CMU Approved

Approved: Ellis May

By | Published on Tuesday 12 September 2017

Ellis May

Ellis May is the stage name of composer and sound designer Sophia Maj, whose immense talent bursts out of the two singles she’s released so far this year.

First track ‘Old Love’ was released in March and features a sparse arrangement used to immense effect. The newly released ‘Surrender’ follows a similar formula, stepping up the intensity and energy in her production another level as it pulses and heaves.

“I finished ‘Surrender’ a few months after my son’s birth”, she recently told The Line Of Best Fit. “I was stressed about not maintaining my identity as a musician, and only having time to care for my child and family – I could stop being ‘myself’ but not stop doing what I do. The first time we looked into the eyes of our newborn, I could do nothing but surrender myself to the love, to the family, to making room for the undefined and the stuff that can’t be promised”.

Listen to ‘Surrender’ here:

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