Artist:

Faten Kanaan

Label:

FIRE RECORDS

Genre:

Experimental

Format:Vinyl LPReleased:13th November 2020Catalogue No:FIRELP608Barcode:0809236160812

Description:

A Mythology of Circles is the new album from Brooklyn-based composer and musical artist Faten Kanaan, her first to be released on Fire Records. Cyclical patterns and variation through repetition are central to Fatens music. Harmony and counterpoint are composed intuitively and treated as narrative tools- with sound, silence, and the resulting mystical relationship between notes used as gestures to tell a wordless story. The album is separated into a dusk to evening side, and an underworld/dream-state side; highlighting the myths of Ishtar, Inanna, Orpheus, Persephone, and others. Inspired by cinematic forms and mythological story structures: from sweeping landscapes and quiet romances, to patterned tensions and dream sequences; Faten brings an earthy, visceral touch to electronic music. In symbiosis with technology is an appreciation for the vulnerability of human limitations and nuances. All the sections are played in real time, neither looped nor sequenced- allowing for subtle changes to unfold. The use of VST sampled choral voices in this album embodies the forlorn state of technological acceleration, and the desire to return to a vulnerable human sound. The album art also explores a complicated relationship with technology: the statue comes from a series of digital replicas, returning in its last stage to a more intimate and handmade feel. Composed, produced and mixed by Faten Kanaan, the album was mastered by Heba Kadry (Bjork, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Julianna Barwick). Strangely haunting yet beautiful bouquet of nocturnal, electronic blooms ranging from poignant ambient vignettes to chamber-like pop, from Brooklyns Faten Kanaan- a gifted musical story-teller Boomkat Track List 1. Patagonia Motet 1: Lago 2. The Archer 3. Hesperides 4. Birds of Myrrh 5. Night Tide / Anteros 6. Sleepwalker 7. Mist & Madrigal 8. Rve-Rivire 9. Erewhon 10. Patagonia Motet 2: Andes 11. The North Wind 12. The Heron 13. Ishtar Terra