From a co-presentation of New Sounds Live and National Sawdust, listen to music by composer, musician, and producer Faten Kanaan, delivering her version of “the grindcore of ambient music” – because of her 20 second pieces that quickly shift to something else, (inciting a brief but intense mosh pit. \m/. Kidding about the last bit.) The live set of music by Brooklyn-based German-born Syrian-Palestinian-Jordanian-Lebanese composer Faten Kanaan features combinations of piano, keyboards, and electronics in repetitive structures of modern minimalism and early music/baroque, that stretch out languorously, warmly and with a timelessness. Also, there’s lush, symphonic piano and strings from French-born British pianist and composer Riopy from the 2023 album Thrive, which is based on Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata. Plus, listen to more keyboard-based music by Secret of Elements, aka German composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Johann Pätzold, and more. – Caryn Havlik Program #4728, Faten Kanaan live at National Sawdust (First aired 3/16/23) ARTIST: Faten KanaanWORK: Ard Diar [2:58]RECORDING: AfterpoemSOURCE: Fire RecordsINFO: firerecords.com ARTIST: Faten KanaanWORK: Intro/ Planet 8981/ A Circle Is Drawn [3:19]RECORDING: Live at National Sawdust, Feb. 2023SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: https://www.fatenkanaan.com ARTIST: Faten KanaanWORK: GDEflatBflat [4:25]RECORDING: Live at National Sawdust, Feb. 2023SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: https://www.fatenkanaan.com ARTIST: Faten KanaanWORK: Medieval (high end only) [3:34]RECORDING: Live at National Sawdust, Feb. 2023SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: https://www.fatenkanaan.com ARTIST: Faten KanaanWORK: Trenchcoat/Florin Court [2:37]RECORDING: Live at National Sawdust, Feb. 2023SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: https://www.fatenkanaan.com ARTIST: Faten KanaanWORK: Raindrop/Loop 66 [3:58]RECORDING: Live at National Sawdust, Feb. 2023SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: https://www.fatenkanaan.com ARTIST: Faten KanaanWORK: GG Loop chords/Archer/Medieval [8:11]RECORDING: Live at National Sawdust, Feb. 2023SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: https://www.fatenkanaan.com ARTIST: Faten KanaanWORK: North Wind [4:47]RECORDING: Live at National Sawdust, Feb. 2023SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: https://www.fatenkanaan.com ARTIST: Faten Kanaan, pianoWORK: Florin Court [3:15]RECORDING: Live at National Sawdust, Feb. 2023SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: https://www.fatenkanaan.com Faten Kanaan's set list, National Sawdust, 2/24/23 (John Schaefer / NYPR) ARTIST: RiopyWORK: Thrive [4:25]RECORDING: ThriveSOURCE: Warner Music Group, due out April 14INFO: https://w.lnk.to/thrivealbum ARTIST: Secret of ElementsWORK: Liebe [5:35]RECORDING: ChronosSOURCE: InFinéINFO: https://li.sten.to/SecretOfElements
From a co-presentation of New Sounds Live and National Sawdust, listen to music by composer, musician, and producer Faten Kanaan, delivering her version of “the grindcore of ambient music” – because of her 20 second pieces that quickly shift to something else, (inciting a brief but intense mosh pit. \m/. Kidding about the last bit.) The live set of music by Brooklyn-based German-born Syrian-Palestinian-Jordanian-Lebanese composer Faten Kanaan features combinations of piano, keyboards, and electronics in repetitive structures of modern minimalism and early music/baroque, that stretch out languorously, warmly and with a timelessness.
Also, there’s lush, symphonic piano and strings from French-born British pianist and composer Riopy from the 2023 album Thrive, which is based on Beethoven’s “Moonlight” Sonata. Plus, listen to more keyboard-based music by Secret of Elements, aka German composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Johann Pätzold, and more. – Caryn Havlik
Program #4728, Faten Kanaan live at National Sawdust (First aired 3/16/23)
ARTIST: Faten KanaanWORK: Ard Diar [2:58]RECORDING: AfterpoemSOURCE: Fire RecordsINFO: firerecords.com
ARTIST: Faten KanaanWORK: Intro/ Planet 8981/ A Circle Is Drawn [3:19]RECORDING: Live at National Sawdust, Feb. 2023SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: https://www.fatenkanaan.com
ARTIST: Faten KanaanWORK: GDEflatBflat [4:25]RECORDING: Live at National Sawdust, Feb. 2023SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: https://www.fatenkanaan.com
ARTIST: Faten KanaanWORK: Medieval (high end only) [3:34]RECORDING: Live at National Sawdust, Feb. 2023SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: https://www.fatenkanaan.com
ARTIST: Faten KanaanWORK: Trenchcoat/Florin Court [2:37]RECORDING: Live at National Sawdust, Feb. 2023SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: https://www.fatenkanaan.com
ARTIST: Faten KanaanWORK: Raindrop/Loop 66 [3:58]RECORDING: Live at National Sawdust, Feb. 2023SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: https://www.fatenkanaan.com
ARTIST: Faten KanaanWORK: GG Loop chords/Archer/Medieval [8:11]RECORDING: Live at National Sawdust, Feb. 2023SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: https://www.fatenkanaan.com
ARTIST: Faten KanaanWORK: North Wind [4:47]RECORDING: Live at National Sawdust, Feb. 2023SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: https://www.fatenkanaan.com
ARTIST: Faten Kanaan, pianoWORK: Florin Court [3:15]RECORDING: Live at National Sawdust, Feb. 2023SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. INFO: https://www.fatenkanaan.com
Faten Kanaan's set list, National Sawdust, 2/24/23
(John Schaefer / NYPR)
ARTIST: RiopyWORK: Thrive [4:25]RECORDING: ThriveSOURCE: Warner Music Group, due out April 14INFO: https://w.lnk.to/thrivealbum
ARTIST: Secret of ElementsWORK: Liebe [5:35]RECORDING: ChronosSOURCE: InFinéINFO: https://li.sten.to/SecretOfElements