MAYa - Embrace Comfort (stringless) “M” E.P 2013
This is the original version of Embrace Comfort , the other version with string arrangements was released with a video in 2011.
I decided then that it would be nice to use all the extra beautiful footage that Kenneth Zoran Curwood had shot, hand developed and painted for an alternative video to the original version of the song that never had strings. So finally it is here!!!
“M” Cover for video 4 track release.
photo and design:Sebastian Mlynarski
you ignore the holes in the fire as you try to keep warm
plain keeper who fuels your persuasion is bitter and worn
well placed then to have married a coward
before the others were born
breathe in breathe out your fueled by jealousy
so confused by his daughters place in your four unit family
time passes and so does a mother
no note not even a word, a threat around my house
a clasp to secure the guilt within
steamed and pressed under your skin
breathe in, breathe out, you use my heart
MAYa - Four Unit family “M” e.p
The demo for this song was recorded in New York in march 2010, then completed in an analogue studio in Berlin the following September with Mark Bihler who mixed and helped with mastering. The video was filmed in a dance studio in Berlin in May 2011 with artist/musician Delia Gonzalez. Finally completed in June 2012.
Embrace comfort you smile upon my solitude
in the evening a guarded understanding
you stand alone in your magnitude
force the back door gaze through my window
emmerse your hands back into the soil
please dont take off your coat
please dont take off your coat
once i thought interests ruled the heart
looking back im still armed
differences will not sustain
kuala in my arms
find, keep, found, peace
comfort in the morning
a.m look through my window
Embrace comfort “M” was shot in spring of 2011 upstate New york with artist film maker Kenneth Curwood, shot on super 8 and super 16,
my keeper comes alive where are where are
i need my family tonight
blood on the walls up in the highrise
watch me fall
help me if you want to only if you want to
forgotten children how are they doing
wooden chest is torn and in ruin
your not wanted here.
watch your pets fall and dissapear
synthetic in sides fill most of your friends
glass button eyes nothing to hold onto
last time i saw a halo halo came onto me
last time i kissed my fellow a child conceived
your not gonna fall only if you want to
allyoueverwanted-“M” was shot in London in spring 2011 with photographer Michelle Turriani featuring a little girl MAYa has known since birth.
i can pass the day i can find my own way
I get through the day on my own
i get through my own way.
shut out my heart needs you
observe the doubt absent of sound
in my own way
all expression let it out
observe the sound absent of doubt
all expression let it out
can i call on you three years later
lie down shut out my heart needs you
braids of sweat form a noose
my mind is open
will i selfishly destroy
two weeks later breakdown
further all i take and enjoy
my affection my arms
my arms were open
take and enjoy
The Takers - “M” another video with Sebastian Mlynarski was shot in a New York studio in the bleak winter of 2011 featuring performance and visual artist Raul de Nieves.
“A” was recorded with Joseph Budenholzer over 8 months in 2009, after endless pressing plant problems, self released in 2010. The art work once again designed by Sebastian Mlynarski. After that experience MAYa decided to stop making records and concentrate on just videos instead.
A friend ‘Jack plug’ later asked for some files and this “helium” remix appeared .
Here is 4 minutes of that mix
a doubt with out doubt pleasant days of leisure
calm down rewind panic chords my eyes
lost is this day disappears before its begun
lie down observe conscious of the hours
entwined with the sun no colour or taste do you belong
entwined with the sun lighter than air held in a star
helium
light lends tomorrow habits hold a place to thrive
elevate inspire proceed revive
entwined with the sun no colour or taste do you belong.
“Helium” was the second video MAYa did with Sebastian Mlynarski in late 2009. Shot in Death valley over 3 days. Just them and a camera.
no sale or return
this is your final keep sake
let it in let it out
a memory of the intake
you are my life long tenant
inhabit and remain
you are my life long tenant
ill tuck you in
let it in let it out
this is my home
im here to stay
i help indulge
a thought of yesterday
let it in let it out
