Salar Ansari keeps on arriving. With ongoing performances across North America and Europe, his music continues to evolve, pushing toward deeper, more expansive dance-floor experiences. Ansari has released a steady stream of forward-leaning material across his own imprint, Passed Out On A Persian Rug, and other labels, plus collaborative projects and extensive studio work. His sound is rooted in Detroit while drawing deeply from Persian traditions.

Whether in a DJ set or as a live act, his approach balances intensity and space through a physical, emotional, experience-led sensibility. He moves fluidly between club-focused DJ sets and ensemble-based projects, including the Salar Ansari Trio, grounded in spontaneous musicality and sound system awareness.

Born and raised in Tehran, Iran, Ansari emerged from an underground party culture forged by necessity and vibrant expression. Based in Detroit for over a decade with a steady international presence, he builds momentum.
Awards
2024Creator Fund Awardee · New Music USA 2021Winner, Best Electronic Recording (Ambient Series Vol. 1) · Detroit Music Awards 2020Outstanding Community Service Award · State of Michigan
Grant Review & Jury
2025Grant Panelist · New Music USA
Residencies
2024Featured Artist, MUTEK Montréal XXV · Montréal, Canada 2017Artist in Residence · Interlochen Arts Camp, MI 2015Resident Artist, Red Bull House of Art + CULTURUNNERS · Detroit, MI 2015Resident Artist, Art Jameel + EFA · New York, NY
Lectures & Teaching
2020Musical Creativity · Michigan State University, Detroit 2019Guest Artist, Music Production · University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 2018Einstein's Keyboard: The Physics of Synthesizers · Interlochen Arts Camp, MI 2017Instructor, History of Electronic Music · Interlochen Arts Camp, MI 2014Workshop Leader · Red Bull Music Academy, Tehran 2011–14Instructor, Electronic Music Production · SAE Institute, Dubai
Original Releases
2024SALAR TRAX Vol. 4 · Passed Out On A Persian Rug 2024Chi Gofti? Nagi Jayi! · Portage Garage Sounds 202468 MIXES Vol. 1 · Passed Out On A Persian Rug 2023Azadi Nist · Passed Out On A Persian Rug 2023Feelings From The Future · Moozikeh Analog Room 2020Ambient Series Vol. 1 · Feeder Loft Records 2020SALAR TRAX Vol. 3 · Passed Out On A Persian Rug 2020SALAR TRAX Vol. 2 · Passed Out On A Persian Rug 2020SALAR TRAX Vol. 1 · Passed Out On A Persian Rug 2020D Garden (w/ Ian Fink) · Passed Out On A Persian Rug 2019Ehsaasaat EP · Moozikeh Analog Room 2019Sayeh e Nour · Opus Music Sounds
Remixes
2026Siamak Amidi — Early Morning · Salar Ansari Remix 2025Ohm Hourani — Toupie Loves You · Jigit 2025Caitlin C. Harvey — Lighteater · Hunger Mix
Studio Work
2025Wetdogg — Pssssssp… LP · Hold Me Recordings 2025Shigeto x Kesswa — Is My Mind a Machine Gun? · Portage Garage Sounds 2024CORE 375 · Recording & Mixing Engineer 2022Ian Fink — Pure Fink · Freak Press 2021Cousin Mouth — MayflowerPeacemakerHolyredeemer · Feeder Loft Records 2021Dave McMurray — Grateful Deadication · Blue Note 2021Kaleigh Wilder — Placemaking · Mastering Engineer
Exhibitions
2018Exhibition #20: Protest Club · EFA, New York, NY 2015Window Series Audio Installation · EFA Open Studios, New York, NY
Radio, Mixes & Video
2025The PALITRONICS Show · Radio alHara 2025Can You Jigit? Archives 004 — Trio (Live) · Jigit 2025BDA Radio w. Salar Ansari · The Lot Radio, NYC 2025OpenLab Radio x Yoyaku 02 · OpenLab 2025Guest Series Episode 13 · Well Rave 2025Sunrise Set — Beige b2b Salar Ansari · Marble Bar, Detroit 2024Live from MUTEK Montréal · Crack Magazine 2024AIDA Invites Salar Ansari · Rinse FM 2023Deep House Tehran · Refuge Worldwide 2023Salar Ansari at Juice · Toronto, ON 2022Spaced Apart x Mutant Edition II · Mutant Radio 2022ADP Nowruz 1401 No.15 · Adaptor Records 2021MOOD:recording · MOOD:bkny 2021Beshknow Hour w/ Tomas Station · Radio alHara 2021Blast Radio x Adaptor Recordstore · Adaptor 2020Stay Home, Dance With Us · Livestream 2020Jaryan Mix 030: Invar e Aab Haa · Jaryan 2020Little Syria Tour · Music by Salar Ansari 2020Beshknow Norouz 99 · Iranian New Year 2017Beshknow Norouz 1396 · Beshknow 2016Tehran Night #100 (Special Guest) · Tehran Night
Theater & Special Projects
2024Detroit CORE 375 · Sound Engineer / Collaborative Artist 2024FREE PALESTINE by John King · Arab American National Museum 2023The Gaza Mono-Logues · Arab American National Museum 2015Safina Radio Project · Venice Biennale
Live Performances & DJ Sets
2026Monday Is The New Monday · MotorCity Wine, Detroit 2025NYE · Marble Bar, Detroit 2025ISSA PARTY 3-Year Anniversary · Spot Lite, Detroit 2025Can You Jigit? · Amsterdam, Netherlands 2025Marble Bar 10-Year Anniversary · Marble Bar, Detroit 2025Dally in the Alley — After Party · Lincoln Factory, Detroit 2025ReSolute Labor Day · H0L0, New York City 2025Salar Ansari & Shigeto LIVE · ZeyZey, Miami 2025Steep presents: Salar Ansari · Social Studies, Boston 2025Move D + Salar Ansari · Lincoln Factory, Detroit 2025Movement Music Festival · Hart Plaza, Detroit 2025Freak Press Ball · Spot Lite, Detroit 2025ReSolute (w/ Nicola Cruz) · Little Haven, NYC 2024ReSolute XL — 25 Years of Fabric · H0L0, NYC 2024MUTEK XXV Closing · SAT Dome, Montréal 2024Salar Ansari & Objekt · Flash, Washington DC 2024botánica 46 · Stockholm, Sweden 2024MICRO MUTEK.AE Edition 3 · Alserkal Avenue, Dubai 2023Salar Ansari Live · Sumahan, Istanbul 2023Kvirkvelia TES · Tbilisi, Georgia 2023Analog Room — All Night Long · The Q Underground, Dubai 2018Concert of Colors · Detroit Symphony Orchestra

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