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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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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The mist, it still lingers on,
clouds without words that which we never said.
Your face, it still shimmers through
with splendour straight from eye of the storm.
The mist, it edges through the masses
until the end. Yet you are not with them.
I squeeze your hand but it grasps at nothing.
Your footprints blurred like melted ice.
Yes, mother, everything comes at a price
and nothing is for free.
Those who set out to scream will harvest hoarseness,
and those who whisper will not be heard.
I have built myself a home
up high in the claws of the storm.
The view, it is spectacular –
six feet, straight in your face.
In my palace of tears I find shelter,
gone are the days when I would fight.
But the craving for blood and heroic deeds
is ingrained and digging like a mole.
The dent that you left in my couch
is still hollow, deep and round.
The breath of your lips
still has my mouth enclosed like a veil.
The world around the mist, I can hear it scream
from outside like a newborn.
Its pacifier long lost, filthy and trampled.
Its thumb gnawed off.
Fortuna prowls the streets and grins.
Her fickle mask is soaked with tears.
Her luscious lips circle around her pointed tongue
in a cage of decayed and bloody teeth.
The spot at my window, right next to the raven,
I have become so fond of it.
I wait every night for the next morning,
for you to not pass by anymore.
***German version / Deutsche Version***
Der Nebel
Der Nebel, er ist noch immer da,
umhüllt wortlos das, was wir nie sagten.
Dein Blick, er schimmert immer noch
mit Glanz hindurch aus dem Auge des Sturms.
Der Nebel zwängt sich grollend durch die Massen,
bis ans Ende. Doch du bist nicht dabei.
Ich drücke deine Hand, doch sie greift ins Leere.
Deine Spur verwischt, wie zerrinnendes Eis.
Ja, Mutter, alles hat seinen Preis
und nichts ist hier umsonst.
Wer zum Schrei ansetzt, wird Heiserkeit ernten,
und wer flüstert, wird überhört.
Ich habe mir ein Haus gebaut,
hoch oben in den Fängen des Nebels.
Der Ausblick ist vom Allerfeinsten,
knapp zwei Meter, direkt in dein Gesicht.
In meinem Tränenpalast ist es recht gemütlich.
Ich nehme an keiner Schlacht mehr teil.
Doch der Drang nach Blut und großen Taten
sitzt tief und macht‘s dem Maulwurf gleich.
Die Delle von dir in meiner Couch
ist noch immer tief und rund.
Der Hauch deiner Lippen
legt sich noch immer schleierhaft um meinen Mund.
Die Welt um den Nebel, ich höre sie
von draußen wie ein Säugling schreien.
Der Schnuller längst verloren, verdreckt, zerstampft.
Der Daumen abgenagt.
Fortuna steht am Straßenrand und grinst.
Durch ihre Maske fließen Tränen.
Ihre prallen Lippen kreisen um die spitze Zunge,
umgeben von faul-blutigen Zähnen.
Der Platz am Fenster, gleich neben dem Raben,
er ist mir so lieb geworden.
Ich warte jede Nacht auf den nächsten Morgen.
Darauf, dass du nicht mehr vorbeikommst.
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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