Khadija al Hanafi's album !OK! marks a significant evolution in her artistry, moving from the charm of her earlier Slime Patrol tapes to a more intense sonic experience. The album, featuring 20 tracks in just over 34 minutes, maintains a rapid 160 bpm pulse, eliminating traditional club dynamics. Al Hanafi cleverly combines diverse samples, reflecting her fascination with '70s soul and the digital age's fragmented existence. Her background, rooted in sampling methods and childhood influences, further enriches her compositions, demonstrating her ability to blur the lines between eras and genres.
!OK! is a constant stream of stimulation, pouncing on each opportunity to fuse a new, strange combination of samples from al Hanafi's deep crates.
Al Hanafi uses it as a foundation for greater compositional experimentation, flickering the volume of melodies on and off to conjure sensations of weightlessness.
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