Cyan Marble: ‘Maya EP’ [Review]
The title of this EP sums it up perfectly. To save you a Google search, the term ‘Maya’ refers to the supernatural ability to create illusions, such as the various sensory inputs we all encounter naturally over the course of our lives, as well as those idiosyncratic, subjective experiences that lead us to conclude that we each exist as separate, individual selves. These illusions then become the cause of much suffering, dis-ease, and confusion – and any efforts to escape their all-pervading influence can in turn lead a struggling consciousness into even more confusion, to the point of becoming lost in a philosophical and existential labyrinth.
Cyan Marble’s EP captures the nature of this somewhat troublesome situation extremely effectively, each instrument dancing in tightly coordinated and intricate patterns amongst a frenzy of musical activity that, taken as a whole, is likely to engender a deep sense of disorientation. But, like the illusions created through Maya itself, if one ceases judging, pushing, pulling, or otherwise struggling against its effects then the pure clarity of focussed, unburdened ears can point the way toward a deeply satisfying auditory experience.
That experience may well be a Maya-fuelled illusion itself, but I’m going to stop this review here before my brain breaks.
Check the Maya EP out on Bandcamp here: http://cyanmarble.bandcamp.com/album/maya-ep
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