The hauntingly brilliant composer Dikajee has previously announced her brand‑new album The Frame, due out on 6 November. She now offers the second video single, "Home Of The Wind", featuring Vikram Shankar (Within Temptation, Lux Terminus) on keys and Avandra on guitars and drums.
Dikajee offers a deeply personal reflection on the song and video: "This song is about how the most terrible and most wonderful things can happen at the same time and your happiness can be bittersweet. I always wanted to go live in the UK - but I've never thought that I'll be moving during the war; and having to separate with my family that was going through grief after the loss of my father. But at the same time it's about not letting fear and grief make my decisions for me. I still want to follow my dreams and make art and I want to follow my music, not fear and depression. It's very hard, but regretting would probably hit harder. The alternative name for the song is 'black wings' cause I feel like I'm flying to my dream on black wings now".
Venture further into Dikajee's world HERE and discover the live dates below. Link
* Dikajee live:
05/09 - Nene Valley Festival; full band
27/09 - the Horn, St Albans, solo, (supporting John Hackett Band)
08/10 - the Piper, st Leonard, solo (supporting John Hackett Band)
10/10 - West Hampstead arts Club, solo (supporting John Hackett Band)
25/10 - Bristol, JamJar, full band (supporting The Paradow Twin)
14/11 - Middlesbrough, Toft House, solo, supporting Shannon Pearl
30/11 - London, WaterRats, full band (supporting The Paradox Twin)
04/12 - Manchester, Empty Space, full band (supporting The Paradox Twin)
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"I'm sort of asking questions - where are the heroes? Where's the defiance? Where are the people who oppose this?" - Alan "Nemtheanga" Averill
"When you feel something you need to share, creating songs is the best way to do it. You can reflect on yourself so that you can relax and be relieved of that emotion." - Çağla Güleray
"I hope that through our music and our words, people can feel that connection between us and them, and feel a little bit better — or at least less alone." - Alessandro Belluccio
"I can call our show an emotional exhibitionism. If you want to drink beer and cry, please come to our show, haha." - Nokt Aeon
