“The problem with introspection is that it has no end.”― Philip K. Dick

Wistful feelings buried in your eyes, 
Secret yearning no one hears your cries, 
Who will help you? Where is all your might?
Lost all hope, this battle you can't fight.

You can't help but shed that lonely tear, 
Blissful feeling, nothing left to fear, 
One step closer to finding some light, 
Darkness somehow, never felt so bright. 

Take it easy, I know that you can,
For there is something else,
I know there's something else, 
There's always something else, 
Believe in something else. 

Cover art by: Inaiya



Something Else

For Geoff.
Free download.
Contains a short field-recording of Geoff https://soundcloud.com/bluffmunkey, and our little man. 

Artwork by: http://emmapants94.deviantart.com/art/fairytale-215327333

Whatever May Come (Know That I Love You)

A smooth, silky and downtempo ballad. A mostly finished BluffMunkey production with myself on vocals.

Lyrics:

You're ev'rything,
Lacking in me,
Dreams I once had and yearned for,
I no longer need.


You're ev'rything I need,
That's lacking in me......

Everything - BluffMunkey ft. Inaiya (vocals)

BluffMunkey featuring Dave McK on guitar and myself on vocals: NOW AVAILABLE ON ITUNES AND BEATPORT






Lyrics:
Increasingly disturbing,
Another harrowing scream,
A feeling so perturbing,
Forever wishing for dreamless sleep.

The nightmares have now spoken,
Yield and suffer the torment, 
Your soul seized as a token,
Your suffering will never relent.

Eram quod es, eris quod sum.
Non omnia moriar.

Demonica - BluffMunkey ft. Dave McK (axe) and Inaiya (vocals) OUT NOW on Rotation Deep UK

A little experimental fun using Total India. My debut production.

Sitara

An incredibly chilled out smooth bit of ambience, best enjoyed listened to on headphones.

Perception,
Little is as it seems,
Release your restraints,
Allow yourself to dream,
For within the chaos of our minds,
Lies a place where we dare to be free. 

Whispered Echoes - BluffMunkey ft. Inaiya (vocals)

An idea that I have had for a while which I have only had the inclination, (and production skills and knowledge), to bring to life. My first full length production. A surreal and darkly perturbing journey into the unknown: the depths and limits of your mind. 
Featuring BluffMunkey (guitar and some vocals), and our 3 year old son.  

A Solitary Journey on the Road to Nowhere

A great deal of experimental sound-mangling madness of a whole array of sounds, including my vocals and a few sample parts from BluffMunkey's Demonica.

Deluded conceptions,
A flight from what's real.
The torment, the anguish,
A need to conceal. 

Emotions run too deep,
They push you too far,
Pretenses, illusions,
They'll consume who you are.



Fight or Flight

My first offering of 2012, and it was a great deal of fun. My soprano vocals, whispers and chickens, all part of a surreal dream. Many thanks to my Bluffmunkey for his help with the orchestration of my piano melody.

Artwork by Chiara Fersini http://www.thedphoto.com/inspiration-fix/surreal-female-art-photography-from-chiara-fersini/

Rose-Tinted Glasses of a Lucid Dream

Bittersweet I love yous. 

Contains samples from the following: True Romance, As Good As It Gets, An Affair to Remember, and Breakfast At Tiffany's. 
Also, contains field-recordings from: Gluid: http://soundcloud.com/gluid-1/coffee, Letryp Fieldrecordings: http://soundcloud.com/letryp-fieldrecordings/bottles, and http://www.freesound.org/people/studiorat/sounds/22349/

Lyrics:

There are no little sparks left in your eyes,
There is no element of a small surprise,
Even still, my arms were open wide.

Thinking of you and I as I lay awake,
Wondering what to do, what I have to say,
Here I am, again I'm contemplating. 

Stood in disbelief, 
I just can't conceive,
What you've taken away from me.

Confused and alone,
A head full of scorn, 
It's tonight that I am reborn.

Cover art from: http://hancukas.deviantart.com/art/fantasy-girl-12-188771334

Reborn

I've been working on my best ambient piece to date, but it's in need of a guitar part and Geoff's guitar neck is bent. So, until he gets it fixed, here's my first attemp at programming drums. Some experimental ethnic tribal drummage I did using Battery 3 and a couple of samples from Total India, and bagfuls of sound mangling. All percussion!

Artwork by argeneva http://argeneva.deviantart.com/gallery/

Pulse

My first ever remix. Here's my rendition of VulpineSmile's The Ocean In Between http://soundcloud.com/vulpinesmile/the-oceans-in-between-w-vocals This is inspired by the stuff I used to listen to as a teenage girl, namely Nine Inch Nails and Marilyn Manson. Therefore, you may find it to be an ickle bit different from my usual ambient soundscapes. :)  

Lots of production firsts here for me and it was a steep learning curve, but had a huge amount of fun, and I can't thank VulpineSmile enough for letting me mangle up his stems granular style!

Artwork by: viridis-somnio - http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&q=fox#/d1kwrxt

VulpineSmile - The Oceans In Between (Inaiya's Red-Blooded Remix)

Contains samples from the following: Natural Born Killers, Stir of Echoes, as well as, Creed's 'Wash Away those Years' from their Human Clay album. Guitar part (at end of track) by http://soundcloud.com/bluffmunkey

Lyrics:

I will do anything I can for you,
My vacuous mind is torn in two,
I will do anything I can for you,
My vacuous mind thinks I'm in love.


There's a look in your eyes,
When calling me near, 
Clenching my fists, I am trembling with fear. 

There's a hole in my heart, 
That's clouding my eyes, 
I'm watching the sun fade away.

Watching the Sun Fade Away

Your mind is your instrument. Learn to be its master and not its slave.

Contains my own field recordings of a day out at Windsor Riverside feeding the ducks with Bluffmunkey and our son, as well as my whispers used in Bluffmunkey's https://soundcloud.com/bluffmunkey/whispered-echo. A big thank you to Bluffmunkey for his input on the strings.  

Lyrics: 

Nothing ventured, nothing gained, 
All my thoughts remain the same, 
Waiting for the day to come,
The day that I get my way. 

Ev'ry move so underhand, 
Hoping soon you'll understand,
It's all in my mind engraved,
You'll never get what you crave. 

Cover art: http://dcw1979.deviantart.com/art/Hilltop-Sunset-196925917 by: http://dcw1979.deviantart.com/

Crave (Let It Be)

I'm Sel, A.K.A. Mrs. BluffMunkey, on vocal duty for Mr. BluffMunkey, and now experimenting with my own sound-mangling productions.

http://soundcloud.com/groups/ambient-journeys

If you like what you hear, then check out http://soundcloud.com/bluffmunkey as well, for an eclectic collection of musical brilliance, in many different genres and styles. Head over to Bluffmunkey's website: http://bluffmunkey.co.uk/?page_id=30 and grab yourself some of his sound-mangling magic. :)

Inaiya

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