Frankie Returns From Hollywood - the fourth track from Australian producer nickname's debut EP on Taipan Trax. Head-spitting jungle rhythms to kick off the year.

Full EP out on Jan 8th.

nickname - Frankie Returns From Hollywood

Worst Behavior Recs is thrilled to share our next release, Rinne, the debut EP from Taiwan native, LA resident Yunna @yunnamusic. "Rinne", Japanese for reincarnation, is the inspired sonic culmination of Yunna's personal journey toward self acceptance, self love, motherhood, and the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. The five track release traverses Yunna’s sonic past, carrying the torch for the hardcore continuum while articulating a fresh sound that bridges the gap between her classical music background and her love of underground sounds like jungle, footwork and hiphop.

Discovering her unique artistic voice has been a long journey of losing and reclaiming herself many times over. As a third culture kid, she struggled for years to understand her identity and express all the dynamic parts of herself–classically-trained musician, raver, promoter, fashion designer, and more. From taking on an American name to fit into her new home in the Bay, to years of performing in environments in the US and Asia where she felt pigeonholed, she was deeply frustrated by consistently feeling she was not allowed to fully express herself. After a long career performing as “Wolfbaby”, she changed her name to Yunna as part of the reclamation of her Asian roots and re-birthing of herself as an artist.

During an isolated covid pregnancy, Yunna was forced to reckon with her identity as an artist, as an Asian in America, and a mother-to-be, and truly ask herself what her legacy to her child would be. Facing up to her old fears and insecurities to finish a work wholly representing her, she felt brand new, reborn. When she came across the Rinne Kokyogaku, or Reincarnated Orchestra, a concept album by Geinoh Yamashirogumi* about the eternal cycles of birth, death, and rebirth, Yunna found a concept in line with both her beliefs as a Buddhist and experience reinventing herself as an artist.

Rinne perfectly summarized her last 7 year cycle of life, just in time for new births–her first child and first EP.

Remixes to follow.

*The same album inspired the creators of Akira, leading them to have musical collective Geinoh Yamashirogumi create the Akira soundtrack.

Credits:

Written by Yunna 
Mixed by Yunna & UFO 
Mastering by Darkart Mastering

Yunna - Sea

My Nu Leng were kind enough to pass over the stems to their track 'Masterplan'. This is my reworking; no release planned.

My Nu Leng ft Fox - 'Masterplan (Sam Binga's One Sixty One Rebax)' - [dub]

Crofton - Once Again

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Once Again

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Monochrome EP 

04 CLIKK - Whatever It Is

Daze Prism - Give It Up (Joku Remix)

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DANGER

Jaxed - La Casa

CAN U FIND ME

STONEY - SPACE

EP avaliable for pre-order here: https://gather.bandcamp.com/album/blue-cookie-ep

After the incredible response our debut release got Gather Recordings are back with the Blue Cookie EP, 4 classy steppers to chase away those lock-down blues those days we can dance together again seem all the closer. On the A side Bluetoof serves up 2 cuts of his jazz tinged bomb Mistakes. The Gradient mix is pure peak time material with the growling almost Reese style bassline sitting underneath that haunting section for some serious dancefloor magic. The Original mix is a more restrained take on the same theme but still packs more than enough low end to hold its own in the dance. Over on the B side Soundboy Cookie comes correct with that 90's era Chris Mack style shuffle on jazzy 2 stepper Brooklyn Swing before taking into darker but equally classy territory with Mic Professional.

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Soundboy Cookie - Mic Professional

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