The debut album of soul singer Maiiah is also the third full-length by Hamburg collective Angels of Libra, following on from the success of their collaboration with Irish singer Nathan Johnston.

Maiiah is a singer with roots in the Balkans but growing up in Düsseldorf, the city of the legendary Unique Club and the label of the same name. Soul left its mark on her early on, and when she met Hamburg producer, musician and composer Dennis Rux (Hamburg Spinners/Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Studios) during the pandemic, the two realized they shared a similar musical vision. Their common love of soul music and old rhythm & blues brought them together, and they started recording music together in Hamburg with the Angels of Libra. Lo and behold, their first single together "Obey" got into rotation at tastemaker station Radioeins and confirmed them as a winning team.

Following in the footsteps of many a classic soul tune, second single, "No No No (I'm So Broke)" is a social critique and commentary. In it Maiiah literally wears her heart on her sleeve, as she sings about the back-breaking job she was working at the time and the poor earnings as a hotel service employee.

But naturally life has more to offer than just work and so a large part of the songs on this record revolve around love...  more
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released October 20, 2023
 
Tracklist
Can't Get Over Loving You
Obey
Please Come Home
Kava
Turn the Page
No No No (I'm So Broke)
Plenty of Life
I Wanna Go
I'm a Good Woman
Infinity

All tracks recorded by Dennis Rux, except "I'm A Good Woman", recorded by Peter Patzer at Bekegg Studios. "Obey" recorded at Yeah! Yeah Yeah! Studios Barmbek & "No No No" recorded at Ferienhuset Denmark, both with overdubs at Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Studios Barmbek and Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Studios Exile Wandsbek. All other tracks recorded at Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Studios Exile Altona. Double bass, trumpet, flugelhorn & piano recorded at home. Additional percussion recorded by Lucas Kochbeck at Monopalast.

Mixed by Dennis Rux at Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Studios St.Pauli.
Mastered by Doug Krebs, Fort Collins, CO.
All songs published by Edition YYYMI, except "I’m A Good Woman“ published by Crazy Cajun Music.