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  • Summary: This is the fifth full-length release from Brooklyn-based composer/pianist Faten Kanaan.
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  • Record Label: Fire Records
  • Genre(s): Electronic, Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Experimental Ambient, Experimental Electronic, Post-Minimalism
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  1. Mar 3, 2023
    90
    Afterpoem is surprisingly thrilling and wholly original.
  2. Mar 3, 2023
    90
    Whichever stylistic avenue is being explored she successfully sculpts and shapes her music in a way that gives it a soft and organic feel.
  3. Uncut
    Mar 3, 2023
    80
    All are rapturous in their repetition and irresistibly otherworldly. [Apr 2023, p.29]
  4. Mar 3, 2023
    70
    In general, Kanaan drops her listeners off down the street from where she’s picked us up. We may recognize the surroundings, but something feels different about where we find ourselves by the time her music’s ritual magic has achieved silence.
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