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Lazuleen

by Minaxi

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Michael
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Michael If you see a fish floating along in the water don't bite it. Let it drift on by. Drift on by. This is very melodic and harmonious. A bunch of good songs. Favorite track: Mother.
ehSteve
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ehSteve This album so effortlessly feels both classic and new from the very beginning. This is definitely one I wouldn't have any issue with paying for a physical copy.
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alec critten This album finds a balance between the structurally-detailed bombast of post-rock and the dopamine rush of classic shoegaze. There's quite a few standouts on here, from the mini-epic "The Deep Blue Sea Conveys Your Love" to the straightforward guitar-pop of "Adore" and the moody "Orchid" (which boasts a gorgeous climax). Favorite track: Orchid.
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doggy24 A lovely mixture of fuzzy and dreamy music with beautiful vocals this album has to offer. Absolutely having a jam with this throughout it's entirety. It's extremely hard to decide which track is my favorite. Favorite track: Mother.
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Kactus I can't pick a single song, so I will start at the first track. it opens up an album that is perfect from the first second to the last moment.
Blue, has been given an emotion, and a colour, and now has a sound. The album bathes you in the sonic guitars and instruments that flow together like a summer storm. Simply put? this album has become the new soundtrack to my summer, and many seasons to come. You become a better person after experiencing it. Favorite track: Hey.
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SpinSpinSugoi Lush vocals against expansive backgrounds of reverberating sound & color. A forward thinking work, viewed through the eyes of late 1980s shoegaze & dream pop. Favorite track: Adore.
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    ATTN: For EU Orders, please obtain the LPs from oscarson.bandcamp.com as shipping from the US to EU can be expensive! Tentative shipping is set to first week of July. Vinyl tracklist and packaging specifications are mentioned in the description

    This deluxe packaging of Minaxi's sophomore album, "Lazuleen" includes the following:
    a) A gorgeous blue vinyl, double-sided insert enclosed in a beautifully designed cover.
    b) A 36 page booklet containing the lyrics, artwork, liner notes, photography and credits.
    c) A digital download of the album featuring 11 A-sides and 5 B-sides, plus a bandcamp exclusive digital version of the 40 page booklet, digital posters and album artwork.

    The complete packaging weights around 320g / ~12oz.

    Tracklist for the LP:

    Side A
    1. Hey
    2. Mother
    3. The Deep Blue Sea Conveys Your Love
    4. Adore
    5. Phir Manchala

    Side B
    1. Lost In The Water
    2. Orchid
    3. Reese
    4. Alive I Feel When I Look In Your Eyes
    5. August

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  • Cassette + Digital Album

    This limited, "Green" edition of "Lazuleen" tape is designed with love and care. It's a perfect present for yourself or your friends, family and special ones. The packaging comes with the following:

    a) A Green tinted tape featuring all eleven A-sides on the album in the highest quality.
    b) A superlative quality eight panel J-card containing the artwork and lyrics for the songs, and album information.
    c) A high quality digital download of the extended version of the album, featuring eleven A-sides and five B-sides and Remixes. The digital download also comes with high quality artwork and a 40 page booklet.

    It is designed by Minaxi's Shrenik Ganatra. The cassettes are pressed and printed by Corey of Cryptic Carousel. (crypticcarousel.com). The quantity is very limited. Please make sure to grab a copy before it runs out. Thank you for your support! :)

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  • Self-designed and handmade coaster set featuring all the album artwork from the sophomore Minaxi album, Lazuleen.

    A perfect gift for yourself or a loved one this holiday season.

    This coaster set comes with a free, high quality digital download of the album. Limited Edition of 15

    Dimensions: 4.25" x 4.25"

    Designed by Shrenik Ganatra

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  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    This bandcamp exclusive version of "Lazuleen", Minaxi's sophomore LP, includes the following:

    a) 11 A-sides and 5 B-sides.
    b) A beautifully designed, comprehensive, high quality 40 page booklet containing the lyrics, artwork, liner notes, pictures and LP credits.
    c) Superlative quality album artwork for the LP and singles, plus 12 promotional posters in PDF and JPG formats.

    All artwork is designed by Minaxi's Shrenik Ganatra.
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1.
Hey 02:16
hey look outside it’s such a beautiful day i i’m at your doorstep calling your name get get up and get dressed let’s go out and play hey let’s not waste another beautiful day
2.
Mother 04:58
in the night she leaves the speed of light can’t compete in a flash she rides her dreams to where all the fears disappear she blurs the lines so weak when nothing is everything in her eyes the words she speaks without her love you’re incomplete mother mother everything begins with her smile everything again
3.
i lie awake as i watch you breathe the stars in me ache the deep blue sea conveys your love so clear your love is all i need let me see the way you see me relay your love your love from here your love is all i need all you are is all i wish for you to be wrap yourself around my heart and i will always be so free your love ripples in the sea your love it’s like the cherry blossom tree your love is all i need
4.
hey forget that i adore you hey pretend that i don’t know you i tried to tell you who i am but my shadow says you won’t understand fate don’t ask why it appalled you blame it on the gods above you i want to tell you who i am but i’d rather wait until you care adore forevermore adore you adore i tried to tell you who i am
5.
Manchala 04:22
मंचला हूँ मैं जैसे आसमान हर जगह हूँ मैं बस कर ले याद ज़रा मैं तेरी सासों में रहता हूँ ना जाने कैसे तेरी ह से कहता हूँ चल छोड़ आए ना कर इंतेज़ार कल ना देखा है बस जी ले आज तेरी बारीश में भीगा मेरा लम्हा शाम-ओ-सुबह दीवाना हूँ मैं जैसे शाह जहाँ मंचला हूँ मैं जैसे आसमान (Transliteration) i'm wild like the sky i'm omnipresent call my name i reside in the breaths you take your soul and i conspire to leave it all behind there's no point in the wait tomorrow's far away let's live for today this moment i have is drenched in your rain again and again i'm crazy just like shah jahan i'm wild like the sky
6.
hesitation unknown i’m so scared on my own nowhere to go without you i’m lost in the water so dark destination far from home i’m so bare in the cold nowhere to go without you i’m lost in the water so dark and i wonder if i’ll ever find my home i don’t remember if there ever was a home inclination to feel whole i’m not there i’m on my own nowhere to go without you i’m lost in the water so dark
7.
Orchid 03:20
i can’t live without orchid without orchid i can’t live or stand to be stand to be me i can’t live without orchid without orchid i can’t live or stand to be stand to be me and i and i can’t live can’t live
8.
Reese 04:58
fiery ropes in the snowfields wrapped around the glacial sheets dance away in the winter wind theresa theresa am i living a fantasy? feels so true seems so real turquoise eyes like the sea constellations inked on her feet foretell cast your magic spell theresa theresa am i living a fantasy? feels so true seems so real the crooked smile ignites the tranquil seas just like the crescent moon that dangles from her ears forget i know you never will theresa theresa
9.
the darkness cries the way you shine it cannot hide the love in your eyes the ocean smiles when you’re by my side alive i feel when i look in your eyes the way you move you move my mind when i’m with you i feel alive the way you stare i let unwind the mysteries i hide deep inside look in my eyes do you see your smile? when i’m with you i feel alive
10.
August 03:37
it smells like summer rain the sweet breaths you take it feels like once again joy is in the air your scented hands through my hair i’m falling with you in the blue of the summer your hand in mine in the summertime i’m falling with you i’m falling into you i’m falling with you i’m falling into you
11.
भीगी भीगी रातें बुझ गई है यह आग नीली बरसातें मैं चला दीवाना यह ख्वाब है या है नशा जो पीकर मैं चला मैं मंचला मंचला हूँ मैं जैसे आसमान हर जगह हूँ मैं बस कर ले याद ज़रा मैं तेरी सासों में रहता हूँ ना जाने कैसे तेरी ह से कहता हूँ चल छोड़ आए ना कर इंतेज़ार कल ना देखा है बस जी ले आज तेरी बारीश में भीगा मेरा लम्हा शाम-ओ-सुबह दीवाना हूँ मैं जैसे शाह जहाँ मंचला हूँ मैं जैसे आसमान (Transliteration) rain-soaked nights douse the flame the blue rain and i stand insane it feels like a dream or is it mania that i devour like a wildflower? i'm wild like the sky i'm omnipresent call my name i reside in the breaths you take your soul and i conspire to leave it all behind there's no point in the wait tomorrow's far away let's live for today this moment i have is drenched in your rain again and again i'm crazy just like shah jahan i'm wild like the sky
12.
Dua 01:34
सब कुछ वही है और कुछ नही है सब कुछ वही है और कुछ नही है तेरी मुस्कुराहट तेरी मुस्कुराहट (Transliteration) everything is how it used to be there is nothing else i see everything is how it used to be there is nothing else i see except your smile your smile
13.
Free Me 02:46
i live my life to be free i live my life to be me it’s the way to be tonight my dreams are real i’m wearing my heart on my sleeve i smile at the eyes that i see as i walk on the streets so bright my fears disappear i live my life to be free i live my life to be me free me free me free me free me
14.
hey hey hey hey hey hey hey forget that i adore you hey pretend that i don’t know you i tried to tell you who i am i tried to tell you who i am i want to tell you who i am but my shadow says you won’t understand fate don’t ask why it appalled you blame it on the gods above you i tried to tell you who i am i want to tell you who i am but i’d rather wait until you care adore forevermore adore you adore i tried to tell you who i am
15.
i can’t live without orchid without orchid i can’t live or stand to be stand to be me i can’t live without orchid without orchid i can’t live or stand to be stand to be me and i and i can’t live can’t live
16.
i need i need i need i need wrap yourself around my heart and i’ll always be so free your love ripples in the sea your love it’s like the cherry blossom tree your love is all i need i lie awake as i watch wrap yourself around my heart and i’ll always be so free your love it’s like the cherry blossom tree your love ripples in the sea your love is all i need i lie awake as i watch you breathe your love ripples in the sea your love it’s like the cherry blossom tree your love let me see the way you see me relay your love your love from here your love is all i need the stars in me ache the deep blue sea ache the deep blue sea i lie awake as i watch you breathe i lie awake as i watch the stars in me ache the deep blue sea conveys your love so clear your love is all i need let me see the way you see me relay your love your love from here your love is all i need is all i need

about

If this is your first introduction to Minaxi's music, a "sonic buffet" is the simplest way of describing the band's sound. Operating with the rock motifs of guitars, bass, drums and voice, aided by the auxiliary instrumentation featuring the tabla, sitar and electronics, the members in Minaxi design distinct atmospheres in their compositions. As such, the sound encompasses elements from the genres of shoegazing, dream pop, noise rock, sufi, Indian classical music, ambient and techno music.

For "Lazuleen", Minaxi's second studio album, the band begins with this sonic palette and launches it into different trajectories. Thematically, the album is a conversation between life and the world it inhabits. Emotionally, the songs are about love, death, beauty, freedom and nostalgia for one's home. These are addressed to the oceans, skies, trees and winds through the lens of the lazuli bunting, the blue songbird. Fluent in English and Hindi, this particular songbird sings the story via the narrative of eleven A-sides and a handful of B-sides and remixes.

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released June 10, 2022

The writing/recording process for "Lazuleen" began in June 2019 and was completed in August 2021. The drums were recorded live in January 2021 at The Bunker studio in Brooklyn by Todd Carder. The performances were accomplished without the use of any metronome to retain the live energy of the band. This approach also highlighted the natural variation in the band's tempo proportional to the change in dynamics of the compositions. The subsequent overdubs were then performed and recorded by Minaxi at their practice space.

The album's execution is augmented by the collaborations of Minaxi's friends and guest musicians, Luke Santy and Theadora Curtis; saxophonist, Alison Shearer; composer, drummer and dhol player, Sunny Jain; and Simon Scott, a prolific ambient artist and the drummer in the legendary shoegaze/dream pop band, Slowdive.

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Minaxi are Shrenik Ganatra, Liam Christian and Steve Carlin.

Original music composed, arranged and performed by Minaxi.
Additional performances by Sunny Jain, Alison Shearer, Luke Santy and Theadora Curtis.
Remixes by LUKEINTERNET and Simon Scott.
Produced by Patrick Hunt and Minaxi.
Mixed and mastered by Patrick Hunt.

All songs except “Orchid” written by Shrenik Ganatra.
“Orchid” written by Liam Christian.

Drums by Steve Carlin.
Guitars, vocals, bass and additional instrumentation by Shrenik Ganatra and Liam Christian.

Bass, additional vocals on “Adore” and additional vocals on “Alive I Feel When I Look In Your Eyes” by Theadora Curtis.

All percussion on “Phir Manchala” by Sunny Jain.
Flute and sax by Alison Shearer.
Sitar by Luke Santy.

Recorded January–August 2021 in Brooklyn.
Drums engineered and recorded by Todd Carder at the Bunker studio in Brooklyn.
Guitars, bass and vocals recorded by Shrenik Ganatra.
Vocals for “Orchid” recorded by Liam Christian.

Additional vocals on “Adore” and “Alive I Feel When I Look In Your Eyes” recorded by Theadora Curtis.

All percussion on “Phir Manchala” recorded by Sunny Jain.
Flute and sax recorded by Alison Shearer.
Sitar recorded by Luke Santy.

“Adore (LUKEINTERNET Remix)” arranged and remixed by Luke Santy aka LUKEINTERNET.
“The Deep Blue Sea Conveys Your Love (Simon Scott “Modular” Remix)” arranged, remixed and mastered by Simon Scott at SPS mastering.

Covers photographed by Mark Laubenheimer at Elle studios in Brooklyn.
Concept, design and creative direction by Shrenik Ganatra.

Licensed and pressed by Oscarson Records in Germany.
Oscarson No. 42.
oscarson-label.com.

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Minaxi are an alternative rock band from Brooklyn. Consisting of songwriters Shrenik Ganatra and Liam Christian, bassist Thomas Herndon & drummer Steve Carlin, Minaxi's sound combines elements from psych, shoegazing, dream pop, noise rock and sufi. Drawing inspiration from a diverse range of sources, combined with lyrics penned in English and Hindi, Minaxi's music blends cultures and tones alike. ... more

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