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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A song inspired by my personal favorite magical girl of all time - Kyoko Sakura. Not going to lie - the expectations I put on myself to deliver on making a song about a character that has changed my life - were high. In the end, I think I did justice for the character and for the whole story of Puella Madoka Magica. I also wanted to song to be me. Not what I think could be influenced by trends or something alike, but something that is authentic. And I think the end result reflects that.

This also marks a new beginning to Rain's A Dukes Hobby. If there is one genre of anime that has greatly stuck to me through out the years it is the magical girl genre. And I will say here for the record - I have not seen many episodes of Sailor Moon. I am sorry Sailor Moon fans, I just have not gotten myself the time to go watch it through and through. Maybe one day, that is still in the cards. I just grew up in a bit of a different time, and the old "classics" I've seen were not Sailor Moon. 

However, that does not take away from the anime, nor does it take away from my fascination and great enjoyment of the genre. Anime's like Puella Madoka Magica, RWBY (hot take, but RWBY is a great magical girl anime just with a different take) and now even Gushing Over Magical girls have inspired me with their take on story telling. I am really a huge fan of the making world a better place, philosophical goals that magical girl shows have. I love Chainsaw Man as much as the next guy, but sometimes I do like to sit back and see characters and the world unravel instead of some butt kicking action (it still happens in magical girl shows ofc) that is more common in Shonen shows.

And of course, my interpretation, inspiration and work regarding Kyoko is deeply connected with Sayaka. The healthy interpersonal and even romantical (this ship is underrated and deserves all the love that the fandom gives it) of this beloved series. I can't help but root and smile through their interaction in Rebellion (you know very well of what I am referring to).

What I am trying to say is that they are show that have inspired me a lot. And you will be seeing songs inspired by characters and concepts from these shows a lot more often now. In the upcoming years of course, because making music is not a speedy process. 

For now, enjoy my "tribute" Kyoko, the girl that truly did spark a lot in my heart. An inspiration.

Plus I cannot wait for the Walpurgisnacht movie. Words cannot describe the anticipation that builds within me with baited breath.

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