Dear listeners and readers of Soundville,

I would like to share Samer Fanek’s fifth album, ‘Forever Elsewhere’, a very personal and interesting release of 10 instrumental compositions. Samer Fanek creates instrumental music combining piano with orchestral and rock elements, which have recently become more and more present in his work. ‘Forever Elsewhere’ explores themes of happiness, clarity, and answers that seem unattainable. It is also a deeply personal album in which Samer Fanek has left a part of his own feelings and experience. And I like that Samer Fanek shares his innermost thoughts with the world and shows how the search for a path can lead to victories, and that even the saddest and hardest moments in life can be overcome. Such music can certainly help anyone who is seeking their own way and a chance for the healing of the soul.

The album contains 10 instrumental piano pieces, each with its own special atmosphere, energy, and emotions. The beauty of instrumental music is that every listener can understand it through the prism of their own experience and mood but always relying on the idea and sound given by the musician. I would like to highlight a few of the brightest tracks that touched me most in this album, and I suggest you, too, enjoy this sound and allow it into your world, because perhaps this is exactly what you have been looking for.

I like how intriguingly and almost magically the album opens with the track ‘Forever Elsewhere.’ The magical piano soars, the keys shimmer like a light breeze, and create a very spacious and intimate space where one is invited to whisper about their deepest secrets and feelings. Samer Fanek adds rock elements to his sound along with orchestral elements, which gives the track ‘Forever Elsewhere’ a very deep, cinematic sound.

The track ‘Glass Half Empty,’ with its very reflective and, I would say, philosophical atmosphere, adds to the album’s concept an atmosphere that allows you to just stop and turn to yourself, which is very valuable in music. Not every track can do that. You know, I love how in ‘Glass Half Empty’ Samer Fanek’s piano rises to the higher registers but also lowers to the deeper octaves, allowing you to experience a feeling of self-reflection and immersion in yourself. It’s amazing!

I cannot but highlight the composition ‘Toward the Unknown,’ which became for me one of the favorite tracks on the album because of how the piano acquires a very aesthetic and deep sound, and the orchestral elements add a light mysticism to the track, as if Samer Fanek emphasizes this state of uncertainty that can surround and create the feeling there is no way out. But by the end of ‘Toward the Unknown’ fears and doubts disappear, leaving feelings of confidence and understanding.

I like the passion and energy in the track ‘Caught in Circles.’ It feels like a whirlwind that grabs you and carries you forward, especially with the arrival of the brass section. ‘Caught in Circles’ encourages the search for new paths, answers, and solutions, this is a track that can energize you and guide you. Be sure to add ‘Caught in Circles’ to your playlist so you don’t miss such an interesting and vast composition.

I like that Samer Fanek’s music contains a dramatic element in the lower octaves, which echoes with bright and ringing elements, unusual harmonies, incredible violins, orchestral parts, and heavy rock electric guitars. All this forms a story that arises in the mind while listening to the album.

If you are looking for very light and melancholic music, then be sure to add the track ‘Endlessly Lost’ to your playlist because this is the very melody that can inspire you and also allow you to take a deep breath, close your eyes, and feel every moment of the event which needs to be let go. I like the heavy rock elements in ‘Endlessly Lost.’ They add energy, drama, and brightness filling the composition with very passionate and untamed energy.

The album ends with the tracks ‘Scar Away’ and ‘One Last Try,’ and this is the climax where the very cinematic and passionate element in Samer Fanek’s music is revealed. The composition ‘Scar Away’ is filled with anxious violins, a quickened keyboard rhythm, shimmering keys, and creates the feeling of something incomprehensible, infinite, and vast like open space. This is the climax, undoubtedly strong and beautiful. I like how the melody grows, intensifies, only to scatter into billions of stars by the last bar.

The final track ‘One Last Try’ gives a feeling of peace and calm that makes me think that after the strongest storms comes the calm. This dynamic between the incredibly bright track ‘Scar Away’ and the very calm ‘One Last Try’ reflects this thought for me, that by always striving towards your goals, towards understanding and healing, everyone can find it for themselves. Perfect!

Wow, this was just a fantastic album. Be sure to add your favorite tracks to your playlist so that in moments when you need to be alone with yourself, Samer Fanek’s music is always with you. And definitely follow Samer Fanek so you don’t miss even more of this wonderful music. Yeah!

Hey Samer Fanek! Thank you for releasing such personal and deep music. I listened to your album ‘Forever Elsewhere’ and it was very cool, I would even say at times epic. The way the tracklist is arranged, from such bright tracks to slower and more reflective ones, really affects the perception of the sound and the emotions that form ‘Forever Elsewhere.’ I was truly amazed and felt an incredible surge of inspiration. I will definitely share your album with everyone so they can also listen to such amazing instrumental sound. I love it and want more!

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With much love,
Soundville