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Today, Kedr Livanskiy shares the video for “Bilo Vremya (There Was A Time)“, a track recorded in 2014 before the release of the acclaimed January Sun EP and last year’s debut album, Ariadna. The song seamlessly weaves the hazy, dream-like vocals which Kedr has become known for with a jungle inflected beat, and the video proves to be a perfect companion piece. Noisey premiered the clip, saying the song “…sounds like something you’d hear at a rave under a railway arch in 2010 south London, where drinks are poured warm into paper cups and it’s too sweaty to see. Also, the song bangs hard.“
Speaking on the video and track, Kedr reveals: “Three years ago we went with my best girlfriends to the country side. Just a couple of days before I wrote this song. We took the camera and just got stuck off to shoot the video as we stagger around the neighborhood. There is no storyline and no special idea here. In fact, it’s just like a story in an Instagram today.“
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“…Livanskiy establishes a candlelit mood that’s both inviting and elusive, romantic yet tantalizingly remote.” – A.V. Club
“Capturing the mood of the past and that of the future is a rare feat, but Kedrina has found the path connecting the two and has found her musical voice there.” –Bandcamp
“….Kedrina’s techno-infused pop suggests the intimacy of a confined space while reaching toward the ineffable…” – Pitchfork
Kedr Livanskiy (real name Yana Kedrina) released her critically acclaimed debut full-length Ariadna via 2MR in the autumn of last year. The album is Kedr’s escape from reality. She was born into a shifting and critical time for Russia’s Soviet Union – old values had been exhausted and were anathematized because of reconstruction. A sense of displacement drove Kedr to find herself. ‘Ariadna’ repeatedly explores the imagery and ideas of romanticism, mythical and fairytale themes.
Kedr also channels the places in her neighborhood on the outskirts of Moscow (affectionately dubbed by her as “BORDER MOSCOW”). There’s a river there where identical Soviet high-rises stand on both sides, with a bridge and garbage processing plant adjacent. Where nature and industry meet. The whole scene looks very apocalyptic, but also mystical and mysterious, especially at twilight.
Her inspiration for this record comes from the Izhevsk (sometimes referred to as “the capital of Russian electronic music”) sound of the 80s, including groups like Stuk Bambuka V XI Chasov (Bamboo Crash at 11AM) and Samtsy Dronta. The movement in Russian experimental music is especially inspiring, with acts likes Valery Chkalov, Sergey Kuryokhin and Pop Mechanica; in general, the late-Soviet period was very inspiring with all its figures in music, cinema, their energy and their approach towards life and art.
‘Ariadna’
Kedr Livanskiy
2MR
KEDR LIVANSKIY UNVEILS NEW VIDEO “YOUR NAME”
(the Russian version of Dazed and Confused)
Flashback to teenage summers in “Your Name” – a coming of age story that follows two best friends in rural Russia caught up in romance, debauchery and scandal.
DEBUT FULL LENGTH ARIADNA OUT NOW ON 2MR
LISTEN:SPOTIFY | BANDCAMP | ITUNES
WATCH + SHARE “YOUR NAME” VIA YOUTUBE HERE
Kedr Livanskiy creates a classic teen drama and captures the mood of being young in her new video “Your Name”. Kedr notes “the autobiographical video journeys back to 2003-2005 when your parents would send you outside of the city to your dacha for the summer. At that age, everyone’s concern was only how to get wasted and hook up with a girl or guy without your parents finding out.”
Filmed just outside of Moscow at Kedr’s dacha, she collaborates with a cast of friends and filmmaker Konstatin Bushmanov. “Kostya and I went to film school together and I think since that time, all my ideas for scenarios and scripts have always revolved around what it’s like to be a teenager. I left film school before I got to complete her graduate film so this is a recapitulation in many ways.”
Moscow’s Kedr Livanskiy (real name Yana Kedrina) confesses “Synthesizers help me maximally feel the present moment.” Livanskiy was born into a shifting and critical time for Russia. The Soviet Union had exhausted and old values were anathematized because of reconstruction. A sense of displacement drove Kedr to find herself.
She’s escaped reality repeatedly in her explorations into the imagery and ideas of romanticism, mythical and fairytale themes which visibly bleed throughout her work and especially on her debut full-length ‘Ariadna’.
Albums and artists she is inspired by in general:
Cluster & Eno
Biosphere – Shenzhou
Chris Watson
Some albums by Coil
NEU, Kraftwerk, Huerco S.
Muslimgauze, Psychic TV, D.Å.R.F.D.H.S.
Mono Junk – Gloom
Anthony Rother,
Robert Turman
Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin are of course eternal companions and an endless source of inspiration.
“layered grey-scale atmospheric electronics with disaffected, reverb-soaked Russian and English vocals” PITCHFORK
“elegantly drifting shoegaze melodies with a knocking electro beat” THUMP
“melodic, otherworldly dream-pop sensibilities” GORILLA VS. BEAR
“moody synths and pulsing techno” FADER
Kedr Livanskiy | Facebook | Spotify | Instagram | Soundcloud
KEDR LIVANSKIY LISTEN + SHARE DEBUT ALBUM ‘ARIADNA’ VIA HYPE MACHINE
“layered grey-scale atmospheric electronics with disaffected, reverb-soaked Russian and English vocals”
PITCHFORK
“elegantly drifting shoegaze melodies with a knocking electro beat” THUMP
“melodic, otherworldly dream-pop sensibilities”
GORILLA VS. BEAR
“moody synths and pulsing techno” FADER
COMING NEXT WEEK ON 2MR PRE-ORDER HERE
Moscow’s Kedr Livanskiy (real name Yana Kedrina) confesses “Synthesizers help me maximally feel the present moment.” Livanskiy was born into a shifting and critical time for Russia. The Soviet Union had exhausted and old values were anathematized because of reconstruction. A sense of displacement drove Kedr to find herself.
She’s escaped reality repeatedly in her explorations into the imagery and ideas of romanticism, mythical and fairytale themes which visibly bleed throughout her work and especially on her debut full-length ‘Ariadna’.
In anticipation of her highly awaited debut full-length, Kedr gives us ‘Ariadna’ in full, before its release on 2MR next week. Hype Machine / quote
Her inspiration for this record comes from the Izhevsk (sometimes referred to as “the capital of Russian electronic music”) sound of the 80s, including groups like Stuk Bambuka V XI Chasov (Bamboo Crash at 11AM) and Samtsy Dronta. The movement in Russian experimental music is especially inspiring, with acts likes Valery Chkalov, Sergey Kuryokhin and Pop Mechanica; in general, the late-Soviet period was very inspiring with all its figures in music, cinema, their energy and their approach towards life and art.
Albums and artists she is inspired by in general:
Cluster & Eno
Biosphere – Shenzhou
Chris Watson
Some albums by Coil
NEU, Kraftwerk, Huerco S.
Muslimgauze, Psychic TV, D.Å.R.F.D.H.S.
Mono Junk – Gloom
Anthony Rother,
Robert Turman
Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin are of course eternal companions and an endless source of inspiration.
‘Ariadna’ Kedr Livanskiy 2MR September 8, 2017
1 – Ariadna
2 – Sunrise Stop
3 – Your Name
4 – Mermaid
5 – ACDC ft. Martin Newell
6 – Za Oknom Vesna
7 – Love & Cigarettes
8 – Sad One
9 – Fire & Water (Digital Bonus)
10 – Sunset (Limited Edition Vinyl Only)
Featured Photo Credit : Masha Demianova
Kedr Livanskiy | Facebook | Spotify | Instagram | Soundcloud
KEDR LIVANSKIY UNVEILS NEW TRACK “ACDC” FT. MARTIN NEWELL (of CLEANERS FROM VENUS) ‘ARIADNA’ COMING SEPTEMBER 8 VIA 2MR
LISTEN + SHARE “ACDC” FT. MARTIN NEWELL
Moscow’s Kedr Livanskiy drops another track via Beats 1 this week – “ACDC” featuring Cleaners From Venus’s Martin Newell.
Kedr’s debut album ‘Ariadna’ is out September 8 via 2MR. The album is Kedr’s escape from reality. She was born into a shifting and critical time for Russia’s Soviet Union – old values had been exhausted and were anathematized because of reconstruction. A sense of displacement drove Kedr to find herself. ‘Ariadna’ repeatedly explores the imagery and ideas of romanticism, mythical and fairytale themes.
Her inspiration for this record comes from the Izhevsk (sometimes referred to as “the capital of Russian electronic music”) sound of the 80s, including groups like Stuk Bambuka V XI Chasov (Bamboo Crash at 11AM) and Samtsy Dronta. The movement in Russian experimental music is especially inspiring, with acts likes Valery Chkalov, Sergey Kuryokhin and Pop Mechanica; in general, the late-Soviet period was very inspiring with all its figures in music, cinema, their energy and their approach towards life and art.
Albums and artists she is inspired by in general:
Cluster & Eno
Biosphere – Shenzhou
Chris Watson
Some albums by Coil
NEU, Kraftwerk, Huerco S.
Muslimgauze, Psychic TV, D.Å.R.F.D.H.S.
Mono Junk – Gloom
Anthony Rother, Varg
Robert Turman
Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin are of course eternal companions and an endless source of inspiration.
WATCH + SHARE “ARIADNA” VIDEO VIA YOUTUBE
‘Ariadna’ Kedr Livanskiy 2MR September 8, 2017
1 – Ariadna
2 – Sunrise Stop
3 – Your Name
4 – Mermaid
6 – Za Oknom Vesna
8 – Sad One
9 – Fire & Water (Digital Bonus)
10 – Sunset (Limited Edition Vinyl Only)
Featured Photo Credit : Liza Zubkova
Kedr Livanskiy | Facebook | Spotify | Instagram | Soundcloud
KEDR LIVANSKIY SHARES NEW SINGLE “LOVE & CIGARETTES” DEBUT ALBUM ‘ARIADNA’ COMING SEPTEMBER 8 VIA 2MR
Moscow’s Kedr Livanskiy hits us with her second single “Love & Cigarettes” which debuted via Red Bull Music Academy’s First Floor today. They’ve described her debut as “dreamy melodies and pop-leaning dancefloor sounds”.
Kedr Livanskiy (real name Yana Kedrina) is set to release her debut full-length ‘Ariadna’ September 8 via 2MR. The album is Kedr’s escape from reality. She was born into a shifting and critical time for Russia’s Soviet Union – old values had been exhausted and were anathematized because of reconstruction. A sense of displacement drove Kedr to find herself. ‘Ariadna’ repeatedly explores the imagery and ideas of romanticism, mythical and fairytale themes.
Kedr also channels the places in her neighborhood on the outskirts of Moscow (affectionately dubbed by her as “BORDER MOSCOW”). There’s a river there where identical Soviet high-rises stand on both sides, with a bridge and garbage processing plant adjacent. Where nature and industry meet. The whole scene looks very apocalyptic, but also mystical and mysterious, especially at twilight.
Her inspiration for this record comes from the Izhevsk (sometimes referred to as “the capital of Russian electronic music”) sound of the 80s, including groups like Stuk Bambuka V XI Chasov (Bamboo Crash at 11AM) and Samtsy Dronta. The movement in Russian experimental music is especially inspiring, with acts likes Valery Chkalov, Sergey Kuryokhin and Pop Mechanica; in general, the late-Soviet period was very inspiring with all its figures in music, cinema, their energy and their approach towards life and art.
Albums and artists she is inspired by in general:
Cluster & Eno
Biosphere – Shenzhou
Chris Watson
Some albums by Coil
NEU, Kraftwerk, Huerco S.
Muslimgauze, Psychic TV, D.Å.R.F.D.H.S.
Mono Junk – Gloom
Anthony Rother, Varg
Robert Turman
Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin are of course eternal companions and an endless source of inspiration.
WATCH + SHARE “ARIADNA” VIDEO VIA YOUTUBE
‘Ariadna’
Kedr Livanskiy 2MR September 8, 2017
1 – Ariadna
2 – Sunrise Stop
3 – Your Name
4 – Mermaid
5 – ACDC ft. Martin Newell
6 – Za Oknom Vesna
8 – Sad One
9 – Fire & Water (Digital Bonus)
10 – Sunset (Limited Edition Vinyl Only)
Kedr Livanskiy | Facebook | Spotify | Instagram | Soundcloud
Featured Photo Credit : Liza Zubkova
Moscow’s Kedr Livanskiy (real name Yana Kedrina) today shares the video for album title track “Ariadna”. The video debuted with i-D who’ve described the song “a distorted summer soundtrack”. Shot by Masha Demianova in the country of Georgia and based on the Greek myth of Ariadne, Kedr tells the story of the video’s creation:
“I asked Masha, an old friend of mine, to work with me firstly because I wanted to get away from the usual image which my videos have added up to. This is what the song requires and indeed these changes happening to me are reflected in the music, so naturally I wanted to convey them through the video.
Masha works with mythical images and structures, blending them into the now in a way that doesn’t look staged, and that’s what I needed.
The crew who worked on this video was all female which is quite important in the context of the song.
I’m also very grateful to Olesya, who worked on style and approached it as a true artist. The clothing translates the character’s condition delicately, linking it with natural imagery. I think we’ve managed to express the female archetype. Nature and beauty, divine and human, an odd combination which everyone actually has an innate experience of. It only has to be heard, this ancient, archaic knowledge of life. Accepting it at the levels of intuition and eternity, and at the same time endlessly rushing about in the labyrinths of worldly situations – one doesn’t exclude the other.”
To accompany the release of her debut album ‘Ariadna’, which is released on 2MR on September 8th, Kedr will also share a beautiful companion piece, a limited run of zines with images shot by Masha Demianova.
“Synthesizers help me maximally feel the present moment.” Livanskiy was born into a shifting and critical time for Russia. The Soviet Union had exhausted and old values were anathematized because of reconstruction. A sense of displacement drove Kedr to find herself. She’s escaped reality repeatedly in her explorations into the imagery and ideas of romanticism, mythical and fairytale themes which visibly bleed throughout her work and especially on her debut full-length ‘Ariadna’.
Kedr considers this album to be divided into a couple of different parts – like how one person can contain many different moods. The first half revolves around mythological thoughts and the second takes cues from the urban and suburban environments around her, all the while in the middle of everything is the hero who experiences real feelings and emotions.
Kedr also channels the places in her neighborhood on the outskirts of Moscow (affectionately dubbed by her as “BORDER MOSCOW”). There’s a river there where identical Soviet high-rises stand on both sides, with a bridge and garbage processing plant adjacent. Where nature and industry meet. The whole scene looks very apocalyptic, but also mystical and mysterious, especially at twilight.
Her inspiration for this record comes from the Izhevsk (sometimes referred to as “the capital of Russian electronic music”) sound of the 80s, including groups like Stuk Bambuka V XI Chasov (Bamboo Crash at 11AM) and Samtsy Dronta. The movement in Russian experimental music is especially inspiring, with acts likes Valery Chkalov, Sergey Kuryokhin and Pop Mechanica; in general, the late-Soviet period was very inspiring with all its figures in music, cinema, their energy and their approach towards life and art.
‘Ariadna’ marks a change in her recording approach: her critically acclaimed breakthrough EP ‘January Sun’ was written and recorded completely in Ableton, while ‘Ariadna’ was written using the Roland SH-101, Roland Juno 106 and Korg Minilogue synthesizers, then mixed down in Ableton. According to Kedr, “This way, one gets into a flow of live interaction, here and now, with the instrument.”
To her, this interaction is more “raw and sacred” than actually mixing the track down, which seems like “mere formalism” in comparison. There is a definite leap in production values this time around, but Kedr manages to keep true to her sound despite the greater polish and depth.
Albums and artists she is inspired by in general:
Cluster & Eno
Biosphere – Shenzhou
Chris Watson
Some albums by Coil
NEU, Kraftwerk, Huerco S.
Muslimgauze, Psychic TV, D.Å.R.F.D.H.S.
Mono Junk – Gloom
Anthony Rother, Varg
Robert Turman
Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin are of course eternal companions and an endless source of inspiration.
Moscow’s Kedr Livanskiy has announced her debut LP Ariadna, out Friday 8th September via 2MR /Remote Control Records.
Kedr Livanskiy (real name Yana Kedrina) confesses “Synthesizers help me maximally feel the present moment.” Livanskiy was born into a shifting and critical time for Russia. The Soviet Union had exhausted and old values were anathematized because of reconstruction. A sense of displacement drove Kedr to find herself. She’s escaped reality repeatedly in her explorations into the imagery and ideas of romanticism, mythical and fairytale themes which visibly bleed throughout her work and especially on her debut full-length Ariadna. The title track which was named after the Greek goddess, Adriane, debuted viaTHUMP who’ve described it “anchors its elegantly drifting shoegaze melodies with a knocking electro beat.”
Kedr considers this album to be divided into different parts – like how one person can contain many different moods. The first half revolves around mythological thoughts and the second takes cues from the urban and suburban environments around her, all the while in the middle of everything is the hero who experiences real feelings and emotions.
Kedr also channels the places in her neighbourhood on the outskirts of Moscow (affectionately dubbed by her as “BORDER MOSCOW”). There’s a river there where identical Soviet high-rises stand on both sides, with a bridge and garbage processing plant adjacent. Where nature and industry meet. The whole scene looks very apocalyptic, but also mystical and mysterious, especially at twilight.
Her inspiration for this record comes from the Izhevsk (sometimes referred to as “the capital of Russian electronic music”) sound of the 80s, including groups like Stuk Bambuka V XI Chasov (Bamboo Crash at11AM) and Samtsy Dronta. The movement in Russian experimental music is especially inspiring, with acts likes Valery Chkalov, Sergey Kuryokhin and Pop Mechanica; in general, the late-Soviet period was very inspiring with all its figures in music, cinema, their energy and their approach towards life and art.
Ariadna marks a change in her recording approach: her critically acclaimed breakthrough EP January Sun was written and recorded completely in Ableton, while Ariadna was written using the Roland SH-101, Roland Juno 106 and Korg Minilogue synthesisers, then mixed down in Ableton. According to Kedr, “This way, one gets into a flow of live interaction, here and now, with the instrument.”
To her, this interaction is more “raw and sacred” than actually mixing the track down, which seems like “mere formalism” in comparison. There is a definite leap in production values this time around, but Kedrmanages to keep true to her sound despite the greater polish and depth.
Stream / Purchase Kedr Livanskiy ‘Ariadna’: https://RemoteControl.lnk.to/Ariadna
Kedr Livanskiy
Ariadna
1 – Ariadna
2 – Sunrise Stop
3 – Your Name
4 – Mermaid
5 – ACDC ft. Martin Newell
6 – Za Oknom Vesna
7 – Love & Cigarettes
8 – Sad One
9 – Fire & Water (Digital Bonus)
10 – Sunset (Limited Edition Vinyl Only)
Kedr Livanskiy – Ariadna is out Friday 8th September
via 2MR / Remote Control Records.
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LISTEN + SHARE “ARIADNA” VIA SOUNDCLOUD HERE
Moscow’s Kedr Livanskiy (real name Yana Kedrina) confesses “Synthesizers help me maximally feel the present moment.” Livanskiy was born into a shifting and critical time for Russia. The Soviet Union had exhausted and old values were anathematized because of reconstruction. A sense of displacement drove Kedr to find herself. She’s escaped reality repeatedly in her explorations into the imagery and ideas of romanticism, mythical and fairytale themes which visibly bleed throughout her work and especially on her debut full-length ‘Ariadna’. The title track which was named after the Greek goddess, Adriane, debuted via THUMP today who’ve described it “anchors its elegantly drifting shoegaze melodies with a knocking electro beat.”
Kedr considers this album to be divided into a couple of different parts – like how one person can contain many different moods. The first half revolves around mythological thoughts and the second takes cues from the urban and suburban environments around her, all the while in the middle of everything is the hero who experiences real feelings and emotions.
Kedr also channels the places in her neighborhood on the outskirts of Moscow (affectionately dubbed by her as “BORDER MOSCOW”). There’s a river there where identical Soviet high-rises stand on both sides, with a bridge and garbage processing plant adjacent. Where nature and industry meet. The whole scene looks very apocalyptic, but also mystical and mysterious, especially at twilight.
Her inspiration for this record comes from the Izhevsk (sometimes referred to as “the capital of Russian electronic music”) sound of the 80s, including groups like Stuk Bambuka V XI Chasov (Bamboo Crash at 11AM) and Samtsy Dronta. The movement in Russian experimental music is especially inspiring, with acts likes Valery Chkalov, Sergey Kuryokhin and Pop Mechanica; in general, the late-Soviet period was very inspiring with all its figures in music, cinema, their energy and their approach towards life and art.
‘Ariadna’ marks a change in her recording approach: her critically acclaimed breakthrough EP ‘January Sun’ was written and recorded completely in Ableton, while ‘Ariadna’ was written using the Roland SH-101, Roland Juno 106 and Korg Minilogue synthesizers, then mixed down in Ableton. According to Kedr, “This way, one gets into a flow of live interaction, here and now, with the instrument.”
To her, this interaction is more “raw and sacred” than actually mixing the track down, which seems like “mere formalism” in comparison. There is a definite leap in production values this time around, but Kedr manages to keep true to her sound despite the greater polish and depth.
Albums and artists she is inspired by in general:
Cluster & Eno
Biosphere – Shenzhou
Chris Watson
Some albums by Coil
NEU, Kraftwerk, Huerco S.
Muslimgauze, Psychic TV, D.Å.R.F.D.H.S.
Mono Junk – Gloom
Anthony Rother, Varg
Robert Turman
Boards of Canada and Aphex Twin are of course eternal companions and an endless source of inspiration.
‘Ariadna’
Kedr Livanskiy
2MR
September 8, 2017
1 – Ariadna
2 – Sunrise Stop
3 – Your Name
4 – Mermaid
5 – ACDC ft. Martin Newell
6 – Za Oknom Vesna
7 – Love & Cigarettes
8 – Sad One
9 – Fire & Water (Digital Bonus)
10 – Sunset (Limited Edition Vinyl Only)
Featured Photo Credit By Masha Demianova