Ritual Fire

First piece in Cursed Month.

Cursed Month (败月) is the vibrant debut album from guitarist and composer Lingyuan Yang. It acts as an emphatic statement of intent, diving deep into microtonality, complexity, and electroacoustic, dropping several facets of Yang's varied artistic practice into a bold, energetic whole.

Spanning seven pieces composed between 2021 and 2024, Cursed Month (败月) drawn inspiration from Chinese astrology, where each of the twelve animal signs is said to have a corresponding inauspicious month—a time considered unlucky to be born. It serves as both a conceptual and structural anchor for the material on this record. This suite builds a world that's unsettling and inscrutable, yet teems with violent youthful fervour.