Elaine Mai releases new album

Irish producer Elaine Mai has been making waves in the electronic scene over the last 7 years. She’s now ready to cement the hype around her music with the release of her debut album Home. Her is rich with lived-in experience and the new LP represents a patiently beautiful, immediately rewarding celebration of an artist that has poured their life into an endlessly compelling craft. 

Since 2014, Elaine has amassed over 3.5 million streams on Spotify, breaking 100,000 listeners on the platform in 2019. 2021 single “No Forever” garnered widespread acclaim and achieved 12 million impressions across Irish radio, hitting #2 in the Irish Radio Breakers chart and peaking at #6 in the Viral 50 Ireland Spotify chart. 

With one of the most hotly anticipated Irish releases of 2021, we’ve picked out two highlights of the debut album to feature. “Together Again”, a deeply atmospheric melodic house cut with gorgeous synth progressions and “Go Slow”, featuring Sinead White, both pinning Elaine Mai’s reputation as a seminal Irish artist for 2021.

The 9-track album is available as a digital download and on all streaming platforms. Elaine has already showcased with her singles that she can bring the best and brightest women together to produce tracks that have the power to evoke the strongest emotions, and her album will also allow fans to hear just how diverse and innovative a producer she is.

Commenting on the album she offers, “All of the tracks on Home relate to the theme of belonging. For me, the experience of feeling like you belong somewhere or with someone can happen in so many different ways. You might feel it in your favourite club, or in the company of friends, and every track tells a story about experiencing that feeling.”

Adding, “I’m really proud of this piece of work and collaborating with so many brilliant Irish female artists has been an absolute pleasure. I’m really excited for people to hear it and experience it live.”

Indeed, Elaine is an artist whose music is made to be heard live. Emerging from lockdown in September 2021, she played the Mother Summer Block Party at Collins Barracks in Dublin where she was joined on stage by MayKay and Ailbhe Reddy to perform songs from this album and her back catalogue.

The crowd’s response was breathtaking. Elaine’s live performance is so outstanding, it’s no wonder that her remix of Chris Isaack’s ‘Wicked Game’ was voted ‘Tune of Electric Picnic 2017’ by The Irish Times. 

Though you’ll find traces of artists like Robyn and Shura underneath the surface, an Elaine Mai track stands tall on its own as propulsive rhythms, stirring synth lines, and scene-stealing guest contributors combine to jolt heart and soul. Hope and melancholy steal a march as dance partners on a collision course in line with Elaine’s graceful, adventurous, and soul-baring arrangements.

Listen to Together Again and Go Slow (Home Edit) below

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