Sussan Deyhim is a composer, vocalist and performance artist known for her hypnotic vocals layered against complex electronic backgrounds of rhythmic patterns and percussive effects. Born in Teheran, Deyhim began her creative work as a ballet and folk dancer at Tehran's Pars National Ballet, and studied and performed with Maurice Bejart's Ballet of the Twentieth Century in Brussels for almost 4 years before moving to New York. With Richard Horowitz, she produced numerous albums and film scores, including Desert Equations-Azax/Attra and Majoun on Sony Classicalóa. She has also collaborated with Ornette Coleman, Peter Gabriel, Talvin Singe, Jah Wobble and Heiner Goebells, released several solo albums and appeared at Montreux Jazz festival, Central Park Summer Stage, the Royal Festival Hall and the Barbican theatre in London.