ABOUT ME

I am a musician and artist currently undertaking a creative practice based PhD in experimental sound recording.
I am an avid traveller who has a great interest in culture and experiencing new sights, sounds, smells, tastes.
I'm also a father and a husband.

www.mountainblack.net
www.instagram.com/_phantom_acoustics_/

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm simply interested in meeting people and discovering local perspectives of place.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE
Couchsurfers: Sakaka (KSA) Riyadh (KSA) Ta'if (KSA) Madinah (KSA)
Globalfreeloaders.com: London, Istanbul and Tokyo, Iran

Interests

Experimental, traditional and electronic music, going to the theatre, cinema. The desert, the ocean. Muraqabah. Walking/ wondering/ hiking. Drinking coffee, tasting new cuisines. Traditional and old architecture and furniture (I'm the son of an antique dealer ;)

• books
• design
• coffee
• walking
• anime
• movies
• traveling
• music
• art

Music, Movies, and Books

BOOKS
A confederacy of Dunces. The Windup Bird Chronicles. Neuromancer. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. The Vegetarian. Crime and Punishment. Slaughter House 5. Woman In the Dunes. Brave New World. And MANY MANY more

MUSIC
My life revolves around music. I don't know where to begin.
Electronic, Electroacoustic, Improv, field recording, Persian/ Afghan classical, noise, electronic, Jungle, breakbeat. 70s/80s Dub, Free Jazz, soundtracks. And so so so much more.

FILMS
Lynch, Kiarostami, Cronenberg, Béla Tarr, Samira Makhmalbaf, Kurosawa, Tarkovsky, Takashi Miike, Coppola,

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Met a beautiful Korean girl whilst travelling in Isfahan, Iran
Underwent a kind of metamorphosis in mountains of Northern Pakistan.
Became a father.

Teach, Learn, Share

Soundwalking.
Deep listening exercises.
Sound recording
Appreciation of the of the city through sound.
Can talk about philosophy for hours and hours on end.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Life experiences.
A warm smile.
Stories of my travels.

Countries I’ve Visited

Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Cambodia, China, England, France, Georgia, Greece, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Spain, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Turkey, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, South Korea