Electronic artist Maggie Tra reflects on the loss of her mother with emotive house single ‘Holding On’.
‘Holding On’ unfolds like a cinematic journey, moving from disbelief and emotional fracture toward grief, responsibility, and ultimately transcendence. Tra lends her soulful vocals on this track, further cementing her as an authentic electronic artist in the world today.
With a thumping kick, and drums to get lost in, Tra creates a soundscape that feels both intimate and expansive. A look into the devastating feeling of what it’s like to lose a parent.
“This song was an incredibly hard song to make, I cried a lot during it. It helped me release feelings of frustration of loss,”
“I really wanted to release music that talks about loss, I feel so many people avoid it and it’s a difficult conversation to have. But ultimately I want this song to bring conversations of loss into light, as grief is just love with nowhere to go,”
Produced, mixed and mastered by Tra herself, Tra hopes claims that grief has changed her as an artist. Which can be seen in this conceptual body of work, asking listeners to confront the systems shaping modern life while rediscovering empathy, imagination, and human connection.
Maggie Tra is an electronic Producer, DJ, label head and musical polymath. The Australian born Vietnamese/Cambodian artist brings finesse and flair to the dance-floor by embracing the culture of the land she’s in with wholeness and conviction. A weaver of musical fibres, her creations as a music producer entwine melody, genres and tempos to create her own tapestries coupled with Asian influences.
