One of the best tracks I've heard in 2015

Banging @jay-soul remix of "Lies". Included on soundtrack of NBA2K16 game!!
iTunes: http://goo.gl/zlJPZo | Amazon: http://goo.gl/p1avq2 | Spotify: http://goo.gl/6RHnnX

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Lies (Jay.Soul Truth Remix)

Chinese/Dutch duo AM444 is very proud to present their brand new EP “Dark Show”. On this release, producer Jay.Soul (soundcloud.com/jay-soul)  is moving towards a more electronic sound that is equal parts futuristic and retro – full of warped 808 drums, floating arpeggiated synths and addictive analog basslines. Singer ChaCha (soundcloud.com/chachachina) meanwhile dives deeper lyrically into the darker sides of human behaviour, singing about mass confusion, sexual desires and selling one’s soul to the devil. The warmth of ChaCha’s voice and the lyrical fluidity she manages to give to Mandarin Chinese remains one of AM444’s main attractions - with her vocal arrangements becoming ever more ingenious. 

Together, this uncompromising duo effortlessly takes you from foreboding minimalistic space funk (“Huo”) and moody post-r&b (“Lian”), to the old school house vibes and sexual lyrics of “Not What It Seems” and the gradually evolving, dragging synth groove and hypnotic vocals of “Dark Show” (video: https://youtu.be/noFqtgRgang)

As a bonus, the EP concludes with a fresh, jazzy and uber laidback remix of the EP's title track by Singapore production duo Forrane (soundcloud.com/forrane) 

buy: http://smarturl.it/DarkShowiTunes
stream (Spotify/Deezer): http://smarturl.it/StreamAM444

Credits:
Track 1/2/3/4 written by C. Yehaiyahan, J. van Olffen 
Track 5 written by C. Yehaiyahan, J. van Olffen, Fabian Faasse, Adil Ansari 

Lyrics, melodies & all vocals by ChaCha 
Music, all instruments, production and mix by Jay.Soul, except track 5 by Forrane 

Mastered by Jay.Soul at King Otis Studios 

Artwork by Nini Sum (idlebeats.com) 

DARK SHOW (FORRANE REMIX)

NOT WHAT IT SEEMS

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DARK SHOW

惑 (HUO)

Fresh rework by @jay-soul of AM444's Eye Wonder, their 2011 debut album title song.

Eye Wonder (Jay.Soul Offline Remix Instrumental)

Eye Wonder (Jay.Soul Offline Remix)

In summer 2015, AM444 (Dutch producer/musician @jay-soul and eccentric Chinese singer @chachachina from Shanghai) and Geneva based Hip Hop artist @rootwords teamed up to collaborate on an explosive brand new song called "Don't Think". 

After a few back and forths over the internet and a quick rehearsal, AM444 and Rootwords performed the song live in front of a vibrant crowd at the 40th edition of the world renowned Paléo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland. Having enjoyed the experience, and receiving positive feedback, the artists decided to record the song and make history with this collaboration.

"Don't Think" is a critique on how social media and the internet invades our personal lives, while making it impossible for us to live without it - for better or for worse.

Special thanks to: 
Paleo Festival, LeTV.com, KaiGuan, Foukography and Kinyama Sounds.
https://youtu.be/DMv-0DajjPY

Lyrics & vocals: ChaCha, Rootwords
Music: Jay.Soul
Mixed & mastered: Jay.Soul at King Otis Studios (with long-distance help from Kinyama Sounds)
Cover photo: © Aurelien Foucault / http://foukography.com

http://am444.com | http://rootwords.ch
http://facebook.com/am444 | http://facebook.com/rootwordsmusic

AM444 + Rootwords - Don't Think! (FREE DL)

It Won't Stop is excited to present a long-awaited solo effort by Amsterdam's Jay.Soul!

He's best known for his grooving but cinematic, genre-bending productions for AM444 (with one of China's most interesting artists, YEHAIYAHAN - fka ChaCha), intelligent grown folks hip-hop with Brooklyn star rapper Justo The MC (Showbiz, Maticulous, Gang Starr Foundation) and warm, funky neo-soul with the likes of Corey (Dutch Grand Prize, 2002), Giovanca (Dox Records), and NineFifty (with Miss Dee Angeline - 4Lux).

Besides this, he's composed original music for and performed music in a few films and numerous theatre productions (NLFilm, Urban Myth, Produktiehuis Rotterdam, NNT and Huub van der Lubbe), and had his music synced 100+ times in tv shows and other visual media.

But everything started more than 20 years ago with Jay.Soul (Jeroen van Olffen) making endless amounts of instrumentals, by himself. And this has never stopped. So, it's only right and long overdue you finally get to enjoy a selection of brand new solo tracks by this seasoned beat magician.

The 6 KNOKERS ep show strong traces of a jazzy 90s hip-hop aesthetic, but are equally influenced by various more current electronic styles and always seem to possess an effortless dose of soul & funk. As long as the vibes are right, the drums are knocking and the heavy bass is pushing things forward, who cares what genre(s) this should be labeled as.

Playlist alongside artists like:
Kaytranada, J Dilla, Four Tet, Anderson Paak instrumentals, Suff Daddy, FKJ, Moods, Tall Black Guy etc. 
credits
releases April 2, 2020

all tracks: Jay.Soul
mastering; illcuzz1 at King Otis Studios
artwork: King Otis (inspired by Brawl Stars)

6 KNOKERS - 320

1.Murmurr Madness

Terwijl mensen met een vast contract riant beschermd worden, groeit het aantal zzp'ers, jongeren en flexwerkers dat geen enkele baat heeft bij de miljarden van het steunpakket. Het huidige beleid vergroot de ongelijkheid vooral, schrijven Kim van Keken en Dieuwertje Kuijpers. 'De zwakste schouders dragen nu de zwaarste lasten.' 

Lou-Anna Druyvesteyn leest voor. Montage door Hans Poel.

VN Voorgelezen: Hoe de steunmaatregelen de ongelijkheid juist vergroten

AM444 is a music duo conceived in Shanghai by Chinese underground star singer @yehaiyahan (Kode9/Spaceape, Jimi Tenor, The Bug, RSD, RBMA'11 etc) and Dutch producer/musician/dj @jay-soul (Justo the Mc, Mr.Windmill, Corey, NineFifty, etc).

S O U N D S   L I K E ?
AM444 sounds like Sevdaliza's Chinese niece hanging out with the Dutch step brother of J Dilla, or Little Dragon and Kaytranada going on a nocturnal boat ride while Facetiming with FKA Twigs.

YEHAIYAHAN's moody and dreamy vocals in Mandarin, delivered with tons of heartfelt emotion, crossbreed effortlessly with Jay.Soul's jazzy hip-hop, funk, and electronica infused beats.

AM444's music is eclectic and increasingly hard to classify, but strangely familiar and accessible to all. 

O N T H E R O A D
With multiple tours in China, including one as support act for French music icon -M-, several mini tours in France, plus shows in Finland, Russia, Holland and Reunion Island (Africa), AM444 is steadily building a solid live reputation for themselves.

W H A T   O T H E R S   S A Y ?
"The duo creates an incredible global feel, sampling sounds far beyond the borders of China or America. AM444 brazenly emit a dynamic avant-garde underground feel." (thewildmagazine.com)
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"AM444 make head-nodders for spaceships. They are undoubtedly one of the Chinese underground’s most exportable products. It’s only a matter of time before this rocket blasts off (..) The sound is, at alternating intervals, dark, hopeful, funky, tranced-out, beautiful, foreboding, buoyant, and back to dark and funky. It’s the drug equivalent of smoking opium, then taking a hit off a crack pipe, and following that up with some downers and a six-pack of Red Bull." (layabozi.com)
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"Jay and ChaCha are two talented individuals at the top of their game, making music that reflects a vast palette of influences in a new and original way." (shanghai247.net)

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