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Yikii - Crimson Poem 深紅之詩
Cat. Nr: DN020
Format: LP (marbled) / DL
Release Date: October 1st, 2021
Buy / stream: dansenoire.ffm.to/Yikii

Yikii’s Crimson Poem 深紅之詩 exists at the foggy threshold where dreams become nightmares. The Changchun-based Chinese producer has released over 20 albums and mini-albums in her relatively short career, but none of them resonate with the same trembling intensity as this latest LP. “It’s the closest to the colour and atmosphere of the new world I imagined, compared to the previous albums,” says Yikii about the relative completeness of what could be described as her first proper full-length. It takes its cue from a particular interest in linear time, where Yikii asks, "if we can meet with the wonders of this world, will there be a new beginning in the next, or will it all fall apart?"

Crimson Poem 深紅之詩 consistently plays with this tension. There’s the rising dread of a hollow hand drum and other traditional instruments knocking up against each other, before they swell into waves of rising choral patches and layered, off-tune chanting on “Five Layers Of Crimson Snow 五重絳雪”. Then there’s the lonely piano and flute that weaves through its own resonance before exploding into noise and dissonance on “Phantasmagoria! 千燈幻景”. These, along with the drunken waltz to close “Liminal Space 虛與實”, echo the eerie fade of a psychological horror.

Inspired by ambient, gabber and post-club; contemporary composition, avant-pop and nursery rhymes, Crimson Poem 深紅之詩 is Yikii’s most complete manifestation of her ongoing creative focus on “sadness and despair in hazy beauty". It’s the surreal sound of a kind of trance-like, in-between state, a hypnagogia that’s not to be confused with the washy psychedelia of ‘hypnagogic pop’. The music here is instead detailed and intentional, with a dark-light chiaroscuro created by the shadows of a haunted gothic. “They are always one step ahead of others in digging deeper into the spiritual realm,” Yikii explains, citing dark fantasy games like Fatal Frame, Fran Bow, and Little Misfortune as aesthetic inspirations.

Initially intended to be an album of mainly microtonal music and special tunings, Crimson Poem 深紅之詩 has become more of an exercise in world-building rather than straight up music making. There’s an anxious beauty here, where destructive noise meets delicate atmospheres that build and bloom. “I want to create my own world through music and drawings, which exists in a separate time and space, and if I leave, you can still feel my existence through them. From there you can experience a whole world that is alive.”

Mastered by Rashad Becker
Photography by Yikii, design by Niels Wehrspann

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Crimson Poem 深紅之詩

Yikii - Disillusionment 破滅

i am experiencing situation theory
pipebomb ep out early december 
LYRICS
i put myself in a situation 
i navigate the situation 
putting me into another situation 
which i navigate
are you seeing the trend 
it never fucking ends 
repeat ad nauseam

one two three four
i never know my limits until it’s too late
i keep pushing my limits but never initiate 
as long i’m the only one getting hurt i am staying safe
as long i’m the only one getting hurt i am staying safe
as long i’m the only one getting hurt i am staying safe
fuck
repeat ad nauseam 

(i put myself in a situation)
the cracks inside me are growing again 
(i navigate the situation)
i move and they crack and glass dust comes out of them 
(putting me in a situation)
broken doll , shattered porcelain 
(which i navigate)
broken doll , shattered porcelain
(repeat ad nauseam)
broken doll , shattered porcelain
(repeat ad nauseam)
repeat ad nauseam 

HAVE YOU EVER KNOWN TRUE FEAR
I HAVEN’T FELT SAFE IN 4 YEARS
THE PANIC HAS SEALED ITSELF INSIDE MY VEINS
THE ICE IS ALWAYS BREAKING UNDER ME
IT’S A LIFESTYLE BABY
I DIDN’T MAKE IT THIS FAR TO GIVE UP NOW
I’LL DOG PADDLE PAST THE POINT OF EXHAUSTION SO THAT I DON’T FUCKING DROWN 
THEY DON’T TOSS A LIFESAVER WHEN THEY KICK YOU OFF THE BOAT 
FAILED MAN OVERBOARD
PRAY SHE DOESN’T MAKE IT TO SHORE 
IS THIS HOW YOU TEACH IT  A LESSON? 
PAIN AND ISOLATION IS ALL I’VE LEARNED
IS THIS HOW YOU TEACH IT A LESSON?
FEED HER TO THE WOLVES
HER BODY WILL KEEP THE SCORE
FEED HER TO THE WOLVES
HER BODY WILL KEEP THE SCORES
FEED HER TO THE WOLVES
HER BODY WILL KEEP THE SCORES
TELL THE STORY JUST RIGHT SO THE VICTIM ISN’T YOURS
REPEAT AD NAUSEAM 
REPEAT AD NAUSEAM

Ad Nauseam

this is my unofficial remix. i didn't ask for access to the project or the stems i didn't even ask if i could do a remix. I hope he won't mind :)

actually idk what's that (flip/bootleg/remix)

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sadwrist - ​​​ teach me how to leave / remix

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《花之墓，花之歌》 

梦的雏形是脆弱 
早已 万念俱灰  

反噬着现实世界的幻觉 
渴求着并不存在的共鸣 

梦里有着淤青的天空 
叮叮当当的玻璃星星 

漆黑之花 
召唤深渊 
只为将一切破坏 



诞生于虚无的万物。 
从忘却的自身，分裂出悲伤的情感。单一，愈发强大。 
阴郁的厚重感，流淌到每一处缝隙。过于喧哗和明媚，都是多余的。 

被软禁在自由的牢狱，怯懦呼救。寒意浸透无形的铁网，锋利的勾刺繁殖着的无助。 
用绳子勒紧的喉咙...发不出声音…被麻醉的身体...疼痛感逐渐复苏... 

绝望根植于生命底片，调和着各种颜色，吸收世界的重量。 
空空如也的手心，避之不及的人群。烧灼火光，催化着逆行的孤独。 

梦的雾霭，无声起伏的水波。 
身陷沼泽，无处可逃。 

触摸不到意义。 

花的墓地。 

-by yikii 

@yikii

Artwork: Material from Yikii Designed by Tavi Lee 
Mastering: Raphael Valensi

Yikii - Disillusionment 破滅

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