[2] It has been described as having "almost singlehandedly built a much needed platform for artists and fans of genuinely experimental Iranian music".

[3] The label is officially distributed in Iran, Turkey, Italy, UK, France, Germany, Greece & BeNeLux.

[citation needed] Ramin Sadighi (CEO of Hermes Records) has produced different styles of contemporary Persian musicians.

[4] 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.

[5] Ahmad Pejman, Alireza Mashayekhi, Hossein Alizadeh, Dušan Bogdanović, Peyman Yazdanian, Pejman Hadadi, Hooshyar Khayam, Nima A Rowshan,Sahba Aminikia,[citation needed], Quartet Diminished[6]