For Homayoun Behi, also known as Ewan, music has never simply been about producing tracks. It has followed him through different countries, different stages of life, and some of his most uncertain moments. His latest album, Passenger, brings those experiences together in a deeply personal project shaped by change, resilience, and the idea of living in the present.
Behi’s musical journey began at the age of 12 with traditional Persian folk violin. During his teenage years, he continued with classical training and stage performances, but at 16, an encounter with Psy-Trance completely changed his direction. The energy and freedom of electronic music captured his attention and pushed him toward music production.
He began learning DAWs such as FL Studio and Cubase and later studied sound design in Tehran. Although people continued to recognize him primarily as a violinist for years, in 2020 he decided to dedicate himself to building his own path as an electronic music producer.
His sound today reflects both sides of that musical history. Eastern traditions meet Western electronic music, while nostalgic synthesizers inspired by the trance sound of the 2000s remain an important part of his productions. His music moves between Melodic Techno, Trance, and Organic House without abandoning the influences that first made him fall in love with electronic music.
Festivals such as Tomorrowland also played a role in that attraction. The scale, excitement, and energy surrounding electronic music strengthened his desire to pursue it as a career.
The Story Behind Passenger
The story of Passenger began after Behi arrived in the UK in April 2023 to seek asylum. During a period marked by uncertainty and relocation, music became one of the few constants in his life.
He began developing the album while staying at the Royal Hotel in Kettering, working with an old laptop that had been gifted to him. With limited equipment available, he even created one of the tracks, I Arrived, entirely on his mobile phone.
His circumstances continued to change when the Home Office relocated him to Lancaster. Six months into his stay there, another significant moment arrived: Café De Anatolia accepted his track The Beginning after six previous submissions had been rejected.
The track was released and ultimately became the introduction to Passenger. Rather than continuing to release individual singles, Behi decided to pause and concentrate on completing a full album.
Then another unexpected setback arrived. The old laptop he had been using broke down completely, leaving him without a computer for weeks.
Instead of being separate from the album, these disruptions became part of its identity.
Passenger developed as a real-time documentation of a period in which very little could be predicted. Relocations, limited resources, broken equipment, and uncertainty influenced not only the circumstances in which the music was produced but also Behi’s philosophy toward the creative process.
At the center of the album is his belief that people control only around 50% of their lives, while the rest remains unpredictable.
That idea changed the way he approached each track. Rather than deciding in advance that a song needed to be happy, sad, complicated, or designed around a particular outcome, he allowed the music to reflect whatever state of mind he was experiencing at that moment.
The result is an album built around acceptance rather than control.
Its message is equally straightforward: life cannot always be planned. For Behi, Passenger is about accepting that uncertainty and experiencing the present instead of constantly focusing on tomorrow, next year, or what is supposed to happen next.
Cafe De Anatolia and the Wider Journey
Collaboration and record labels have also become an important part of Behi’s development as an artist. His relationship with Café De Anatolia has been particularly significant, with Passenger released through the label.
For Behi, the collaboration helped give the album greater visibility and became an important milestone after the earlier rejection of his submissions.
At the same time, he sees major challenges facing electronic music artists today. Music sales, streaming monetization, opportunities to perform live, and access to the equipment necessary to deliver high-quality performances can all make building a sustainable career difficult.
His advice to artists trying to enter the electronic music scene is considerably simpler: just be yourself.
That philosophy also explains how he views the difference between Passenger and his previous work.
“I am simply myself.”
There is currently no fixed announcement regarding what will follow Passenger. Behi plans to share future releases, performances, and projects through his social media when they are confirmed.
For now, Passenger stands as a record of one particular chapter: an artist moving through circumstances he could not fully control while continuing to create with whatever was available to him.
It is an album about being a passenger through uncertainty without becoming passive—a reminder that while the destination may not always be clear, the present moment can still become music.