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About Me

mayÂ·fÃ¢irÂ·grin: impressionistic music existing outside of the verse-chorus-verse structures of a three-minute pop song that expand and blur the boundaries between folk, ambient and electronica.

{...mayfairgrin is a proud member of...}

{ KultureShift on myspace }

::THESE ALBUMS ARE FREELY AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD::

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/13/2007
Band Website: kultureshift.com
Band Members: andrew latham : atmospheres, guitar, synth, grfx/foto, computer defenestration, programming, leftism, sampling, noise, laundry, loops, slight and occasional vocals, coffee machine, field recordings, etc..

...with the occasional kind contributions from...

amyzan : programming, synth, voice, cover modeling, etc. fabian rush : vocals. t.n. roane: trumpet, ethnic percussion. julie straw : voice.billy lamont : spoken word poetry.
Influences: Aphex Twin
Boards Of Canada
Dead Can Dance
Front Line Assembly
Godspeed You Black Emperor!
Hammock
Massive Attack
Meat Beat Manifesto
Moby
Mortal
My Bloody Valentine
O Yuki Conjugate
Revolutionary Army Of The Infant Jesus
Sara Ayers Sigur Ros
Slowdive
This Mortal Coil

...spirits, Yehoshua HaMeshiach: the Aleph & the Tav, nature, george bernard shaw, the sky, Shem Hameforash, old abandoned buildings, c.s. lewis, Buddism, YHWH, water, thomas merton, thich nhat hanh, fr. john dear, history, Adonai, fire, all things mysterious and beautiful.

Sounds Like: NOW AVAILABLE:
MEMOIRS FROM THE DEEP END

CD ON SALE AT CDBABY FOR $12.99

NOW AVAILABLE:
GHOSTHEORY : THE WAILING WALL

CD ON SALE AT CDBABY FOR $12.99

mayfairgrin's ethereal gothic/dark-ambient side-project, Ghostheory

"aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in.
aim at earth, and you get neither."
...{c.s. lewis}...

"has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? there are better things ahead than any we leave behind."
...{c.s. lewis}...

"thereâ€™s a schizoid quality to our relationship with animals, in which sentiment and brutality exist side by side. half the dogs in america will receive christmas presents this year, yet few of us pause to consider the miserable life of the pig--an animal easily as intelligent as a dog--that becomes the christmas ham."
...{michael pollan}...

Record Label: KultureShift Music (available for other offers)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

cheap grace

"cheap grace, the grace which amounts to the justification of sin without the justification of the repentant sinner who departs from sin and from whom sin departs. cheap grace is not the kind of forgi...
Posted by mayfairgrin on Sun, 14 Sep 2008 02:27:00 PST

i thought this was really amazing (and trippy) work!

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo....
Posted by mayfairgrin on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 06:44:00 PST

an article (a few months old, but relevent and interesting)

Moles WantedBy Matt Snyders (Published on May 21, 2008) In preparation for the Republican National Convention, the FBI is soliciting informants to keep tabs on local protest groups -----------------...
Posted by mayfairgrin on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:24:00 PST

the future is green

this is amazing.
Posted by mayfairgrin on Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:01:00 PST

are we being dumbed down?

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Posted by mayfairgrin on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:46:00 PST

a funny commentary about mfg...

"really beautiful, ambient electronic stuff from Asheville. listen to it while you're eating drugs and reading shit or going on a long, long drive on a dark road." [from noisenobodys.com...
Posted by mayfairgrin on Fri, 16 May 2008 11:18:00 PST

atmpsheric reflections (notes)

will be the title of a composition on one of the upcoming net-releases. it will be worked on this weekend... hopefully.[note: successfully completed.]
Posted by mayfairgrin on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:55:00 PST

[ quotations for your consideration ]

* " Until we have the courage to recognize cruelty for what it is -- whether its victim is human or animal --we cannot expect things to be much better in this world.. We cannot have peace among men w...
Posted by mayfairgrin on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:17:00 PST

Lo Tirtzach: post-Easter meditations

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Posted by mayfairgrin on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:22:00 PST

Easter.

On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they ...
Posted by mayfairgrin on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:46:00 PST