~ Water surrounds the lotus flower, but does not wet its petals ~

~ Off Borders Ep ~ 

Black Lotus

~ The Black Chasm of the Universe Above. ~

~ Borders EP ~  

Zumbus

~ Tigris ~ Descent ~ 

~ The demons of all the Abyss lay there
  Dead but Dreaming, they clung to the walls ~

~ Borders Ep ~ 

Zitan -Tigris

~ "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked ...
who broke down crying in white gymnasiums naked and trembling before the machinery of other skeletons...
who howled on their knees in the subway and were dragged off the roof ..." ~ A Ginsberg~

~ Un-named EP ~ WIP ~ 

~ Main Vox <a href="http://www.facebook.com/odissisuicide" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Odissi</a> Sample Pack ~


Zitan - Howling

~ Despairing cries float ceaselessly toward me, day and night, 
   The sad voice of Death -- the call of my nearest lover, putting forth, 
	   alarmed, uncertain, 
    "This sea I am quickly to sail, come tell me, 
               Come tell me where I am speeding -- tell me my destination."  ~ Witman

~ Un-named EP ~   

Zitan - Fracture

~ "Like a patient etherized upon a table; 
Let us go through certain half-deserted streets,	
The muttering retreats of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels	
And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells:	
Streets that follow like a tedious argument of insidious intent" ~ T.S. Eliot ~

~ Atrophy EP ~ WIP ~ 

~ Main Vox from the stunning <a href="http://www.facebook.com/odissisuicide" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Odissi</a> Sample Pack ~

Zitan - Pathogen

~ My sorrow; I could not awaken
   My heart to joy at the same tone; And all I loved, I loved alone.

   From the lightning in the sky As it passed me flying by,
   From the thunder and the storm,  And the cloud that took the form
   Of a demon in my view.  ~ Edgar Allan Poe ~ 
 
~ Free released on on the free album : <a href = "http://sanjayaprime.bandcamp.com/album/io-pulse-recast-and-quarantined">Jaya Prime's IO-Pulse Recast</a> ~ 

~ Completed in a weekend (or so) for my good bro <a href = "http://soundcloud.com/jaya-prime">Jaya Prime</a> ~ 

Jaya Prime - Witching Wall (Zitan Remix)

~ Your arms full, and your hair wet, I could not	 
   Speak, and my eyes failed, I was neither	 
   Living nor dead, and I knew nothing,	 
   Looking into the heart of light, the silence. ~ TS Eliot~

~ Atrophy EP ~ Forthcoming ~
~ Main Vox from <a href="http://www.facebook.com/odissisuicide" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Odissi</a> Twisted Vocals Sample Pack ~

Zitan - Stigma

Bootleg vocals from: Aretha Franklin, Katherine Elis (much respect)
Clock samples freesound.org: ERH, Daveincinemas, and more

Zitan - Clockwork

Much respect for Goldfrapp. 
Ambient samples freesound.org: Digifish, ERH
Thanks to my 7-year old young son for who wanted: goldfrapp, rockets, tambourine and deep sub.
Still needs work. Alternative dl: http://www.divshare.com/download/12785234-d48

Goldfrapp - Rocket (Zitan Remix)

Samples from a bunch of old Chinese folksongs I found at the library including Linda Gong.

"You can't step on the same piece of water twice"

Zitan - Zen

~ Be silent in that solitude, Which is not loneliness
The spirits of the dead, who stood in life before thee, 
Are again in death around thee. ~ Poe 

~ Forthcoming Atrophy LP. Optimus Gryme Records ~

~ After Proper Master ~

Zitan - Recollect

~ April is the cruelest month, breeding	 
Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing	 
Memory and desire, stirring	 
Dull roots with spring rain. ~  Eliot

~ Forthcoming Atrophy LP.  Optimus Gryme Records ~

~ After Proper Master ~

~ Feat Odissi (vox), Phaeleh (top loop) ~

Zitan - Everglade

Samples from a bunch of old chinese folksongs I found at the library including Linda Gong

"Tie two birds together and although they have four wings they cannot fly"

Zitan - Silent Flute

~ As if the world gave up
The secret of its skeleton, stiff and white.
A broken spring in a factory yard,
Rust that clings to the form that the strength has left
Hard and curled and ready to snap. ~ Poe

~ Forthcoming ATROPHY LP.  Optimus Gryme Records ~

~ After Master ; Mixdown  ~

Zitan - Panacea

~ From the ancient Inanna forcing herself to the underworld to visit her sister, Ereshkigal— 
Passing through the seven gates of the underworld and then being hung on a hook, rotting— 
where she had to look at her sister, and her sister had to look at her. 
Both needed to see inside themselves, to see inside their own shadows. 
To come to terms with who they really were, not who they thought they were. ~ Tori Amos

~ Vocals by Odissi (Twisted Vox).  ~

~ Download <3 you all. She misses LP cut ~ 

Zitan - ABYSM

~ The lawn
Is pressed by unseen feet, and ghosts return
Gently at twilight, gently go at dawn,
The sad intangible who grieve and yearn.... ~ Eliot 

~ Part of Atrophy LP.  Optimus Gryme Records ~


Zitan - Curtain

Big Respect for Natalie Cole and Enya (Bootleg Vocal Samples)
Ghost Samples from freesound.org: ERH, Robinhood, thanvannispen, Billy Magnum

This was really in the bin folder along with so many others - but my son said I should up it.  

Artwork: www.fantasyartdesign.com

Ghostbeat (Natalie Cole)

Dedicated to: DJ UMB and DIYALA;

Also dedicated to: Zunique, Marisela, Ryo, Sonya, Excelle and so many more who both inspired me with their music/love for music and took the time to give me feedback over the last month.

Bootleg samples from: Diabate (West Africa Unwired), Isaac Stern (Violin), Jacqueline du Pre (Cello), and others.

 Z.



Lone Maya

~ There is shadow under this red rock,	 
I will show you something different from  
Your shadow at evening rising to meet you;	 

I will show you fear in a handful of dust. ~ Eliot

Much love for Cyra <3 :
http://soundcloud.com/cyramorgan
http://www.facebook.com/cyramorgan

Download. <3   Artwork Giger <3

Cyra Morgan & Zitan - Angst

~ And oftentimes, to win us to our harm,
The instruments of darkness tell us truths,
Win us with honest trifles, to betray's
In deepest consequence. ~ Banquo

~ Part of Atrophy LP. Optimus Gryme Records ~

~ Giger art.  This is not a final version/release. Just sharing a tune  <3 ~

Zitan - Sable

~ Surrogate daughter. Alien child. Love is deeper than blood. Find your way back home. ~ Z

~ Together with all forms, moods, shapes of grief,
That can denote me truly: The actions that a man might play:
But I have that within which passeth show;
These but the trappings and the suits of woe. ~ Hamlet 

~ Likely Part of Atrophy LP. Optimus Gryme Records ~

~ Giger art. This is not a final version/release. Just sharing a tune <3 ~

Zitan - Surrogate

~ My son. Be strong in this alien world. I will always be here.  Love. ~ Z

~ Long enough have you dream'd contemptible dreams,
Now I wash the gum from your eyes,
You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light
and of every moment of your life ~ Whitman

~ Part of Atrophy LP. Optimus Gryme Records. 2013. ~

 
~ Giger art. Surrounding me.  This is not a final version/release. Just an emotion.  ~

~ Sharing a tune & a download - thanks for listening <3 ~

~ Last one for a bit.  My best to you for the new year ~

~ Written as a jam, over my son playing piano. ~ Inspirations include. Mount Kimbie. Shlohmo.   ~

Zitan - Frame

Bootleg Vocal Samples from and Track dedicated to:  http://www.layaproject.com

Been sitting in my bin for a while.  Just didn't feel like I did this amazing project justice or that I should just use these vocals in this way.  But please check out their website - the album is stunning  =)  Z.



Zitan - Laya Tribute (Bootleg)

http://zitanb.bandcamp.com/track/stevie-nicks-fire-burning-zitanb-remix

My sincerest condolences to all those who lost friends, family, loved ones in the Pike River Mine Tragedy in Greymouth this evening. My heart goes out to you along with the rest of NZ. 

RIP ++


Credits:
Main Vocal Sample (bootleg): Stevie Nicks (Much Respect - I love her voice)
Backing Vocal Sample (bootleg): Alanis Morissette
Fire Samples freesound.org: Streety, ERH, pcaeldries, dobroide, pushtobreak, Dynamicell, vibe_crc
Feedback Credits: DJ UMB, Mark Keys
Inspiration: Stevie Nicks, Bella Sky


Stevie Nicks - Fire Burning (Zitan Remix)

"Hard and bitter agony for us, like Death, our death.
We returned to our places, these Kingdoms,
But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation,
With an alien people clutching their gods.”

https://zitan.bandcamp.com/album/regression

Regression

Visitant

"With light like Hope to mortals given—
But their red orbs, without beam,
To thy weariness shall seem
As a burning and a fever
Which would cling to thee for ever."

Manes

"Discovering to-day there is no lie, or form of lie, and
can be none, but grows as inevitably upon itself
as the truth does upon itself,
Or as any law of the earth, or any natural production
of the earth does."

Query

"And when I hearken to the Earth, she saith:
'My fiery heart shrinks, aching. It is death.
Mine ancient scars shall not be glorified,
Nor my titanic tears, the seas, be dried.'"

Terminal

“The past is a black hole, cut into the present day like a wound, and if you come too close, you can get sucked in. You have to keep moving.”

“Memories beget memories. Fever being a disease of remembering, the fevered are trapped indefinitely in their memories. But what is the difference between the fevered and us?"

Severance

“Humankind cannot bear very much reality.”

"New Album Regression out "

plays guitar, piano, vocals. 

loves: trip hop, deep dubstep, future bass, classical, soul, dark ambient, Aotearoa music; female vocals, strings, piano, deep subs, melody, beauty.

loves to sample. fan of Burial, Amon Tobin, Holly Herndon. DSF.

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