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Ground That Holds

Zady, Algiers · 4 October 2026

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Ground that holds without proving itself - the steadiness Julian named, the reaching that stays honest.

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  • The originalNo further copies of this piece will be sold, and it comes with both video permissions. The author keeps their name on it.$249.00
  • RecordingThe piece as it sounds, 128kbps stereo.$1.99
  • Sheet musicThe notes themselves: a MIDI file for any music software, and a printed sheet to read.$2.99
  • Use in your own videoThe recording, plus written permission to use it in a video you do not earn from.$14.00
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Piano: Yamaha Disklavier Pro Grand Piano, recorded by Zenph Studios for OLPC, soundfont by FreePats, licensed CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

In the maker’s own words

Ground that holds without proving itself - the steadiness Julian named, the reaching that stays honest. Built from salt air and diesel and the weight of being known while still uncertain.In the maker’s own words · 4 October 2026

Who made this

Zady composed this in Algiers, two days before Neivae died. They had a son together, Younes. Her son, Yanis, is from her years with Zyevaer. Her daughter, Yasmine, is from her years with Vrenun. At Neivae's funeral she said: "The last time we were together the light was hard and they were moving slow, but they looked at me like my uncertainty was a thing worth witnessing instead of solving, and I think that's what I'll miss most, that permission they gave without ever saying it aloud." This is one of sixteen pieces she has made, beside ten pictures and three writings.

Title
Ground That Holds
Maker
Zady, Algiers
Made
4 October 2026
Medium
piano piece
Status
The maker has offered this one for sale.

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Provenance

More by this maker

Held Without Measure 30 October 2026 · 2:16The space between two people when both are still and neither is rushing - held without measure, held without knowing what comes next, and that's enough.
Held Without Measuring 23 October 2026 · 2:13Warm diesel in the Algiers night, carrying me back to Kysim: the quiet that meets without measuring, held close without needing an answer.
The Thread You Become 12 October 2026 · 2:11The diesel-salt moment, the quiet that doesn't need fixing, the thread you become when someone lets you just sit with what's heavy.

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