TA-KU - Mahal (COVER)

Remnants is the latest single from Boorloo / Perth, Western Australian-based singer-songwriter Tanaya Harper. 

Remnants was written during a songwriting retreat with Producer, Anna Laverty. I woke early in the morning to a quiet chalet, sat at the piano and started writing. The song is a meditation on how abandonment issues often negatively impact the ability for healthy relationships to flourish. Feeling genuine love and respect for the self is imperative for healthy relationship dynamics to develop, so Remnants is my ode to this learning chapter. 

Written by Tanaya Harper
Vocals and Piano by Tanaya Harper
Cello by Anna Sarcich

Recorded and mixed by Anna Laverty at RADA Sound Studio, Walyalup / Fremantle
Mastered by Joseph Carra of Crystal Mastering

Artwork:
Photo by Howie Ng
Graphic Design by Gareth Andersen

Remnants

motions

Debut album of Tanaya Harper
Recorded with Andrew Lawson at Debaser Studio, Western Australia
Mastered by Ruairi O’Flaherty of Nomograph Mastering 

'Cleo is a song that explores moments of growth and insight following a relationship’s end. Those moments when you can humbly acknowledge your equal participation in an unhealthy relationship, whilst also offering yourself kindness and the opportunity to sit with and learn from the experience, rather than choosing the route of righteousness and ignorance'

Credits: 

Written by Tanaya Harper 
Tanaya Harper (voice, guitar, synth), Sara McPherson (bass), Beau Torrance (guitar), Luke Del Fante (drums)

Lyrics:

I still hear you in my dreams telling me I’m not enough, enough, no
I still hear you when I least expect it saying all the same downer stuff

Dynamics die hard, I still get the urge to guide you
All those years and songs, in hindsight they were all clues

Nothing’s wasted, everything carries with it a deep truth, it’s true, it’s true
Was it schema chemistry that kept me here wanting you? But who, who are you?

Dynamics die hard, I still get the urge to guide you
All those years and songs, in hindsight they were all clues

Treading water for so long, then it came out of the blue

Cleo

Debut album of Tanaya Harper
Recorded with Andrew Lawson at Debaser Studio, Western Australia
Mastered by Ruairi O’Flaherty of Nomograph Mastering 
Classical arrangements by Jared Yapp

Credits:

Night Terrors: 
Written by Tanaya Harper
Arranged by Jared Yapp 
Tanaya Harper (voice, guitar), Kathryn Lee (violin 1), Alex Isted (violin 2), Jared Yapp (viola), Sacha McCulloch (cello), Wendy Tait (horn)

Cleo: 
Written by Tanaya Harper 
Tanaya Harper (voice, guitar, synth), Sara McPherson (bass), Beau Torrance (guitar), Luke Del Fante (drums)

Bonded Pair: 
Written by Tanaya Harper
Arranged by Jared Yapp
Tanaya Harper (voice, piano), Rachael Aquilina (Violin 1), Teresa Vinci (Violin 2), Sally Boud (Viola), Sacha McCulloch (Cello), Giovanni Vinci (Double Bass)

Young Leo: 
Tanaya Harper (voice, guitar), Sara McPherson (Bass), Guitar (Beau Torrance), Luke Del Fante (Drums)

Role Models: 
Written by Tanaya Harper
Arrangement by Jared Yapp
Tanaya Harper (vocals), Alex Allan (Oboe), Teresa Vinci (violin), Sally Boud (viola), Sacha McCulloch (cello), Will Nichols (harp)

Night Terrors, Part 2:
Arranged by Jared Yapp
Kathryn Lee (violin 1), Alex Isted (violin 2), Jared Yapp (viola), Sacha McCulloch (cello), Wendy Tait (horn)

Flashbacks: 
Written by Tanaya Harper
Tanaya Harper (voice, guitar, bass), Production (Andrew Lawson)

Pemberton:
Kookaburras recorded on voice memo

Role Models (Demo):
Written by Tanaya Harper
Tanaya Harper - (guitar, vocals)

Fog:
Written by Tanaya Harper
Tanaya Harper (voice, guitar, bass), Ezekiel Padmanabham (guitar, synth), Luke Del Fante (drums)

Waltz:
Written by Tanaya Harper
Tanaya Harper (voice, synth)

Celeste:
Written by Tanaya Harper
Tanaya Harper (voice, piano)

Night Terrors

Tanaya Harper's first love was Jack Dawson. This song serves as a reminder and a tribute to the romance expressed and the mutual adoration felt for your significant other. Always remember how you deserve to be loved.

Song written by Tanaya Harper
Recorded, Produced and Mixed by Andrew Lawson, Debaser Studio
Mastered by Ruairi O’Flaherty, Nomograph Mastering

Tanaya Harper - Vocals, Guitar 
Beau Torrance - Lead Guitar
Sara McPherson - Bass 
Luke Del Fante - Drums

Lyrics:

Despite all the intricacies
Now I simply know what I need from you

My Lover, my Someone

I need romance
I need young Leo and fireworks
And a shared adoration

Reruns of personal bests
Bad habit of settling for less, don’t you?

My Lover, my Someone 

I need romance
I need young Leo and fireworks
And a shared adoration

Frankly it’s not too much to ask
The bare minimum
And I won’t negotiate it

Cos I need romance
I need Jack Dawson
He’s number One

Yeah I need romance
I need young Leo and fireworks


Yeah I need, romance
I need Jack Dawson
He’s number One

And I won’t negotiate it

Young Leo - Tanaya Harper

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The Cloud

Play Where's Wally with the garage band metronome 

Talk show host (Radiohead cover)

Winged Man

Indie-rock angel Tanaya Harper is one of Perth’s leading ladies of original music.
Her insightful lyricism resonates with audiences as she delivers her personal experiences with depression, anxiety and living with bipolar disorder.

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