From debut LP Forget~Me~Nots out now
“sublime debut album” – Metal Hammer
“out of this world” – Prog
The hauntingly brilliant folk-prog artist Dikajee has revealed a new video for her track ‘Misery’, taken from her unique debut full-length album Forget~Me~Nots, out now.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/HjsJCAr6K5U
Purchase Forget~Me~Nots here: dikajee.com
The artist comments: “This song is some kind of an artistic statement about embracing the dark times just as any other time – this is also a part of our life and often the most inspiring for artists. Mental health disorders are becoming more and more talked about and that’s really good. And I hear and read a lot about giving yourself time to live through hard times and feel what you feel. If you’re sad – take your time to be sad. If you are angry – admit it and let it be. Anger is probably even more stigmatized than tears (especially for women I guess).
And this song is about how I do that. It’s my recipe. Misery doesn’t take away your dignity or ability to be happy in the future. Misery is just misery, everyone has some. And it will pass just like anything else.”
Such an approach is truly typical of this brilliant artist, and an album recorded throughout Europe, and with a truly international cadre and calibre of musician. Recording and producing in Norway, Portugal, Germany, France, Latvia, Russia, Forget~Me~Nots features guest appearances from Faun’s Fiona Rüggeberg (bagpipes), Klone’s Guillaume Bernard (guitars), Erik Truffaz‘s Artis Orubs (drums) and Amber Foil’s João Filipe (guitars) among others.
The international, collaborative outlook pays dividends across a record that showcases the best of folk, minimalist electronic, neo-baroque, neo-classical and truly inventive progressive rock. Above all else shines through Dikajee’s voice, a once-in-a-generation talent that recalls the best of Bjork and Kate Bush. Musically, shades of Steven Wilson, Nightwish, and Gentle Giant shine through.
Across Forget~Me~Nots Dikajee’s gloriously imaginative ethos is heard again and again. Track Four, ‘River Rite’, is a self-described “pagan ritual” song, which plays on the dual parables of the energy of floral wreaths, and of the wiseman by the river. The closing track, ‘Something Mystique’ is an exploration of the state of loss, and involved the visiting of more than ten abandoned grand estates of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
An artist who has previously toured Germany and Switzerland, opened for Yann Tiersen, Recoil (Depeche Mode’s Alan Wilder), and Nils Petter Molvær; and placed in Prog Magazine’s Top Unsigned Bands, Dikajee will deservedly have a bright and illustrious future.
TRACKLISTING:
1: Forest
2: Lily Of The Valley (João Filipe (Amber Foil))
3: Millions Of Flashes
4: River Rite
5: Dead Garden (feat. Guillaume Bernard (Klone))
6: Misery
7: Scriptwriter
8: Glorious Beautiful Magical
9: Gloomy Flowers Blooming (feat. Fiona Rüggeberg (Faun, Tvinna))
10: Something Mystique (feat. Andreas Ulvo)