Join me on a journey through my favorite formative works—resuscitated from the cutting room floor and sewn into a beautifully psychedelic trip through the early years of my creative journey. This is my prelude.

🌐 https://prelude.mazy.media

🎶 written, performed, and produced by mazy ape
🎨 album cover art by AbsurdSiren
🔊 additional sound design on "terminus" intro by @TieSkyGuy

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mazy’s prelude

hello world

🌐 https://mazy.media

What began as a sound piece created to accompany an alien-themed art exhibit in Philadelphia quickly evolved into something far more expansive before making its debut at the show. “sounds from an otherworldly place” is a sonic odyssey: a story of interstellar exploration and transformation told in five acts across space and time.

On this radical departure from her usual style, Mazy showcases her versatility by pushing the boundaries of her own craft. Experiments in sound design, synthesis, and field recording coalesce into haunting atmospheres and emotionally rich ambient worlds.

What emerges is both cosmic and intimate: a meditation on fear and fascination with the unknown.

sounds from an otherworldly place

☄️ mazy's prelude – part 10 ☄️
🎥 watch the full animated album: https://prelude.mazy.media/watch
🌐 explore my music, merch, and more: https://mazy.media

(additional sound design on the intro by @TieSkyGuy)

This is the final part, and thus the conclusion of my prelude project project.  Thank you for joining me on this journey through my early works.  I hope you found some enjoyment along the way.

SøøN, †HE REAL SHøW WILL BEGIN.

mazy's prelude

terminus.

⚙️ mazy's prelude – part 7 ⚙️
🎥 watch the full animated album: https://prelude.mazy.media/watch
🌐 explore my music, merch, and more: https://mazy.media

do you dream of data?  i think i do.  this song came to me in a dream.  it sounded like tiny little machines at work in my head.  i captured it as best as i could before the dream faded.

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Welcome to my prelude – a collection of early works and cutting room floor material that I didn't want to simply let die on my hard drive. As a result of the nature of this project, many of these tracks are rough around the edges and in various states of completion. Regardless, I hope you enjoy this peek into my formative material before I move on to more fully realized projects.

Stay tuned!

i dream of data

🌹 mazy's prelude – part 5 🌹
🎥 watch the full animated album: https://prelude.mazy.media/watch
🌐 explore my music, merch, and more: https://mazy.media

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Welcome to my prelude – a collection of early works and cutting room floor material that I didn't want to simply let die on my hard drive. As a result of the nature of this project, many of these tracks are rough around the edges and in various states of completion. Regardless, I hope you enjoy this peek into my formative material before I move on to more fully realized projects.

Stay tuned!

rosa, color of the past

✨ mazy's prelude – part 2 ✨
🎥 watch the full animated album: https://prelude.mazy.media/watch
🌐 explore my music, merch, and more: https://mazy.media

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Welcome to my prelude – a collection of early works and cutting room floor material that I didn't want to simply let die on my hard drive. As a result of the nature of this project, many of these tracks are rough around the edges and in various states of completion. Regardless, I hope you enjoy this peek into my formative material before I move on to more fully realized projects.

Stay tuned!

laniakea

💫 mazy's prelude – part 1 💫
🎥 watch the full animated album: https://prelude.mazy.media/watch
🌐 explore my music merch, and more: https://mazy.media

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Welcome to my prelude – a collection of early works and cutting room floor material that I didn't want to simply let die on my hard drive. As a result of the nature of this project, many of these tracks are rough around the edges and in various states of completion. Regardless, I hope you enjoy this peek into my formative material before I move on to more fully realized projects.

Stay tuned!

the upward spiral

🔪 mazy's prelude – part 3 🔪
🎥 watch the full animated album: https://prelude.mazy.media/watch
🌐 explore my music, merch, and more: https://mazy.media

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original interview: youtube.com/watch?v=n88ONdIISV4

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Welcome to my prelude – a collection of early works and cutting room floor material that I didn't want to simply let die on my hard drive. As a result of the nature of this project, many of these tracks are rough around the edges and in various states of completion. Regardless, I hope you enjoy this peek into my formative material before I move on to more fully realized projects.

Stay tuned!

lambchop (ode to malcom x)

lamb chop (ode to malcolm x)

💀 mazy's prelude – part 4 💀
🎥 watch the full animated album: https://prelude.mazy.media/watch
🌐 explore my music, merch, and more: https://mazy.media

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Welcome to my prelude – a collection of early works and cutting room floor material that I didn't want to simply let die on my hard drive. As a result of the nature of this project, many of these tracks are rough around the edges and in various states of completion. Regardless, I hope you enjoy this peek into my formative material before I move on to more fully realized projects.

Stay tuned!

vindicta

🌬️ mazy's prelude – part 9 🌬️
🎥 watch the full animated album: https://prelude.mazy.media/watch
🌐 explore my music, merch, and more: https://mazy.media

...they say that everything will be okay.

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📝 (a note from mazy)

this week's episode of prelude is a personal favorite of mine.  "whispers on the wind" serves as a love letter to the beautiful works of C418.  i have always been heavily inspired by his simplistic, yet incredibly evocative brand of electronica, both in the minecraft OST and his solo works.  to pay homage, i wanted to create a song with a beauty that is more than the sum of its parts– music that weaves a swirling, kaleidoscopic soundscape that easily serves as a backdrop, yet demands attention despite its subtlety.

of course,  i had to put my own fingerprints on the style, and i achieved this through the use of my signature polyrhythms.  compositionally, i made use of different subdivisions of 11 with short-steps scattered throughout.  coupled with the whispery wind sounds and distant resonant chimes, the resulting piece is just as unpredictable as the wind itself, turning on a heel at any given moment, gently carrying the listener up to the sky and dropping them on to the clouds.  it is an especially fitting song for a warm, windy day.

i hope you enjoy it as much as i enjoyed making it. 💜

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Welcome to my prelude – a collection of early works and cutting room floor material that I didn't want to simply let die on my hard drive. As a result of the nature of this project, many of these tracks are rough around the edges and in various states of completion. Regardless, I hope you enjoy this peek into my formative material before I move on to more fully realized projects.

Stay tuned!

whispers on the wind

🌇 mazy’s prelude – part 8 🌆
🎥 watch the full animated album: https://prelude.mazy.media/watch
🌐 explore my music, merch, and more: https://mazy.media

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Welcome to my prelude – a collection of early works and cutting room floor material that I didn't want to simply let die on my hard drive. As a result of the nature of this project, many of these tracks are rough around the edges and in various states of completion. Regardless, I hope you enjoy this peek into my formative material before I move on to more fully realized projects.

Stay tuned!

sounds from a familiar place

the mazy ape presents… “hello world”
part 1: “i need to get higher”
https://www.mazy.media

music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU1jxRuomog
full playlist: https://on.soundcloud.com/1GFqszDgnHQ7MIQ64X


__LYRICS__
light it up, listen up, and get close to me
you know i've never been one for the make believe
i want to know if you’ve got what i really need
i want to know if it’s empty or empathy

i need to get higher
i need a prescription
i need you to sit down and listen to me

i'm getting so tired
of the superficial
want you to go deeper
talk is cheap

i need you to mean it
and get a bit closer
i thrive off of vulnerability

i need to go higher
i want to go deeper

so light it up
and i’ll call your bluff
if i simmered down
would you stick around?

it's driving me crazy
i need to go higher
i need to get this chip off of my shoulder

i'm feeling emotions
i need to express them
hope somebody listens

so light it up
and i’ll call your bluff
if i simmered down
would you stick around?

so light it up
don't write me off
to the next one
who's here for fun

light it up, listen up, and get close to me
but when it comes time for me to stop the beat
will you still want to be with me?


__CREDITS__
written, preformed, and produced by the mazy ape
“mazy” font by AbsurdSiren

FX:
“Shiny Object” by sonically_sound via FreeSound (https://freesound.org/s/625716/)
“tv turn off.aif” by harpoyume via FreeSound (https://freesound.org/s/86034/)


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i need to get higher

the mazy ape presents… “hello world”
part 2: “other minds”
www.mazy.media

music video: https://youtu.be/9Y_gny-tOfY
full playlist: on.soundcloud.com/1GFqszDgnHQ7MIQ64X

__LYRICS__
other minds
i've been living in a dark room with mine
how very narrow of me

other minds
existing parallel with worlds of their own
just beyond these walls

turn on the light
and dispel this illusion of the mind
state of delusion that i'm someone

i'm just a cell in this organism
oh, the humanity

ego
what a cruel lover you've been
your embrace has left me thin
unable to let others in

you need to die
it's time to shed this old skin of mine
i want to feel everything, everyone
become one with the other minds

i'll push through the pain

__CREDITS__
written, preformed, and produced by the mazy ape
“mazy” font by AbsurdSiren

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other minds

the mazy ape presents… “hello world”
part 3: “whiplash!”
www.mazy.media

music video: youtu.be/0-BS5ndm-lQ
full playlist: on.soundcloud.com/1GFqszDgnHQ7MIQ64X

__LYRICS__
(know me long enough...)
(know me long enough, get one)
(know me long enough, get one)
(know me long enough, get a song)

you gave me whiplash
when you switched up
from ten to zero
in less than a second

hit the emergency ejection

you made me double-take
one look at each face
(a look at each face, deceiver's mask slips away)

the real one underneath
(the face that no-one sees)
is painfully ugly

seems neither one perceived
the gold inside of me
(you will never lay your filthy fingers on me)
no fool can tarnish
or chip so easily
you'll bounce right off of me

i don't need you
could take or leave you
so, if i don't want you
i will leave you

how's that for whiplash?

__CREDITS__
written, preformed, and produced by the mazy ape
“mazy” font by AbsurdSiren

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