Ramin Sadighi (CEO of Hermes Records) has produced different styles of contemporary Persian musicians. The label does not produce strictly
classical Persian music and pop music, as they have their own labels, and vocal music by women is censored by the government of contemporary Iran. In a 2009 article for
MERIP, Sadighi and Mahdavi described the evolution of the post-revolutionary music scene in Iran, its subversive character, and Western misconceptions of underground and rock music in Iran. == Selection of musicians ==