Having been long-time admirers of one another from afar, Hell Yeah and Michele Mininni finally come together for Pop Archetypes. It is a multifaceted debut album that collides broken beats, worldly rhythms, jazz, eastern melodies, live drums and much more into one thrilling 15-track opus that arrives on May 31st.

Italian artist Mininni has always had a leftfield take on electronic music and imbued it with rhythms, melodies and instruments from around the globe. He has released it on cult labels like R&S, Optimo Trax, Internasjonal and Curle Recordings but has saved his magnificent debut album for Hell Yeah. It is much more than a collection of sounds he has already explored and instead finds him heading off into all new territory without losing his signature sense of inventive and beguiling rhythm and melody. It is a multicultural journey that takes in heterogeneous styles and diverse influences but distills them all into one cohesive album with its own unique storyline.

Says Mininni of the record, "I wanted each track to be like pieces of a unique, multifaceted picture, like walking through train cars or progressing through the levels of a video game, all filtered through my own vision and concentrated into 36 minutes. I wanted a pop album rooted in the extraordinary richness of popular music and projected into the future, a continuum where pieces communicate with each other and are received by the ears in symbiotic balance."

Despite that concept, the album is a spontaneous listen full of surprises, left turns and original ideas that all hold together in thrilling fashion. It kicks off with the tumbling jazz drums and swirling synths of 'Spinning Around Cotton Candy', takes in mellifluous melodic layers and broken beats on 'Golden Room' and 'Slipped Air' casts you adrift amongst gorgeous piano keys and refracted vocals on the suspensory 'Vertigo'. There are jungle interludes with Eastern string melodies like 'Bangkok Tempo', lavish fusions of organic and synthetic sounds on 'Kundalini' and more charming Far Eastern rhythms on 'Muting Cat'. 'Congoflash' brings electrifying cosmic rays to busy hand drum patterns, 'The Magic Of Synesthesia' combines dark amen breaks and bright and uplifting flutes while 'Carousel Of Tears' douses you in watery melodies and celestial pads that awaken the soul.

Pop Archetypes is an adventurous work packed with meticulous and infinite details but all with an overarching narrative that makes it far more than the sum of its parts.

GILLES PETERSON
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001yyxg

DAMIAN LAZARUS/ CROSSTOWN REBELS
Really nice album!!

SEAN JOHNSTON/ A LOVE FROM OUTER SPACE
Absolutely love this.

JAYE WARD/ RINSE FM
Ahhh wicked big fan of his R&S output… the lp sounds totally epic, really into vertigo, urban voodoo, Congo flash & wet market. But the whole LP is definitely going to get rinsed. Propels left field and beautiful!

MAX ESSA
What an astonishing collection of music! An incredible release.

FRANCOIS K/ BODY & SOUL
Love this.

AME (Innervisions)
Great Album

Pop Archetypes

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Michele Mininni - Carousel Of Tears

Michele Mininni's debut album Pop Archetypes continues to serve up gold for a new Gallo remix on Hell Yeah following Keita Sano's take on 'Urban Voodoo'.

This new release features the original single 'Carousel Of Tears' which is a shimmering, immersive soundscape with dreamy pads and the most subtle of rhythms. Then comes a remix from Gallo. His Tropical Hinterhof mix is a nine-minute synth odyssey that will work as well by a crackling fire as it will a gorgeous sunset.

This is another fresh perspective on Michele Mininni's fine original.

Michele Mininni - Carousel Of Tears (Gallo's Tropical Hinterhof Remix)

Cisco Cisco - If You Want Me (Jay Shepheard Remix)
The Sky - Dreams (Club Version)
SIRS - Woman
Rare Band - Why (La Roze Love Edit)
Raul Midon - Sunshine (Audiowhores Remix)
Late Nite City - Higher Ground
TGZ - Dusty 
Rick Wade - Jazzy Tears
Pentland Park - Nostalgic 
Theory of Movement - Now and Then (Dream Mix)
Intr0beatz - Get Down
Tiger Stripes - All Night Long
Monie Love - Never Give Up (Fire Island Mix) 
Smokey Bubblin’ B vs A.D.O.R - Young World
HOUSEHEAD SAMIRA - Everybody Stomp Your Feet
Girls of the Internet & The Gospel of Thomas - Make U Mine
David Jackson - Up! Up! Up!
Seven Davis Jr - i should be in japan
Hey Cabrera!, Freudenthal & Saeuer - Do It (Extended Dub)
Tony Carey - Enjaw J
Zenana - Witches ’85 (Bedmo Disco’s Spell Of Love)
Retrouve - Feel So Right
Grand Corporation & Jeremy Glenn - Wonder & Amazement (Deetron Vocal)

Episode 235

Guest show by our friend from Italy Tito Perver. &ampquot;Many thanks to my friend Phazial for helping me as always&ampquot;


Sad Fun Records w/ Tito Perver (13/03/25)

"Head honcho of Hell Yeah! Recordings and all round Balearic maestro Marco goes
deep and deadly as only he can. Absolute fire!"

MUSIC IS THE ANSWER W/ SECRET SOUL SOCIETY + GUEST: MARCO GALLERANI (HELL YEAH! RECORDINGS) - 14 MAR 25

The Off The Record series ventures stateside to Chicago, Illinois to reach out to one of the most iconic modern labels going at the moment; International Anthem, who are now celebrating 11 years on the planet. Started in 2012 by Scottie McNiece and David Allen International Anthem Recording Company has been focused on pushing some of the most ground breaking sounds in Jazz, funk, soul and blues. With a roster that extends to names like Makaya McCraven, Jeff Parker, Damon Locks, Carlos Nino and more it has proved to have an eye for the highest quality in sound and curation. For this mix the label has nominated their own Alejandro Ayala AKA King Hippo to hon and curate the sounds provided. King Hippo was the label representative on the International Anthem Worldwide FM Chicago show - so we are definitely in good hands. Coming in at a clean hour, Ayala brings in various styles of Jazz, moulded expertly to provide a perfect home listening experience or what the label likes to be known as the "Floating Kissaten Mix". We sat down and had a chat about the mix with Alejandro, as well as about the label and about what they have coming up in the future for their 11th year.

Off The Record Mix Series 55: International Anthem (Mixed by King Hippo)

A two hour mix tape journey, of some electronic broken beat deepness featuring a less known gem from Burial and some fresh new producers from the UK and beyond. Representative of what you might hear me play at Balance Croatia in August 25.

Adam Freeland-Out of Balance

Sommerfeldt (aka Marius Sommerfeldt) has released music under various aliases, including Sommerstad, Cocktail Sport, Sommerbad, and De Fantastiske To. With releases on acclaimed labels and remixes for artists like Way Out West and Amp Fiddler, he has cemented his place in the Oslo club scene.

As a key figure in Badabing Diskos, a label and club night he co-runs with longtime collaborator Vinny Villbass, Sommerfeldt has been actively producing, DJing, and performing live under his moniker. 

His music has gained heavy rotation and international recognition.

With airplay on BBC Essential Mix and Rinse FM, and coverage in Faze Magazine and DJ Mag, 

Sommerfeldt continues to craft deep, dreamy, and emotive house—always with a driving groove


Socials:
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Insta:
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Look Busy RhythmCast 218 - Sommerfeldt

We're very happy to have another mix from the Italian maestro Marco Gallerani. "A regular guest spot for Marco means simply the finest Balearic choices from the boss of Hell Yeah! Recordings: no one does it better than Marco. This time round there's plenty of upfront label business just for LOOSE listeners: it's a real treat as always."

MUSIC IS THE ANSWER W/ SECRET SOUL SOCIETY + GUEST: MARCO GALLERANI - 6 JUNE 25

Dj Müll bids farewell to summer with some exciting new releases and a guest who fully embodies the Spirito Balearico: Gallo, pillar of the Hell Yeah label, member of the Balearic Gabba Sound System crew and resident of Buena Onda. In his mix, he wanted to recreate that feeling of floating on the border between day and night, suspended between warmth and mystery.

SPIRITO BALEARICO: DJ MÜLL INVITES GALLO - 13 JUNE 25

Hell Yeah have been busy making musical connections and reaching out to like-minded beatmakers once again. This time, it is Pier Paolo Polcari aka Polcari, a founding member of cult Italian band Almamegretta, who steps up with the magnificent new album I Will Try To Imitate The Birds. The eight-track record also features Adriano Viterbini, another Italian music icon and guitarist with the revered Bud Spence Blues Explosion and I Hate My Village as well as Ubjk, San Ignacio and Sergio Dileo.
Label head Marco first got in touch with Polcari after he remixed Italian cultural hero Sergio Messina's cover of 'Fly Away' back in 2021. The pair began sharing music, discussing their favourite reords and, eventually, the natural next step was to work towards the album now served up here.

Polcari is a master of downtempo sounds and, as well as several solo projects that fuse trip hop, folk, dub and world music, he has made a global mark as part of Almamegretta. The revered Naples band formed in the late 80s and has worked with greats like Massive Attack and Adrian Sherwood across more than 15 albums and are currently on a special 30th anniversary tour.

Opener 'Jardino' (Feat. San Ignacio) sets a laidback vibe from the off with gently breaking drums topped with whimsical melodies. 'Vita Nova' is cavernous dub with more lush instrumentals, xylophones and wispy synth motifs making for a world escape and 'Mundo' (Feat. Ubjk) has an air of Eastern melody with delicate pads and glowing keys floating above the pillowy drums. 'The Birds' (Feat. Adriano Viterbini) has fluttering harp strings that bring real beauty to a downtempo groove packed with vocoder vocals, synth smears and organic percussion.

'Orcos Ou Fadas' carries on with a rich blend of strings and percussion, shuffling rhythms and curious moods, 'Raifuki' lurches on moody drums and introverted melodies and 'Ligea' (Feat. Sergio Dileo) brings some romantic Latin rhythms and seductive clarinet while 'Superluna' completes the odyssey with more wavy dub and magnificent collages of melody and percussion.

I Will Try To Imitate The Birds will lift you off your feet and carry you away to a lush world of cathartic, sun-kissed musical pleasure.

"really special. Cut above typical balearic biz" - Ruf Dug

"Wonderfull!!" - Sean Johnston

"A beautifully atmospheric experience from start to finish." - Max Essa

"Fabulous release...All tracks" - Trevor Fung

"When experimental meets Balearic!" - Ilya Santana

"dreamy, hypnotic and lovely" - Chris Todd/Hot Toddy/Crazy P

"excellent album" - Andy Wilson (Cafe del Mar) 

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Polcari - Superluna

"If you didn't know, Hell Yeah is the Italian label hell-bent on releasing the best modern disco(ish) you can find. Sometimes it's blissed out and Balearic, sometimes it's squelchy and down-right weird and sometimes it's the sort of elongated, tribal stuff that works dancefloors into a salacious frenzy" (Kristan J Caryl - DJ MAG January 2014)


Hell Yeah Recordings, a descendent of leading Italian dance label Mantra Vibes is an Italian-based electronic music label active since 2006. Releasing from Ferrara, Bologna, and Amsterdam and led by Marco Gallerani “peeDoo” (A&R), the label bases its philosophy on a diversity of artists and recording experiences tied together by a common vision of what defines quality progressive recording. 

With a sound as diverse as the artists it represents, Hell Yeah does not limit itself to the constraints of genre but packs a complex palette of sounds ranging from techno to minimal-nu-rave to electro-funk and tech house.  Artists as varied as Radio Slave, Santos, Umek, Oliver Koletzki, Congorock, 3iO, Crimea X and the mighty Balearic Gabba Sound System have helped establish Hell Yeah’s eclectic sound, a distinct take on party music loaded with a sonic Balearic feel good vibe that has made press around the world hail Hell Yeah as a label to watch, always

Hell Yeah aims to build upon its current reputation as a leading Italian Electronic Music play, overseeing the release of a series of progressive productions that straddle genres, defy conventions and blur barriers between listening and dance music. Stemming from Hell Yeah’s initial graphic identity formed by Neverending’s Rocco “the Boghe” Pezzella, new mind-bending web and label artworks from Italian artist Andrea Amaducci and the Berlin-based Ice Cream For Free collective promises complete visual as well as aural stimulation.

info/bookings: 
marco@pplayground.com

Polcari - Superluna

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