Having shared the undersung MARANASATI 19111 in 2019, Nina Keith has been on the rise for several years now. The LA-based trans artist, producer, and composer has only grown more graceful, confident, and poised with each release, and her latest is, quite simply, astonishing.
Beginning her journey in the realms of Modern Classical and Experimental music, Keith has gradually shifted towards a more Ambient sound, all while retaining a clear appreciation for Chamber music.
For “Blow Up Yr Life (You Need To)”, she’s connected with Indie pop artist Barrie and composer and musician Qur’an Shaheed. The results are stunning, beginning with steady piano, ambient elements, and quiet vocals, gradually expanding through a gently enveloping sound and layered singing and speaking.
Speaking on the track, Keith shares, “Lately the more I wear the turmoil of my life on my sleeve the more often I find myself in conversations with strangers and loved ones that reach a similar end. I can never be the one to tell someone to burn it down and start over. They see the ash stains on my shirt and ask to borrow a match so they can play with it, save it for later, but sometimes it’s like “girl, the house is already on fire, you can’t stay in there”. This song is sort of a small prayer in lieu of words I can never seem to speak in those moments. Divorce your husband, start an onlyfans, borrow friend’s hormones, take them for fun, sell your stuff, buy rare beanie babies with the money whatever you have to do. There is only so much time left.“
Regarding the actual recording of the track, she also offers, “This song was tracked at Window Room in Philly, at Barrie and Gabby’s studio in Brooklyn, the trailer I lived in for a year in LA, basements and living rooms of dear friends. Recorded and mixed on like 7 different noise music tables.”
Check out the fleeting beauty of “Blow Up Yr Life (You Need To)” – complete with visuals from Canadian artist Nik Arthur, which records water evaporating – below, or find it on streamers.
