Saint Abdullah & Eomac

Saint Abdullah & Eomac emerged from the collaboration between Iranian-Canadian brothers Mohammad and Mehdi Mehrabani-Yeganeh and Irish producer Ian McDonnell. Since 2019, they have been working between New York and Wicklow (Ireland), exploring how their distinct production approaches – Saint Abdullah’s analog hardware experiments and Eomac’s digital precision – combine to create a complementary sonic palette characterized by raw textures, heavy sampling, and striking contrasts.

 

Saint Abdullah's practice is rooted in sonic storytelling that blends geopolitics, religion, and cultural heritage, serving as an introduction to their Iranian roots while reflecting their experience growing up in the West. Meanwhile, McDonnell's Eomac project is known for visceral sound design and obscure sampling, creating music that seamlessly blends driving rhythms with profound emotional depth. Together, they craft cohesive sonic worlds where chaos and structure coexist – thick, grounding chords supporting experimental elements that bubble above the surface.

 

Alongside their studio work, the group has recently expanded into live performance, appearing at Nuits Sonores and Tehran Contemporary Sounds, and presenting their collaborative piece A Forbidden Distance with video artist Rebecca Salvadori, which has been performed at Berlin Atonal, Unsound, and Semibreve to critical acclaim.

Speaking about what audiences can expect from their performance at Musica in Prossimità, they say: “Our live show brings together the different strands of what we do as a duo. Mixing improvised parts with versions of tracks from our four albums so far – Patience Of A Traitor (Other People), Chasing Stateless (Planet Mu), Light Meteors Crashing Around You Will Not Confuse You (Drowned by Locals) and Of No Fixed Abode (The Trilogy Tapes) - along with unreleased tracks, we keep the energy levels high and create a loose narrative that is sample heavy, rhythm heavy and full of emotion”, they affirm.