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June 9th, 2023 (Brooklyn, NY):
Out now on all platforms is “Cygnet Song” - the second single from Omar Ahmad’s debut album Inheritance out July 7th on cassette, digital, and a limited edition t-shirt.
Out now on all platforms is “Cygnet Song” - the second single from Omar Ahmad’s debut album Inheritance out July 7th on cassette, digital, and a limited edition t-shirt.
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"I lost something between early childhood and high school, and gained another. 'Cygnet Song' is a gentle yet somber, cyclical tale of losing oneself and rediscovering what makes me… me, and lamenting the time with myself that I lost.
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The simplicity and softness of the guitar layers and unfinished textural quality are an ode to childhood, and retaining the fragile soul amid the desire to refine ourselves in the public eye. The minor raindrops are heavily delayed and echoed clap recordings from my niece Alina and my nephew Maher.
Inspired by concepts of viewing my past self as an ugly duckling, I decided to revisit that child for who I actually was: a young swan, a cygnet, unaware of what beauty was to come.” - Omar Ahmad
Inspired by concepts of viewing my past self as an ugly duckling, I decided to revisit that child for who I actually was: a young swan, a cygnet, unaware of what beauty was to come.” - Omar Ahmad
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At times recalling the emotional landscape of Fennesz and Ryuichi Sakamoto’s Cendre, Inheritance weaves an auditory narrative that evades genre constraints. Enveloping orchestral ambience gives way to hypnotic Arab poly-rhythms, dewy and playful nostalgic electronica, shining a bright light into the dark depths of experimental meditations.