Folk-prog artist Dikajee releases new single 'In the blink of an eye'

"sublime debut album" - Metal Hammer
"out of this world" - Prog

The hauntingly brilliant folk-prog artist Dikajee has unveiled her new single 'In the blink of an eye'.

Watch here: https://youtu.be/9jU9wfsKamU

The new single is the first new material since Dikajee's acclaimed debut album Forget~Me~Nots.

The artist comments: "This song is a triumph of escapism, it has no purpose, no morality, it's just a pure emotion of disappointment, desperaton and anxiety. I wrote a sketch for it in 2020 and got back to it in 2022. When the world hurts so bad, you hide under your bed, like a child. You just want to close your eyes and pretend that this is not really happening, to stop feeling what you feel, stop hearing what you hear, stop worrying, just hide in your world. You want to gain some energy to wake up and try to be a better person, to share your energy and do what you can to make someone else feel better. The song itself has a rather tricky harmony and measurements and may actually feel like a dancing song. But it's a very, very sad song."

Such deep thoughtfulness in approach is truly typical of this brilliant artist, and follows an entracing debut album which saw plaudits worldwide. Recording and producing in Norway, Portugal, Germany, France, Latvia, Russia, Forget~Me~Nots featured 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.

Purchase Forget~Me~Nots here: dikajee.com

The international, collaborative outlook pays dividends with an artist who 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 vocally; and with shades of Steven Wilson, Nightwish, and Gentle Giant musically.

An artist who has previously toured Germany and Switzerland, opened for Yann Tiersen, Recoil (Depeche Mode’s Alan Wilder), and Nils Petter Molvær; placed in Prog Magazine’s Top Unsigned Bands and in their Top Female Vocalist of The Year polls, Dikajee will deservedly have a bright and illustrious future.

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