I made this tree from metal threads and plastic pearls at school when I was a child, yet unaware of its later significance. During the Axolotl album creation process, I discovered the tree again by accident and it was immediately clear that this would be the album cover. It is a metaphor for my own personal and artistic evolution from my former artistic alter ego, Blake Day, to my new and true authentic self under my real name, Michael Achim; but it is also a symbol for everybody's growth and evolution.
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I made this tree from metal threads and plastic pearls at school when I was a child, yet unaware of its later significance. During the Axolotl album creation process, I discovered the tree again by accident and it was immediately clear that this would be the album cover. It is a metaphor for my own personal and artistic evolution from my former artistic alter ego, Blake Day, to my new and true authentic self under my real name, Michael Achim; but it is also a symbol for everybody's growth and evolution.
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I made this tree from metal threads and plastic pearls at school when I was a child, yet unaware of its later significance. During the Axolotl album creation process, I discovered the tree again by accident and it was immediately clear that this would be the album cover. It is a metaphor for my own personal and artistic evolution from my former artistic alter ego, Blake Day, to my new and true authentic self under my real name, Michael Achim; but it is also a symbol for everybody's growth and evolution.
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I made this tree from metal threads and plastic pearls at school when I was a child, yet unaware of its later significance. During the Axolotl album creation process, I discovered the tree again by accident and it was immediately clear that this would be the album cover. It is a metaphor for my own personal and artistic evolution from my former artistic alter ego, Blake Day, to my new and true authentic self under my real name, Michael Achim; but it is also a symbol for everybody's growth and evolution.
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“Du und nicht Ich”, (k)eine Berliner Liebesgeschichte in Gedichtform.
Eine chronologische Sammlung von Gedichten auf Deutsch, Taschenbuch, 100 Seiten, veröffentlicht vom Engelsdorfer Verlag.
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Der Protagonist empfindet etwas für M. Vermutlich irgendetwas zwischen Liebe, noch nie gefühlter Verbundenheit sowie absoluter Richtigkeit und Wichtigkeit. So, als ob sein Leben und ihr Leben und die ganze Welt - vergangen, gegenwärtig und zukünftig - davon abhängen würden. Er weiß selbst nicht, was das für ein Gefühl ist, denn es ist neu für ihn und unvergleichlich stark. Es ist auch praktisch egal, denn M. weiß nichts davon. Wird er dieses Gefühl ergründen können? Wird er es ihr jemals sagen?
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Moriturus te salutat contains a selection of 58 poems that have been written over the course of 12 years. Some are supplemented with scans of original manuscripts, drawings or background information illustrating the creative process.
The protagonists - some of whom are partly autobiographical - speak of hope, love and death, get drunk with Nietzsche, take a swim with the Loch Ness monster, queue up for the abattoir, find their way back to their Happy Place, get raped by the devil, sail on a river of baby tears, take themselves to the dry cleaner, stomp sorrow back in the ground, compare being in love to being addicted to drugs, or wonder if they have been nailed to the cross or if they're still carrying it.
This book is a showcase of the imagination and the soul, with a philosophical essay on 'God', creativity, and the duality of joy and pain.
132 pages, A5, Paperback / Hardback (depending on availability)
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Limited Edition of the CD 'Axolotl - The Death of Blake Day. An album by Michael Achim.'
Comes with booklet and a special accompanying book 'Celebrating the Death of Blake Day. A confession about existential death, transformation and rebirth by Michael Achim.' (in English and German, incl. lyrics).
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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Limited Edition of the vinyl / LP 'Axolotl - The Death of Blake Day. An album by Michael Achim.'
Comes with booklet and a special accompanying book 'Celebrating the Death of Blake Day. A confession about existential death, transformation and rebirth by Michael Achim.' (in English and German, incl. lyrics).
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lyrics
Remembering the Times with You
I’ve been here before.
I don’t know this place yet but there is this ring that I’ve lost.
And my footprint. And yours too.
And you placed your ring carefully next to mine –
you came searching for it all this way.
And I recognise this street they built yesterday that we walked down;
to our fortress, with steeples clouded in poisoned candy floss
and dead vultures with sticky beaks.
Stop squatting my heart, it is no longer yours. Your lease has long elapsed.
You were not present during your eviction.
They’ve reinforced the walls, evened out the floors, blacked out the window,
and installed a fire place that runs on memories of you.
You should leave now through the front door because I’m freezing;
and the winters here are fierce.
Sounds so familiar, so distant, so close. Heavy with meaning.
I mean who knows …
The river has dried out.
My ship won’t sail me no more.
The bridges are burnt.
My feet won’t carry me along.
But I know how to get there.
If I try.
Synapses spin.
Excitatory synapses impose tolls just before the axon hillock.
Inhibitory synapses spend millions on advertising.
And you enjoy the view. You enjoy the view.
You sit back, relax, and enjoy the view.
Michael Achim used to be Blake Day, his artistic alter ego that he invented in 2013. But over the years, he has evolved and
outgrown his former alter ego so that now he can write, publish and perform as his new and true authentic self under his own name.
Michael Achim creates music, music videos, books and poems. www.michaelachim.com www.blake-day.com
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