Kedr Livanskiy is a stage name of Yana Kedrina, a Russian electronic music … Read Full Bio ↴Kedr Livanskiy is a stage name of Yana Kedrina, a Russian electronic music producer and singer.

Yana was born in 1990 during the crux of the dissolution of the Soviet Union. This nationalistic shift inspired the former punk musician, who found solace in the city's isolated electronic scene while drawing on Western influences.
DIY collective Johns' Kingdom, of which Kedrina is a member, represent a new guard of underground Russian artists building an inclusive community and utilizing internet resources to build international relationships.
Perhaps the best example of the latter is the producer's widely-acclaimed debut EP January Sun, which was released on Mike Simonetti and Mike Sniper's new imprint 2MR, after they discovered her songs on SoundCloud. Despite composing in one of the world's most austere climates, there's a warmth to her minimalist music, reminiscent of similar-minded outsiders including Hype Williams, Laurel Halo, and pre-Art Angels Grimes.

Mermaid
Kedr Livanskiy Lyrics

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Русалка плыла по реке голубой,
Озаряема полной луной
И старалась она доплеснуть до луны
серебристую пену волны

И шумя и крутясь колебала река,
Отраженные в ней облака
И пела русалка и звук её слов,

Долетал до крутых берегов

Overall Meaning

The song "Mermaid" by Kedr Livanskiy paints a picture of a mermaid swimming down a blue river, illuminated by the bright moonlight. The mermaid tries to reach up to the moon by creating a silver foam on the waves. The river is turbulent and makes loud, splashing sounds as it moves along, while the clouds are reflected within the water. While swimming, the mermaid sings soothing and melodic tunes, and her voice echoes towards the high banks.

The lyrics of the song are a beautiful and poetic description of the mermaid and her journey. The mermaid's attempt to swim towards the moon is symbolic of human desires that cannot be fulfilled. Similarly, the river's movement and the clouds' reflection indicate the everlasting changes of time and the beauty that surrounds us. The mermaid's song is soothing and represents the comforting presence of spirituality and hope which listeners may relate to in their daily lives. However, the mermaid's voice only reaches the high cliffs, implying the audience's inability to properly connect with nature and spirituality.

Line by Line Meaning

Русалка плыла по реке голубой,
A mermaid was swimming in the blue river,

Озаряема полной луной
Illuminated by the full moon

И старалась она доплеснуть до луны
And she tried to splash her silvery wave foam to the moon

серебристую пену волны
The silvery foam of the waves

И шумя и крутясь колебала река,
And the river was shaking as it swirled,

Отраженные в ней облака
Clouds reflected in its waters

И пела русалка и звук её слов,
And the mermaid sang and the sound of her words

Долетал до крутых берегов
Reached the steep banks

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