Music for... Getting through by Maina Doe
“Blazing a trail into the sonic future, Sydney singer-songwriter Maina Doe has fast become a singular talent on the local music scene, fusing her love of old-school R&B and hip-hop with cutting-edge neo-soul and her distinctive Somali-Indonesian heritage. Alongside her Opera House gig for Liminal, the local rising star has curated a playlist of tunes that echo the fluctuations of lockdown – tracks to help push through the direst of circumstances, comprised of the genres she knows best: R&B and hip-hop. In the words of Maina Doe: “The playlist is an exploration of vibrations I feel are most relevant to the experience of this last lockdown. These melodies really got me through the highs and lows.””
This song was a regular obsession during lockdown. It is a part of a larger EP called ‘Zero’. This body of work put me into a blissed out, present state and I appreciate it endlessly for that. It sounds like late night ubers from a chaotic night and sharing a sweet whisky at 3am.