Majestyy - Dark Master

Another dark, synth-led tune from Brian Jacobs aka Majestyy. Damn,..loving this..it has some of the more ironic and *dark* wave elements of his music.

One thing though along with a couple of the other tracks he has shares, I wonder if having drums and guitar is not as much the approach of this project. A bit like Morgan Z's project Chrome Canyon, there's a general emphasis on keys/synths as a primary tone. But Brian at least does sing/write vocal lines.

Regardless, I wonder if Majestyy will try and release something official sometime soon, and a couple of years of "jams" ..with what, 4 or 5 tracks already? Maybe in 2015...

Rihanna: First Majestyy and now Mayer Hawthorne

This remix by Majesty Brian Jacobs (ex-Apes and Androids/Call Florence Pow), was I guess made/shared a couple of years ago. I hadn't checked it out until like a month ago when he shared another one of his jams on Soundcloud.

But I really like this remix. When Majestyy does these, there's always a cool upbeat electronic flare added to them, so much so, I wonder if the original would sound weird to me after getting used to these remixes.




So, not a REMIX but actually a cover of another Rihanna tune, "Stay" was just shared by of all people, Mayer Hawthorne.

Go Here to Stream it (of course no embed that I can tell, lame as it is, but not surprising).

Majestyy - Lost Mesmerist

Yes, another piece, that was put up only a few days ago. I swear, it may be my Apes and Androids-Kool-Aid in my ears/brain talking, but everything this guy creates I love. Whether many others feel the same way or not, it shouldn't matter.

Hell even the REMIXES he makes on his soundcloud of pop songs; most recently from Rihanna and Katy Perry I dig.

Now "Lost Recordings" may imply this is an older recording, but I can only speculate/guess I suppose.

Majestyy - (Brian Jacobs, ex-Apes and Androids)

5/22/13 10:58PM

Majestyy's latest Tumblr has a Soundcloud Stream (not an embed or dl) of the new track BEAUTIFUL CHILD OF EVERLASTING LOVE

another great tune, although a little slower. Even some vocoder it sounds like. The only thing I wonder about with their style is how much if any GUITAR will be incoporated (which is one part of Brian/A&A's music I always love).

11/30/12 12:57AM







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Well, honestly, the Majestyy project/account/pseudo name etc, that Brian Jacobs has had online for a few years, seeing some music from, shouldn't be unbelievably shocking. He's been doing remixes of pop songs, and posting cool videos and political opinions I've noticed over the last couple of years. In other words, he's been using social media, and doing things with technology, and being a musician, odds are he'd want to put down some ideas in his head post-Apes and Androids.

Plus with Morgan Z putting out the Chrome Canyon releases this past year (a Full-Length, and an EP), that may have inspired Brian to want to make some music again.

But, as he refers to these as "jams" I'm not sure what they will end up as. I do know, I am pretty ecstatic to hear them. "The Notion" sort of echoes some Blood Moon stuff, but my impression is, I'm not sure if A&A's would have written something as upbeat and directly pop. But there's still some of their style there certainly.

I guess maybe the coming weeks/months may hold some plans for Brian and Majestyy. Perhaps a big year coming in 2013 for him. Of course, the thing that still springs to my mind, is where is the other half of my dynamic duo of A&A's in David Tobias? I've been asking myself that question for a few years, which kind of leads me to only guess he's gone on and got a real/dayjob and the music stuff may be on hold, if not done. But incommunicado can mean a lot of things that don't surface for awhile.