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Monocle 24 is Monocle’s round-the-clock radio station that launched in October 2011 and is broadcast from our headquarters at Midori House in Marylebone. You can listen live via our player at monocle.com, as well as downloading shows from our site, iTunes or SoundCloud; we also have a handy app.

The station delivers news and comment, plus magazine shows covering a range of topics including food and drink, urbanism, design, culture, business and print media. Our newsgathering operation includes bureaux in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Zürich, New York and Toronto, as well as dedicated correspondents in over 30 cities from São Paulo to Sydney.

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)

am444.com

With an influential audience of city mayors, urban planners and architects, this is Monocle’s guide to making better cities, be it new technology, state-of-the-art subways or compact apartments.

Monocle 24 is Monocle’s round-the-clock radio station that launched in October 2011 and is broadcast from our headquarters at Midori House in Marylebone. You can listen live via our player at monocle.com, as well as downloading shows from our site, iTunes or SoundCloud; we also have a handy app. 

The station delivers news and comment, plus magazine shows covering a range of topics including food and drink, urbanism, design, culture, business and print media. Our newsgathering operation includes bureaux in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Zürich, New York and Toronto, as well as dedicated correspondents in over 30 cities from São Paulo to Sydney.


Monocle 24’s weekly tour of the most inspiring people, companies and ideas in global business, whether they are  starting from scratch, reinvigorating the family firm or developing new technology.

Monocle 24 is Monocle’s round-the-clock radio station that launched in October 2011 and is broadcast from our headquarters at Midori House in Marylebone. You can listen live via our player at monocle.com, as well as downloading shows from our site, iTunes or SoundCloud; we also have a handy app. 

The station delivers news and comment, plus magazine shows covering a range of topics including food and drink, urbanism, design, culture, business and print media. Our newsgathering operation includes bureaux in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Zürich, New York and Toronto, as well as dedicated correspondents in over 30 cities from São Paulo to Sydney.


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Music Producer 🥁🎸🎹🎛
Jazzy HipHop ➪ Indie Soul ➪ Funktronica


Releases:
Jay.Soul & @JustoTheMC - You Wish (It Won't Stop, 2023),
Jay.Soul & @JustoTheMC - Talk That Talk (It Won't Stop, 2022),
Russell Taylor - Cherry (Jay.Soul Remixxx) (2022)
@AM444 - Don't Fool Me (2021)
Jay.Soul - Fromthearchives, Vol.2 (It Won't Stop, 2021), 
Jay.Soul - 6 KNOKERS (It Won't Stop, 2020), 
Jay.Soul - Fromthearchives, Vol.1 (It Won't Stop, 2020), 
Jay.Soul & @JustoTheMC - 020X718 (It Won't Stop, 2019),
@AM444 - Dark Show EP (Believe Digital, 2015,)
@AM444 - Wonder Rooms (Believe Digital, 2014), 
@AM444 - Détache Toi EP feat -M- (Labo M, Believe, 2014), 
@AM444 x Tussle - Split Ends 12" (Genjing Records, 2012 - vinyl only), 
@AM444 - Eye Wonder (PAUSE:MUSIC, 2011), 
Shanghai:Sound (Converse/TimeOut, 2011), 
Mr.Windmill & Jay.Soul - Shanghaii Lights EP (BPSS), 
Giovanca - On My Way (Jay.Soul Remix) (Dox, 2009), 
Bagpak House Vol.1 (Bagpak Music, 2009), 
Mr.Windmill & Jay.Soul - The Perculationn EP (2007, BPSS), 
08BAR Vol. 2 (08BAR/Rush Hour, 2007), 
Sole Profit - Children Of The Corn (2007, K.E.Y.), 
Jay.Soul & ParAdoX – Combien De Nuits (Improovment/BNN, 2007), 
Corey - Movin' On (It Won't Stop, 2006), 
Nas - Made U Look (Jay.Soul Remix) (2006, White 12")

DJ:
SHANGHAI -  The Shelter (resident, incl. support for DJ Krush, Quantic, Levon Vincent, Jungle Brothers, Rich Medina, Dj Babu, Optimo, Floating Points)  |  MIDI Festival  |  Barbarossa  |  LOLA Club  |  The Ice Cream Truck  | DADA  |  Horizen  |  Glamour Bar  |  JZ Festival  |  宗祠.KIN  |  800 Show  |   MOCA 
AMSTERDAM -  Sugar Factory (Wicked Jazz Sounds)  |  Paradiso (support Roy Hargrove, Macy Gray)  |   Chicago Social Club  |  De Kring (Smierige Beisten) |  Bitterzoet |  Duivel Cafe  |  iloveAmsterdam festival  |  Conscious Hotels  |  Podium Mozaiek  |  Streetlab Festival  |  
OTHER -  Crown Jewels Festival, The Hague  |  Heidegger, Rotterdam  |  Blossom Festival, Nanjing |  Spikes Asia, Singapore

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