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We're delighted to present @Eversines new album on ninih. "Dwang" brings together his most personal work thus far, this record being Remco's outlet to process and make sense of difficult experiences. Unsurprisingly, this results in an exploration into a darker, trancier side of his musical spectrum. 

The two of us having developed a deep bond over the years is clearly reflected in how this album came together. It's the third collaboration between the two of us, of which many more to come! ❤️

The 'Dwang' album will have 500 copies pressed and is out 20th of April at your fav record web/store.

A1. Bridge
A2. Elev
B1. Resist
B2. Must Know
C1. Fog
C2. Onheil
D1. Problem Solving Mode
D2. Tussen Tijd

Eversines - Dwang LP [ninih004 snippets]

UHF - Tune IN 2LP

Tracklist

A1. Tune IN
A2. Can U Hear The Hum
B1. Breaking Open The Head
B2. Multidimensional Transformation
B3. Sam-Sa-Ra
B4. The Book Of Forbidden Knowledge
C1. Call Of The Wild
C2. The Fifth Science
D1. The End Of Ur World
D2. Gravity’s Rainbow
D3. Searching 4 Spirituality Without Religion
D4. The Emerald Tablet

Pre order @ bit.ly/yeyeh005preorder
Releases December 1 
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Since 2019, Amsterdam-based curator Pieter Jansen has used his yeyeh label as a vehicle for carefully considered (and sometimes unlikely) ‘first time’ collaborations between different experimental and avant-garde artists including Eversines, Carolina Eyck, Greetje Bijma and Oceanic. 

He’s done it again on the imprint’s next release, which is the result of a week-long collaboration between Berlin-based Polish saxophonist/composer/producer Jerzy Maczyński (whose previous collaborative release with Waclaw Zimpel as Jerry&ThePelicanSystem appeared on yeyeh in 2021), celebrated Chicagoan DJ/producer Hieroglyphic Being, and Amsterdam-based electronic artist Rein De Sauvage Nolting (RDS, who originally functioned as recording and mix engineer) – as well as countless hours of intricate post-production. 

Those who attended Dekmantel Festival 2023, where Hieroglyphic Being and Maczyński performed live together as Universal Harmonies & Frequencies for the first time will know what to expect – namely far-sighted and futurist explorations that blur the boundaries between electronic-acoustic improvisation, avant-garde electronica, rhythmic ambient, free jazz and Hieroglyphic Being’s distinctively distorted, next-level Chicagoan rhythms. This act was accompanied by live visuals by Katarzyna Debska/VLF, who later created the artwork and visual language for the record release. 
That performance, which took place at Muziekgebouw/BIMhuis, occurred a little over 12 months after the week-long residency in a rented studio below Volkshotel that laid the foundations for the project. Over five days, Hieroglyphic Being (synthesisers, vocals) and Maczyński (saxophones, vocals) laid down 26 extended improvisations, with Rein de Sauvage Nolting not only acting as recording and mixing engineer, but also contributing artistic input. 

Following the session, Jansen and Rein Sauvage Nolting selected 13 tracks to provide the basis of an expansive double-vinyl album. While some of those spontaneous improvisations remain in-tact on Tune IN, many more were reconfigured, reworked and re-produced by Maczyński and Sauvage Nolting over over many months.Maczyński added more layers of instrumentation, creating a “whole band of reed instruments” using electronic tools – a method he previously utilized on 2021’s Jerry&ThePelicanSystem album, Sariani. 

As a result, Tune IN is an adventurous and experimental album rooted in real-time improvisation that not only reflects its’ creators’ unique musical personalities, but also delivers a genuinely unique and far-sighted collaborative sound. It begins with the stretched-out, slowly building brilliance of the title track – think waves of synth sounds, complimentary reed instrument motifs and spaced-out, effects laden beats – and ends with the hallucinatory exoticism of ‘Emerald Tablet’. 
In between, you’ll find forays into densely layered free-jazz (‘Can U Hear The Hum’), percussion-powered rhythmic cubism (‘Breaking Open The Head’), shuffling dancefloor tone poems (‘Multidimensional Transformation’, where Hieroglyphic Being delivers a typically spiritual spoken word monologue), becalmed ambient jazz (‘The Book of Forbidden Knowledge’), expansive synth-scapes (the Tangerine Dream-do-Sun Ra style ‘The Fifth Style’), dystopian drum machine-powered workouts (‘Searching 4 Spirituality Without Religion’) and countless, impossible-to-pigeonhole cuts that sit somewhere in between. It’s a magical and mystical meeting of musical minds that counts as one of the most expressive and inventive artistic collaborations of recent times.

Tune IN

UHF - Tune IN 2LP [yeyeh005 snippets]

It's an absolute honour and privilege to be given the chance to release this beautiful collection of tracks with so many collaborators involved in the process. A uniquely 3LP compiled by @silverlining-dubs & yours truly. A testament to an unbelievable group of friends that were following their heart in the studio.. This compilation just catches a glimpse of the vast amount of (un)released sonic wizardry with one person that ties all these tracks together; Asad Rizvi.

The triple vinyl LP includes some hard-to-find numbers by Two Right Wrongans, Impossible Beings, Appleheadz, and more, with one previously unreleased song rescued from DAT archives. The album was mastered beautifully by Dubplates & Mastering , the sleeve features stunning artwork by Drawn Surface, Wimswim and Nol Cobben, with extensive sleeve notes by Harold Heath and Asad himself.

The 'Collaborations 3LP' album will have 500 initial copies pressed and is out 6th of September at your fav recordstore. Silverlining will also be publishing the digital downloads on his Bandcamp later on.

Tracklist:
A1. Impossible Beings - Through Wires and Air
A2. Appleheadz - Moontan Lotion
B1. Appleheadz - If You Were A Cat You'd Follow Me
C1. Southern Comforters - Quick Call The King
C2. Appleheadz - In My Sky (Instrumental Edit)
D1. Bluegoose vs Silverlining - Taken Over
D2. Impossible Beings - Tuesday Morning Milkman
E1. Two Right Wrongans - They'll Never Get It Right Them Two
F1. Impossible Beings - Back To The Imbiss
F2. Impossible Beings - A Hundred To One

Bandcamp: https://silverlining-dubs.bandcamp.com

Compilation

Silverlining & Friends - Collaborations 1996 - 2001 3LP [ninih005 snippets]

Greetje Bijma & Oceanic - Sykheljende Lûden LP

Tracklist

A1. Greetje Bijma & Oceanic - Away From Home  [04:26]
A2. Greetje Bijma & Oceanic - Sykhelje [01:07]
A3. Greetje Bijma & Oceanic - Golden Skinne [04:09]
A4. Greetje Bijma & Oceanic - Waegen Vallen [04:28]
A5. Greetje Bijma & Oceanic - Dripket [01:08]
A6. Greetje Bijma & Oceanic - Syzygy [05:30]
B1. Greetje Bijma & Oceanic - Protterduns (Part 1) [01:15]
B2. Greetje Bijma & Oceanic - Protterduns (Part 2) [06:04]
B3. Greetje Bijma & Oceanic - Veuhel [01:30]
B4. Greetje Bijma & Oceanic - Hynders [04:29]
B5. Greetje Bijma & Oceanic - V&A [03:20]
B6. Greetje Bijma & Oceanic - Peace In Mind [03:50]

Pre-order: bit.ly/yeyeh006preorder
Video Away From Home: https://youtu.be/MD5lBe313hQ

Releases October 25
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Since yeyeh brought them together in 2019 to record their first collaborative album, Swallow a Party, Oceanic and Greetje Bijma have become firm friends. The connection they first felt in the studio has led not only to the regular exchange of musical ideas and song sketches, but also lengthy conversations about life and art.

One of the strongest connections that helped shape their growing creative partnership is not musical, but personal. Both grew up in coastal communities at different ends of the Netherlands and the sensory impact of living close to the North Sea and Wadden Sea, respectively, made a long-lasting impression.

This connection gave them an idea: why not use the Wadden Sea, an intertidal zone of the North Sea situated between the Frisian Islands and the Dutch Coast, as a thematic inspiration for their next album. Oceanic and Bijma exchanged memories of wonderous wetlands, the salty smell of sea air, seemingly never-ending tidal mudflats, the distinctive calls of rare seabirds, and the look and feel of local flora and fauna. 

When they gathered in Studio Het Rode in Roderwolde for three days of improvised recordings based on existing ideas, Oceanic and Bijma set out to create music, through a mixture of voice and electronics, inspired by the mental sounds and images that appeared when they thought about the Wadden Sea’s celebrated landscapes. Extended improvisations were recorded, before Oceanic edited them down and they collaborated shaped the finished versions with added texture and structure.

The resultant album, Sykheljende Lûden (Frisian for “breathing sounds”), wears its central inspiration lightly, with many of Bijma’s startling and expressive vocalisations and Oceanic musical motifs subtly hinting at tidal flows, bird calls, and the comforting feeling of home that the environment stirs in both artists. It is not ‘landscape music’ in the strictest sense of the term, but rather music partially inspired by their personal psycho-geographies and nostalgic memories of their former coastal homes.

Sykheljende Lûden is frequently both majestic and mesmerising, with Bijma showcasing the full dynamism and expressiveness of her vocal range and Oceanic conjuring electronic sounds, rhythms and textures that combine his long-stated love of both club music and emotive experimentalism. From the bubbly bliss of opener ‘Away From Home’, to the ambient-operatic moodiness of closing cut ‘Peace In Mind’, via the soft-spun sweetness of ‘Golden Sun Skin’, spaced-out minimalism of ‘Dripket’ and the rhythmic creepiness of ‘Veugel’, Sykheljende Lûden is a unified artistic vision that owes as much to the duo’s coastal roots as it does to their evolving creative partnership.

Greetje Bijma & Oceanic - Sykheljende Lûden [yeyeh006 snippets]

After already working on yeyeh005 together /w https://soundcloud.com/0rds0, it was more than overdue to do a solo EP together. Our lives crossed over ten years ago, and the past six years saw us grow into a deep friendship. All four tracks were made around the time of preparation for a Breakfast Club ADE 2021 with De Lichting live. Three years later, we are releasing these solo club cuts.

The fresh artwork is made by Nol Cobben - as with all ninih records it’s a vinyl-only release. Pre-order now via https://soundcloud.com/oneyewitness and soon to be found in every relevant recordstore ;).

RDS - Tppsty ep [ninih006]
a1. bfc01
a2. vnecktechtheme
b1. tpssty
b2. bfc04

RDS - Tppsty EP [ninih006 snippets]

The second release on ninih is a package of personal stories by Amsterdam's https://soundcloud.com/eversines, truly captivating the sounds of the ninih label. He masterfully crafts densely layered and brooding soundscapes throughout the EP, appealing to heady listeners and vibing dancefloors alike. Transmissions of deep, swirling, cosmic synths coexist with ominous haunting echoes while warped chords slip in and out of focus. Weaponized experimental electronics blast off in a flurry of hard hitting kicks like a spaceship speeding through a sonic asteroid field before throttling back to an ethereal pace.

A1. Eversines - Stroom
A2. Eversines - Bloei
B1. Eversines - Insanity Is Normal
B2. Eversines - AG4TJ
B3. Eversines - Rust

Eversines - Bloei EP [ninih002 snippets]

The third release of ninih is by none other than Australia-based electronic producer https://soundcloud.com/andyrantzen. Bringing his most dancefloor friendly EP as of yet. A-side for trancing ~ B-side for dancing. All tracks stem from the late 90’s/early noughties giving this EP it’s ravey vibe in typical dubby Rantzen fashion.

A1. Andy Rantzen - Chambers Of The Palace
A2. Andy Rantzen - Soap Bubbles
A3. Andy Rantzen - Emerald Ascent
B1. Andy Rantzen - Nightowl
B2. Andy Rantzen - Spiral Staircase

Andy Rantzen - Chambers Of The Palace EP [ninih003 snippets]

record label run by soundcloud.com/pejiej
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pieterjansen_yeyehninih/
email: pieter@yeyeh.nl
distributed by One Eye Witness

Andy Rantzen - Chambers Of The Palace EP [ninih003 snippets]

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