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{{Short description|Persian sculptor}}

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{{Musician

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Omniflux

| image = Mahsa_Zargaran_Omniflux_performing_in_2015.jpg

| caption = Omniflux performing in Los Angeles in 2015

| birth_name = Mahsa Zargaran

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|02|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tehran, Iran

| genre = electronic, trip hop, experimental, industrial, art pop

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'''Mahsa Zargaran''' ({{Lang-fa|مهسا زرگران}}; born 25 February 1984), known professionally as '''Omniflux''', is a Persian sculptor, music producer, installation and performing artist. She released her debut album ''Aquarelle''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aquarelle, by Omniflux |url=https://omniflux.bandcamp.com/album/aquarelle |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=Omniflux |language=en}}</ref> in 2018.

HerZargaran's song "''She & Him''" was featured in the ''Netflix'' series ''[[Hemlock Grove (TV series)|Hemlock Grove]]''.

Between 2015-2017 she toured with the American rock outfit [[Puscifer]], as a programmer, keyboardist, guitarist, and vocalist.

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[[LA Weekly]] called Zargaran's ''Aquarelle'' an "Anarchic Debut [that] Divorces our Stepford Lives"<ref>{{Cite news |title=Omniflux's Anarchic Debut Divorces Our Stepford Lives |url=https://www.laweekly.com/omnifluxs-anarchic-debut-divorces-our-stepford-lives/}}</ref>

[[File:Aquarelle by Omniflux.jpg|thumb|Aquarelle album cover by Omniflux]]

[[File:Aquarelle sculpture by Mahsa Zargaran.jpg|thumb|Sculpture created by Mahsa Zargaran for the album cover of Aquarelle.]]

[[File:Mahsa Zargaran with one of her sculptures.jpg|thumb|Mahsa Zargaran with one of her sculptures]]

Zargaran's song ''Body by Bernays'' from ''Aquarelle'' was inspired by [[Edward Bernays]]' invention of the PR industry and its rippling effects on our modern society, as portrayed in the documentary [[The Century of the Self]]

HerZargaran's song ''Iris Van Herpen'' from ''Aquarelle'' is a tribute to the pioneering technical artistry of the Dutch fashion designer [[Iris van Herpen|Iris Van Herpen]].

HerZargaran's song ''Marx Marvelous'' from ''Aquarelle'' was named after the narrator of the [[Tom Robbins]]' novel ''[[Another Roadside Attraction]]''.

In her song FOMA stylish COMA from ''Aquarelle, the lyrics "I see no cat or cradle"'' call to a passage in [[Kurt Vonnegut]]'s [[Cat's Cradle]]: “No"No wonder kids grow up crazy. A cat's cradle is nothing but a bunch of X's between somebody's hands, and little kids look and look and look at all those X's . . ."And? "No damn cat, and no damn cradle.”"

== Sculpture ==

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'''Albums'''

* [Aquarelle<ref>https://omniflux.bandcamp.com/album/aquarelle Aquarelle]</ref> (2018)

'''Singles'''

* 2012: "Boy Caught in a Dress"

* 2012: "[She and Him<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3HhqWUrXe8 She and Him]</ref>" as featured in the Netflix series Hemlock Grove

* 2015: "[Dance in Your Blood<ref>https://omniflux.bandcamp.com/track/dance-in-your-blood Dance in Your Blood]</ref>"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Omniflux premieres trippy 'Dance In Your Blood' video |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/02/04/omniflux-premieres-trippy-new-dance-your-blood-video/ |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=EW.com |language=en}}</ref>

* 2018" "[Lawless Flawless<ref>https://omniflux.bandcamp.com/track/lawless-flawless-2 Lawless Flawless]</ref>"

* 2018 "Marx Marvelous"

* 2018 "Iris Van Herpen"

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'''Music videos'''

* 2012: "[Boy Caught in a Dress<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lh9JgXAiG0 Boy Caught in a Dress]</ref>"<!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE -->

== References ==

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[[Category:SculptorsIranian sculptors]]

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[[Category:ElectronicIranian electronic musicians]]