Pouya is the founder, composer, and pianist for the band Sacred Balance. Based mainly in Toronto, this 6-member band is a vortex of young musicianship that is hard to take your attention away from. The music is electronic rock, intelligent and intense, like Radiohead, Massive Attack, and Muse. Through collaborations with other band members, Sacred Balance’s songs achieve reflections on urbanity, ambition, death, and self-exploration. Evocative images of crystals, costumes, check marks, and cityscapes emerge, all animated by six band mates.
Sacred Balance formed in 2008 through the network of music performance studies at the University of Toronto. The members include Mack Longpre (drums), Sam McLellan (bass, vocals), Kelly Lefaive (violin, vocals), Neil Whitford (electric guitar, vocals), Pouya Hamidi (piano), and Chloe Charles (lead vocals). Pouya’s composition infiltrates the powers of these collaborating musicians and he brews a transformative concoction. His fingers add a touch of delicacy, classicism, and virtuosity to the massive electronic orchestration emerging from his original vision.