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Suleiman walks a tightrope between East and West, taking care to appeal to listeners on both shores. His wirework also balances between the groove of his left hand and the melodies of his right, between the sophistication of his compositions and his concern for narrative music. On this new album, too, there’s a balance between the piano and the oud, whose dialogues are sometimes refined (Table for Two) and sometimes torrential (Unsolved Cube). These ambitions are supported by unfiltered emotions, from romanticism to anger. The Palestinian doesn’t conceal the tensions that imprint certain tracks (the electric guitar riffs in On Your Toes), explaining that they emanate from his life in Haifa, steeped in Israeli oppression. 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