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Domino

by Zam Ram

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Offers an eager ear but never shares her things Remains a mystery to all that let her in A strange passivity so that she always wins The secret enemies are closer than her skin She’ll never lift a finger for you there’s no question but once you ask maybe she’ll give you a suggestion To find another who will condone shiftless energy It will be done so subtly and so cleverly Through my body Make my body seen It’s my body better in between In between lovers I’m better in between In between lovers That is where She's seen Sex with love Sex without connection Always prying Prying for attention Give me kisses Give me your affection The highest priestess of your world, she needs no mention Her sacred temple is the place you’ll never go not even if your only purpose is to grow No no she will not let you in unless you’re sparkling even in this case when she’s done it’ll be disheartening Through my body Make my body seen It’s my body better in between In between lovers I’m better in between In between lovers That is where She's seen Sex with love Sex without connection Always prying Prying for attention Give me kisses Give me your affection The highest priestess of your world, she needs no mention
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Sleepless without a spoken word If mentioned wouldn’t be heard The essence of which you reap Merely losing hope between damaged sheets Stuck with faces of last life’s dreams Running from shadows that thirst to be seen All of the things that you wish were really here They’re on the other side my dear Lose track Feeling loose Kiss your feelings They’ll produce All of the things that you wish were really here They’re on the other side my dear Time killing killing time you know Everything that happened here happened long ago All of the things that you wish were really here They’re on the other side my dear. Realizing the cracks in the glass Finally knowing they will not last Dressing wounds of the un-held body sooner or later the sores will be sorry Time killing killing time you know everything that happened here happened long ago Night in peaks against my walls Wind will mumble silent calls All of the things that you wish were really here They’re on the other side my dear All the things that you wish were really here All the things that you wish were really here All the things that you wish were really here They’re on the other side my dear
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Give me a feeling I can’t resist Give me a feeling That I won’t miss It feels like hell (feels like hell) Being under your spell (under your spell) It hurts like hell (hurts like hell) You'll never tell (never tell) Give me a feeling I can’t resist Give me a feeling That I won’t miss It feels like hell (feels like hell) Being under your spell (under your spell) It hurts like hell (hurts like hell) You'll never tell (never tell) Give me a feeling I can’t resist Give me a feeling That I won’t miss
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You Lied 03:50
Lie lie lie you lie lie lie you lie Lie lie lie you lie lie lie you lie Lie lie lie you lie lie lie you lie Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie you lie All of the time You lie All of the time Lie lie lie you lie lie lie you lie Lie lie lie you lie lie lie you lie Lie lie lie you lie lie lie you lie All of the time Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie you lie All of the time You lie You lie You lie You lied
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Glass Woman 03:24
(my heart's desire) Glass woman, I see casting her gaze on me Stuck, I can't breathe - Looks are haunting me. The feeling goes, But I still see you through my window Cast in the light No time to sacrifice Yours for mine Just give it up and let me have a moment with my hearts desire (my heart's desire, my heart's desire) Just give it up and let me have a moment with my hearts desire I see her all the time I see her all the time Uh oh Uh oh give it up now I see her all the time I see her all the time Uh oh Uh oh give it up now Uh oh Uh oh give it up now
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Simple moments misconceived, My bow and arrow sees me to bleed Impractical is what i've been Ruled by markings on my skin Willful mappings in my mind Will those who behold see truth over time With each erosion A hall filled with mirrors Casting the light I see it clearer Failed attempts - obliviate Does it ever go, will this be my fate? A false face A domino A heart filled with love, no one will know. And the only prosperer tires the road of a long, winded journey to consider the rose, Trust in me, give me your word but resist to repay to the stretch I have heard, Close but far At an arm's length to saver the softness and preserve the strength Until I am certain - once I feel maintained - or else closed will the gates remain Touch my skin Kiss my mind, But only what I reveal you'll find A false face A domino A heart filled with love, no one will know. You cannot see all of the things, the ways in which I can be, the heart inside me.
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The Spell 05:07
Frightening lust eyes You seem surprised Your hand on mine I am electrified You’ll go I'll follow I'll be behind It comes to me when you're around It’s in between my fingers now It feels good that much is true It's happened now I’m tied to you You say you're there I’m on my way I think I'm gonna have to wait It feels good That much is true It's happened now I'm tied to you Fight the fuse You lose your bet You come to me That's my regret Losing touch of who we are Our bodies Existing art Will I know? It's hard to tell I guess you'll show Me the spell It comes to me when you're around It’s in between my fingers now It feels good that much is true It's happened now I’m tied to you You say you're there I’m on my way I think I'm gonna have to wait It feels good That much is true It's happened now I'm tied to you I’m tied to you I'm tied to you I'm tied to you I’m tied to you I’m tied Don't know what to do I'm tied to you I'm tied to you I’m tied to you I’m tied Im tied to you I’m tied to you I’m tied to you I’m tied to you Im tied Don't know what to do I’m tied to you I’m tied to you I’m tied to you I’m tied
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Dream To Me 06:00
Be the one, Be the one I want, I want You could be the one, Be the one I want, I want You could be the one, Be the one I want, I want You could be the one, Be the one I want, I want One (you are a dream to me) Be the one (didn't think this could be) Be the one (my wildest dreams could see) Be the one (not my reality) I want I want (you are a dream to me) (didn't think this could be) (my wildest dreams could see) Be the one (you are a dream to me) (didn't think this could be) (my wildest dreams could see) Be the one (you are a dream to me) (didn't think this could be) (my wildest dreams could see) Be the one I am fine in this paradigm You will find love in time I am fine in this paradigm You will find love in time I am fine in this paradigm You will find love in time
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Ripe tears, the gas lit lies Daggers in my ears. I fear you’ll only hear what you want to hear, I see far beyond what's in front of me, Your forgery fantasy will be the end of me. Ripe tears, the gas lit lies Daggers in my ears. I fear you’ll only hear what you want to hear, I see far beyond what's in front of me, Your forgery fantasy will be the end of me. Ripe tears, the gas lit lies Daggers in my ears. I fear you’ll only hear what you want to hear, I see far beyond what's in front of me, Your forgery fantasy will be the end of me. The end of me The end of me The end of me The end of me The end of me The end of me The end of me Ripe tears, the gas lit lies Daggers in my ears. I fear you’ll only hear what you want to hear, I see far beyond what's in front of me, Your forgery fantasy will be the end of me.
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Trapped among the leather coated swans in the harbor, it took a lot of might for her to discover;That roses grew around a slightly different corner, Their thorns quite sharp, enough to rip towards her. But once her heavy body had all the love sucked out of her, she soon discovered that she too could become a rose, a flower. One that was stronger - wouldn’t give all the power, to those who simply, selfishly, wanted to devour her. She ran against the moon, away from all the eather, to find the simple strings, the ones who tied bows and with feathers. Drifting around floating with no eyes, the thorns were now the things protecting without surprise. Laying naked on her back crystal sparkles spotlight on her, deceasing all impurities, transforming - become her. Her hair laced with thorned roses, her body with the scent. The crystal beams magnifying her new found content. And so she runs far far away from the harbor. The ball and chain that gifted her life she never knew she could have. Across the roads into the parts where water kissed her feet, to grow this marvelous rose, oh wasn’t it dicreate. She doesn’t know the destiny the kismet chosen for her, but she does have the thorns that will never fail to flaw her. The leather coated swans will reappear without a bother. They'll reignite that feeling, the memory that tore her. But the beauty of this entity is that they are innocent as ever, maybe even a gift, one to make her more clever. And so whatever takes her back to the smothering leather, will never truly wreck her because she’s destined to last forever.

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ALBUM OUT APRIL 2023

Domino is the debut album from London/Paris based duo Zam Ram (Jessica Zammit and Raudie McLeod). Initiated in 2020 and developed through to 2022, Zam Ram’s approach is a reappropriation of extant musical genres stereotypically dealing with sentiment. Gleaning stylistic elements from hip hop and house adjacents; trip hop, acid house, r’n’b, and blanketed with a wavey haze, the album explores the depths of Zammit’s heartfelt penmanship plundered from personal diaries and notebooks while supported by McLeod’s richly contrasted and emotive production technique.

The album’s prevailing telos is ultimately the experience of the decay of eros. There is no question that eros is in dire straits. Desire is produced by soulless corporations, love is commodified through algorithmic technicity, romance is destroyed by transparency. Zammit’s methodology is one of discipline, attempting to ground herself in restraint and not indulgence, or at the most, a sensual flirtation with the act. Close but far, at an arm’s length, Zammit’s lyrics lament the loss of eros and repudiate modern conditions of romance.

The sonic aesthetic—which sits somewhere between neo-trip-hop, 2000s R&B, acid house and downtempo—is due to Mcleod’s motley mix of recording techniques. Computer generated LFO affected sine waves roll below 1970s funk break samples. Electric guitar with lead affected interference and digital Nord Drum percussion provide grit against the occasional devotional string arrangement. This amalgam of disparate studio recording decisions delivers a tactile and textural listening experience.

Domino is call to honour the Otherness of eros. A rejection of market driven love and desire. A longing for a reality that honours the mystery of romance. How are we to reach pneuma when our desires and senses are constantly dulled by their immediate fulfilment? Zam Ram prefer to revel in the shadows of the implicit, for in the shadows, true meaning is derived.

credits

released March 31, 2023

Lyrics and vocals by Jessica Zammit
Writing and production by Raudie McLeod
Arrangement by Jessica Zammit and Raudie McLeod
Mastering by Carsten Dämbkes
Photography by Joshua Hourigan
Lighting by Aaron Potter
Makeup by Meg McConville
Costume & Wardrobe by Orson Thomas and Den Villar
Set Assistance by Ami Morris
Album notes by Raudie McLeod

Recorded in Australia 2020-22
Released by Super Utu 2022

This album was recorded on the stolen lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nations. We pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.

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