NONAGE - Li Yilei Stack Records

“Growing up has always been a solitary journey, marked by forward-looking anticipation, anxiety, unripe potential, aspirations, and closures."London based Chinese composer and multi-instrumentalist Li Yilei to Métron Records with NONAGE, their second full length release following 2021’s OF. An introspective reflection on the journey through childhood, this new work brings together samples from old Chinese TV shows, mechanical children’s toys and an array of acoustic and electronic instruments - some of which were designed and built by Li themselves.The Chinese title for "NONAGE" is "垂髫", which translates to “childhood" or “disheveled hair", and refers to the carefree phase of life when children let their hair down, both figuratively and literally. For Li, nonage is a place that they always revisit - to learn about fear and fearlessness, love and despair, grief and glee, curiosity and mistakes.“I remember pressing piano keys like touching flowers, re...