'Soma' is the debut album of the Soma Trio - Peppe Frana (Oud, Afghan Robab), Masih Karimi (tanbur, daf) and Ciro Montanari (tabla, percussion). Frana and Montanari, Italians who have been engaged in research into extra-European musical traditions for years and Iranian Masih Karimi who is a virtuoso of the Kurdish tanbur and daf. The album includes original compositions by the group members inspired by the musical languages of the Indo-Persian and Middle Eastern areas and arrangementsof traditional melodies, interspersed with long introductory improvisations of the melodic modes on which the compositions are based.