ERS 1
Her stiff movements in the mirror
bits of broken glas, spilled liquor
Dead reflection, glazed eyes
her true self has been compromised
You let her know that you will be there
Craving her body when she is near
She knows you’re trying to be the good guy
But her bright smile is just a lie
PRE-CHORUS
its your attention, your scent, your touch that
pacifies the ghosts of mine
you freeze my circulation with your intent
Still your hands are gonna be red as wine
VERS 2
back then he revived her sleeping demons
that is when she should have seen those beacons
It seems like she got high on expectations
she could have, she would have, she should have come to a realization
You haunt her traumas
he carved his mark into her hide
now her self has been compromised
CHORUS:
demons of mine
cannot leave them behind
Berlin-based producer Matiryaloka prepares to release the emotive lead single ‘Compromised’ set to drop on the 30th January. The track has been taken off his forthcoming debut EP entitled ‘Drama Disc’, out independently on the 20th February.
‘Compromised’ features the vocals of rising singer Nashira Cole, whose stirring performance instills a layer of pop influences to the dark, brooding electronic productions of Matiryaloka AKA Malte Andrae. The track opens up with a soft tremolo pad and a spattering of fizzy samples accompanied by a gradually rising kick drum, leaving a sparse and open production allowing Cole’s warm vocals to shine through the atmospheric mix. Matiryaloka softly teases the synths throughout the verses before spiraling into a climatic chorus where the whirring keyboards lurch out of the shadows and into the forefront, full of emotion and melancholy. ‘Compromised’ is laced with a thundering bass, choppy percussion and soaring vocal melodies that showcase both his production and songwriting abilities.
Growing up in a small village in Germany, Malte began his musical career playing drums in a number of different post-hardcore bands, before moving to Berlin to study music production whilst delving deeper into the life of a music producer. He has since built up an extensive repertoire of varying musical projects, composing music for film shorts, adverts as well as songwriting. Malte is enthused by the lack of diversity in popular genres and aims to make a change. He finds inspiration in artists such as Burial, Modselektor, Flume, George Maple and Robot Koch who has been supported by the likes of Pitchfork, GQ and Indie Shuffle and champions the “deep detailed sounds” of Matiryaloka.
Andrae’s goal with his music is to bend the boundaries of a sometimes static and uninspired scenery, bridging the gap between underground and mainstream. This drive to create fresh, genre-defying music is the reason behind his name ‘Matiryaloka’, which comes from the ancient vedic language and literally translates to “The World where everything is cursed to die”. Where some may see this as a negative mantra to live by, Malte’s interpretation is that everything in our physical world will eventually decay, and thus, emphasising the fact that there may be a whole different and exciting world ahead of us.
‘Compromised’ signifies Matiryaloka’s ever evolving sound and devotion to changing people’s preconceptions of what electronic music should be. His forthcoming EP is another fascinating chapter in his myriad of a musical outputs and is sure to make waves in the industry this year.
credits
released January 30, 2017
Production & Songwriting: Malte Andrae, Maxime Shakir, Luisa Kutza
Mixing: Malte Andrae /Tillmann Zock
Mastering: Yilmaz Sürmeli (Soundfreunde)
Remix: Dope est Dope
Listen to all three Parts, Lorn`s work ,not just on this release simply on everything he does, is outstanding and in my eyes groundbreaking. Matiryaloka
The recent release of one the most innovative Producer in the industry, shows again his distinct and detailed knowledge and craft with sound - Soundtrack for dreamers , wonderful. Matiryaloka
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