Einar Olav Holøyen is an educated jazz pianist from Middlesex University in London and with a master’s degree in education management from Innlandet University. 

I have played in several types of bands over the years, in the genres of jazz, blues, soul, rock, electronica, big band, and has also accompanied vocalists in different settings. I also play the blues harmonica in addition to piano, Hammond organ, a preference towards Rhodes and Wurlitzer sounds, but also anything in keys, and can be found in both solo, chord, and bass lines in a lot of the recordings profiled here on this page. I also specialize in playing all of these at the same time, i.e. chords and solos on keys, Hammond basslines and harmonica solos all at once!

I have extensive experience in recording, mastering and mixing in my preferred DAW Cubase Pro on PC with RME UFX+, UAD Apollo x8p gen2 soundcards and UAD, Slate digital and SSL plugins. I also have extensive experience in rigging, cabling and the logistics of smaller setups and concerts. The gear live is focused around a Behringer X32. I mainly use Shure Beta mics for drums.

My gear consists of the Nord Stage 4 88, Nord Electro 6D 73, Hammond XK-5, Leslie 3300W, Native Instruments ‘S88/N MKIII and Komplete, Seydel 1847 and Hohner blues harmonicas, Bulletini harmonica microphones from BlowsMeAway productions, an Astatic JT-30 harp mic, an Alpha Wolf effect/DI and a Harp Octave effect from Lone Wolf Blues Company, Fat Bomb harp mic from Fat Tone Amps and The Squeal Killer feedback killer from Jason Lockwood.

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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