Mei Saraswati

Haus

rough cut

small tunas of the swan coastal plain maine

WA Artists

Swamp Gospel:

We wander through the fog,
through he 'spirits of the night'.
Rises like 'incense of the earth'
while we try to make sense of this life.

See that tennis court, those manicured lawns?
That used to be a food bowl,
but now it's gone.
And I'm homesick,
calling out like this
for something that I never knew but know I miss.

Secret, sacred places
We've covered up
Wetland traces
sing that swamp gospel loud.

Intricate biophonies
spill onto the street
underneath the road rivers,
living waters seep

See that tennis court, those manicured lawns?
That used to be a food bowl,
but now it's gone.
And I'm homesick,
calling out like this
for something that I never knew but know I miss.

Secret, sacred places
We've covered up
Wetland traces
sing that swamp gospel loud.

Swamp Gospel

hollow colloquial
we calling out cantankerous
collusions 

secret agents of flagrant
philosophies 
and thoughts that
bubble boil down beneath ur street
underneath ya feet
underneath ya breath

yep

cinematic emphatic factual information
straight from the heart
it projects so much unrest
oh whatta mess we’ve made

jus actin as a mouthpiece
trumpet call to ya’ll
cuz 
greed can grow to a black hole
before ya know, u know 
ya know?

magpie fly 
black and white into the blue


magpie (monk)

LOWER SPECTRUM is the working pseudonym of producer/composer Ned Beckley. Recently having relocated from Melbourne to Fremantle, W.A, Beckley has meticulously pieced together the infectious, kaleidoscopic sounds of his new EP titled, TRACES. The first single, KHLEVER, to be taken from the upcoming EP injects rising orchestral swells, absorbing melody lines built around layers of deep pulsating rhythms and warm analog colours. Drawing detail into infectious hooks and motifs, LOWER SPECTRUM proves on TRACES that music production can contain the grand complexity of a film score and still be suitable for the dance floor.

ZTN004. 
Single & limited clear 12" vinyl Pre-orders available here:
zerothroughnine.bandcamp.com/album/traces 
EP - 18/07/2014.
www.facebook.com/LowerSpectrum

Buy/EP pre-order

Lower Spectrum - Khlever

"I Eat Your Heart" is the second song self recorded by Place of Indigo in their inner city band room in 2014.

I Eat Your Heart

Silver Hills' keenly awaited debut EP 'Plasticine Daydream' is a euphoric flowering of their bittersweet brand of shoegaze/dreampop. Recorded by Josh Amphlett behind a Bayswater bike shop (Mt Mountain, Hideous Sun Demon) and mixed/mastered by Mike Jelenik (The Growl, Gunns), the result is a nuanced and immersive EP.

Sunsets On The West Coast

The third single from the "is it right? EP.

Cirrhosis

Lyrics:

Oh Baby, 
I'm trying to be stronger, 
But you know it's never happened to me, 
And lately, 
I'm trying to be wiser, 
But i'm losing my mind when I see, 
You with him, 
You with her, 
You with anyone other than me, 
Oh Baby, 
I'm trying to be patient, 
But it's never going to happen for me 

Oh Baby, 
Why you getting so quiet? 
You're not making this easy for me, 
And tell me, 
Do you like that I'm trying? 
Or am I trying to hard to please you, 
You tell me, 
"Don't worry Baby", 
But I know, 
I'm gonna have to let you go 

Wish I could believe you, 
I wish I could believe you, 
I wish I could believe you, 
I wish I could 

I Wish I could believe you, 
And wouldn't have to leave you, 
I wish I could believe you, 
I wish I could 

But I'm losing you

Losing You

made day after the passing of Dj Rashad

...

Whatcha gonna do when you're holding on to the very last breath before it leaves you?
Hold on, hold tight, hold on, hold on
What you gonna think when before your eyes, your soul shakes with a flashing light
Hold tight, whole life, life, hold tight, whole life

Tek life, give life, 1 + 1 can make life, 
thru them wing flight
moving on toward the light...

whatcha gonna do ...

''cause them to enter the garden of happiness, cleanse them with the most pure water and grant them to behold - Thy splendours on the loftiest mount...''

all hail haile selassie, buddha, krishna, le atua, the truth -
nguzunguzu - prow navigate ancient canoe,
all hail rivers that mouth the meeting of the sea
underground aquifer
footprint lake is glistening
all hail



Tek Life

communication
got to be patient
info highway choking 
land line broken

i could seal it with a kiss
txt it to u real late
it could be a hit or miss
without me to intonate

i’m a put it up on a blog tho
i’m keep it down on the down load
ima release it online tho 

it takes time tho
even we live in same postcod3
wanna send the msgs i give
down the street where live

communication
got to be patient
info highway choking 
land line broken

uncomfortable like stiletto
take off my shoes and let go
stoop on the porch 
and the night glows

dial up and login,
press play to begin
so hard to forget
that eye to eye net

i’m a put it up on a blog tho
i’m keep it down on the down load
ima release it online tho 

COMMUNICATION

Coletânea Gramofone Virtual - Slackin' Roots - 2011

Compilação do blog www.gramofonevirtual.blogspot.com para o Orangotango Music Session.

02 Blundetto - Voices (with Hindi Zahra)

found on hard drive - dated april 2014

made the day after a lonely club night. walking round connections missing some 1. when the smoke from the smoke machine gets in ur eye. 

lonely in the club

Resident songstress and beat crafter, Mei Saraswati, clearly demonstrates why she is so admired within The Community (and everywhere else) with this one.  A touch Carribean, a touch chant music, a touch griots - completely amazing.

Mei Saraswati - He Knows

What's it gonna take

From Radio Citizen's "Hope and Despair" LP. 
iTunes: http://apple.co/1FJkwgw
Available online at: http://www.ubiquityrecords.com
Spotify: http://spoti.fi/1J2LzUz

Radio Citizen (feat. Bajka) - Summer Days

can we just get by,
by ourselves? now tell me why
we're so isolated from each other
we should act with love for one another

i can see the waves in the patterns on the dress that u wear,
and i can see nobility in the way that u care,
and we will meet on the beach in the dark of the night,
let the stars multiply til the sky turns pure white,
there washes in a breeze
its calling us
to eternity

eternity

HEADPHONES. . . ? 

i was just goin about my day
when outta no where
thoughts of u rain down
outta no where
i start missing u
i was goin about my day

got nothin to smoke 
to distract me tonight
so i think i just might
take a litle day dream
and remember us again
i ain't scared no more
it doesn't hurt like before

i pushed all the feelings
like a curtain on the railings
closed the chapter
erased ever after
but tonight i'm gonna reminisce 
bout ya skin and how we used to kiss

go frank go. thank u 4 channel orange. 

goin bout my day (thinkin bout you cover)

Taken from The Wicked Man Redux, available for free download on The Community Bandcamp on March 7th, 2013.

http://thecommunityrecords.bandcamp.com/

The Wicked Man EP, originally recorded and produced by The Weapon Is Sound. 

Willow Tree - The Weapon is Sound - Mei Saraswati branch remix

pinball wormhole
thru the looking glass
blue moon hidden in my stash
ain't impossible to understand
take a toke and pass it with the left hand
and if i was cremated, transform, re-instated,
reborn, re-inflated, ignored, hot-potated, 
i'd be the same way as i am
so take a listen now
and take my hand
and let's go. 



dash

Mei Saraswati - Dash (Leon Osborn Remix)

kidnapped via time travel to yesterday,
i suspect that retrospect has taken me away.
wanna swim with the current
but the past is pulling faster than;
blurred words
gestures
flowing out my hands.
wanna mend that rip in the fabric of time,
stitch it up,
overlock,
that busted seam line.
such a...bag lady - yeah i did hurt my back
and what Badu
said was true
i need to forgive you...

and if i want i can change
but if i want i can stay the same
choose wisely

who said that this would be easy
no one ever

entrapped like an animal looking for escape,
i detect that disrespect has taken my liberties away.
wanna fly
our design is to spread our wings
upon the wind
denied
each time
so i sing
wanna record symphonies that spring from our lungs.
now chin up, raise your cup
for all the sorrow that is sung.
I got life - my boobies and my back.
Ms Simone used her bones
to amplify beautiful tones

if i want i can change
but if i want i can stay the same

choose wisely

who said....


Kidnapped via time travel

we lie because of it
we die because of it
we steal because of it
we kill because of it
we try because of it
lose our minds because of it
close our eyes because of it
we depise because of it 

ego let me go
ego let me go

i'm drowning
in a whirlpool,
ferocious with expectations
    
i don't know what is good
i dont know what could be bad
all i know
is this life is the only one that i've ever had 

ego let me go
ego let me go


let me go
let me go
let me go 
etc etc etc 

Hypermediations on cassette thru Healthy Tapes:

http://healthytapes.bigcartel.com/product/mei-saraswati-hypermeditations-cs-50-2nd-pressing

http://meisaraswati.bandcamp.com

mei_saraswati@live.com.au

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