About the Artist
Samer Fanek is an award-winning Jordanian-Polish pianist, composer, and producer. His debut album Wishful Thinking reached #1 on Amazon’s New Age New Releases. Since then, his albums have earned multiple Global Music Awards, cementing his reputation as a leading voice in contemporary instrumental music.
He draws inspiration from his multicultural roots and blends Western orchestral richness with rock, pop, Arabic, and electronic elements. As a result, his compositions overflow with emotion and speak to listeners through both intensity and tenderness. Above all, Fanek’s dream is simple yet ambitious: he wants his songs to connect with people everywhere and become soundtracks to their most meaningful moments.
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The Album
Recently, he released his latest instrumental album, Forever Elsewhere, on September 14, 2025. The collection carries a more melancholic tone, reflecting the feeling of searching for happiness or clarity that always seems just out of reach. Still, it leaves space for hope that things will fall into place. The album features ten songs: Forever Elsewhere, Glass Half Empty, Fleeting Struggle, Toward the Unknown, Caught in Circles, Restless, Endlessly Lost, Inner Collapse, Scar Away, and One Last Try.
Forever Elsewhere opens the album with a sense of longing and urgency, as the piano races forward while subtle strings push the listener into the chase for something just out of reach. Meanwhile, Glass Half Empty blends introspection with a hint of irony, layering piano, guitar, and horns to create a bittersweet, reflective mood. Then, Fleeting Struggle bursts in with cinematic intensity, as orchestral swells and driving rhythms capture brief moments of turmoil and flickers of hope. Moreover, Toward the Unknown expands the soundscape, inviting curiosity and anticipation with gentle piano lines and ethereal textures that feel both daring and dreamlike.
Next, Caught in Circles mirrors the sensation of being trapped in loops, with fast-paced motifs creating tension, yet subtle harmonies promise eventual release. Similarly, Restless flows with a restless energy, its back-and-forth piano melody, pulling the listener in one direction before another, keeping them engaged and on edge. Endlessly Lost continues the journey, wandering through shifting harmonies that convey subtle tension and the sensation of drifting without direction, while still urging forward motion.
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Finally, Inner Collapse unfolds with deliberate intensity, as the piano and orchestral textures slowly collapse over the listener, almost in slow motion, building tension and emotional weight before fully releasing it. Following this, Scar Away rushes forward with fast-paced energy. It confronts pain while hinting at resilience, using pulsing rhythms and layered textures to signify recovery. Ultimately, One Last Try closes the album on a reflective note, slower and heartfelt. Its piano carries a fragile yet persistent energy, like a match flame that refuses to go out, bringing emotional closure and enduring hope.
Together, these tracks flow seamlessly, dragging the listener through waves of melancholy, bursts of intensity, and fragile sparks of hope, leaving Forever Elsewhere heavy, raw, and utterly unforgettable.
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Figuring out my path while actively plotting ten others. Serious about my dreams with somewhat chaotic ambition. Will do anything for cats.
