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O Theremin

by Maija Sofia

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O Theremin 04:39
I felt like i had been awake for weeks No zopiclone or xanax left to fix me but when i finally did sleep I was visited by Professor Theremin I opened the curtain, let him in. Are you listening to all the things I’ve been thinking? Watch me, my screen is flickering I dream in blue light, I dream in binary O professor, what have you learned from me? There is no ghost in my collection of machines Your radio device is so arcane to me But when you identify my frequency Pick up my signal, transmit to me O Theremin, do you know about the loneliness? I’ve scrolled for days, this endless catalogue of faces Meet me in a neutral place On the platform of the subway no one will hear the things we say There is no bug in my bedroom These walls, these walls are surveillance proof I undress at night in front of the window The lights pour in from the street There is no one watching me O professor Theremin Play your strange antenna for me I heard someone say it was aliens I’ve been making lists of all the unexplained things I’ve seen
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'O Theremin’ is my first time sending music out into the world since I released my album Bath Time just before the pandemic came along and changed everything for a while. It was written in a state of deep isolation when I was living alone all winter in a very big old haunted house so close to the sea that at night it felt like the waves were lapping against its walls. I think loneliness is exacerbated by the strangeness of life on the internet, where everyone is simultaneously watching and being watched. The figure of Leon Theremin intrigued me, as well as inventing the first mass-produced electronic instrument (the strange ghostly theremin,) he also invented the first audio surveillance device, which hung on the wall on the US Ambassador’s office in Moscow unnoticed for 7 years in plain sight. I was thinking about haunting, and listening, and what it is to be witnessed, what it is to be invisible, how strange it is to make sounds into an empty room, and how thrilling it can be to finally be heard.

I also recorded a cover of ‘Wonderful Life’ for the b-side, which is a melancholic talisman song that comes to me again and again in times of unexpected need. I’m nervous and excited to share this music, I hope you’ll like it, hello.

credits

released July 28, 2022

O THEREMIN
written by Maija Sofia

Maija Sofia - Vocals, keys, organs
Chris Barry - bass guitar
Solamh Kelly - Drums
Ruth Clinton - Theremin
recorded & mixed by Chris Barry
mastered by Jason Mitchell

WONDERFUL LIFE
written by Colin Vearncombe

Maija Sofia - Vocals, keys
Chris Barry - bass guitar
Solamh Kelly - drums
Meabh McKenna - harp
recorded & mixed by Chris Barry
mastered by Jason Mitchell

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supernatural yearning, medieval wounds, romance, succulent plants, vines, blood oath, earth under fingernails, grief work, neon acrylics, ectoplasm, the planets beyond saturn, whale song, the ocean, myth

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