the instrumental orchestral version of Arezum, beautifully performed by Baku State Symphony Orchestra. Featuring orchestral interpretations of some of the most beloved Azerbaijani classical songs by renowned composers including Üzeyir Hacıbəyov, Fikrət Əmirov, Niyazi, and Əli Səlimi, this remastered edition celebrates Azerbaijan’s rich musical heritage while faithfully preserving the artistry and spirit of the original performances.

Arzum is the symphonic companion to Azərbaycan — the same tradition of beloved Azeri song, lifted into full orchestral setting. Recorded in Baku with the 120-piece Azerbaijan State Symphony Orchestra under conductor Ismayil Hajiyev, it draws on the masters of Azerbaijani composition — Niyazi, Fikrat Amirov, Haji Bakeov, Ali Salimi — and is dedicated to Uzeyir Hajibeyov, the father of Azerbaijani classical music and opera.

Where Azərbaycan places Zoroofchi’s tenor among tar, kamancheh, and duduk, Arzum sets the same voice against strings — silken, cinematic writing that recalls the great film scores of the 1940s and ’50s, with the melodies of the Caucasus at their center. Over an hour of western classical instrumentation carrying music that has never needed translating.

Every track has been carefully remastered from the original tapes. As with its companion, the release is presented as it was sung: all metadata, song titles, and complete lyrics appear in the original Azerbaijani — not transliterated, not translated away.

Arzum arrives alongside Azərbaycan to mark the fifth anniversary of Zoroofchi’s passing in Baku in September 2021 — two halves of one legacy: the songs on the instruments they were written for, and the songs as symphony.

Voices Of Spheres captures a rare and deeply spiritual musical encounter between the legendary Ustad Salamat Ali Khan and his two sons, Shafqat Ali Khan and Ustad Sharafat Ali Khan. Recorded in an intimate room with no audience and no predetermined arrangements, each artist was simply invited to sing, accompanying himself on the traditional swarmandal (harp). The performances unfolded naturally and spontaneously, preserving the emotion, devotion, and authenticity of the moment.

Years later, these unique recordings were carefully revisited. New soundscapes, subtle remixing, and respectful remastering were added to enhance the listening experience while preserving the spiritual essence and integrity of the original performances. The tracks have also been thoughtfully resequenced to create a more immersive musical journey.

This recording holds special historical significance, as it documents the final recording session of Ustad Salamat Ali Khan before his passing in 2001. More than an album, Voices Of Spheres stands as a timeless musical testament to three generations of the Sham Chaurasi Gharana and the enduring power of its sacred vocal tradition.

Originally released March 8, 1996 as a limited-pressing CD, Nevâg returns on its 30th anniversary as a digital release across all major streaming platforms via The Orchard / Sony Music Group — newly remastered in-house, with the original 1996 sequence preserved and available on streaming for the first time.

The mission hasn’t changed — keep these artists discoverable, keep their music in front of new listeners, and continue honoring the trust they placed in X DOT 25 Music when they sent in their song for this compilation. Selected from hundreds of submissions, many of these artists were unknown at the time and have since become prominent artists — Parisa Vaaleh, Afshin, Faranak Shahroozi, Farhad Bahrami, and Vazhe, to name a few.

Persian-spiritual world fusion. Soaring Farsi vocals over a blend of Eastern and Western instrumentation — violin, setar, santoor, tabla, oud, and more. A contemporary exploration of devotion and longing.

Parisa Vaaleh has been part of the X DOT 25 Music family for decades — her voice first heard on the Nevag album, on the unplugged version of the epic song Dar Miyan-e Ab-o Atash. This September she joins the premiere of X DOT 25’s World Fusion Concert Series at the Iconic Orinda Theatre, as a special guest, where she will sing several songs from the Ashavahishta repertory in addition to her newly developed vocalization technique.

Thirty years after the December 1995 release of Bandidos De Amor, X DOT 25 Music presents two newly remastered editions that draw out what was always two distinct bodies of work on a single record. The Spanish Sessions revisits the album’s radiant flamenco, Latin, and acoustic guitar energy. The Desert Sessions brings forward the deeper Middle Eastern textures and hypnotic rhythms — tracks featuring Persian percussionist Pejman Hadadi, whose collaboration with Yussi Wenger began on Axiom of Choice’s Beyond Denial. Together, these companion releases restore the dual spirit of a timeless world fusion classic — now presented with renewed clarity, warmth, and depth.

The album that put X DOT 25 Music on the map. Recorded in 1992 by Aldoush Alpanian and The Human Exchange — with Koorosh Angali writing the lyrics that helped define the movement — The Child Within was the first release built on the label’s founding formula: ancient Iranian village music woven with Persian poetry, fused with jazz and classical sensibilities. It won the 1993 San Francisco Weekly Wammies Award for Best World Music Album of the Year and became the cornerstone of the early X DOT 25 catalog — its success part of what drew Axiom of Choice to the label the following year. Now, close to three and a half decades on, the album returns in a new remastered edition — restored with renewed clarity and depth.

“Resoundingly entrancing” — BAM Magazine  ·  “Fusion…in favor of ensemble fluidity, which has a seductive and serpentine appeal” — SF Bay Guardian