Yatta! [LP]

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Yin Yin - Yatta! [LP] LP version. On their fourth album Yatta!, the celebrated Dutch quartet YĪN YĪN extends, bends, and ignites a joyous mix of disco, funk, surf, psychedelia, and Southeast Asian motifs. As Yatta! proves, the band's sonic footprint is an ever-evolving kaleidoscope of sounds, textures and beats. As with their breakthrough album Mount Matsu (GB 147CD, 2024), their devotion to getting the dance floor moving remains front and center. That impulse, already strong, has intensified -- Yatta! lifting it to an ecstatic next level. The result? An album that reveals a band whose groove just keeps getting deeper. Certainly, the quartet from Maastricht in the south of the Netherlands has built a reputation for balancing an eclectic range of influences and using them to forge something that is affectionately retro and, at the same time, fresh and forward-facing. From the beginning, YĪN YĪN have been devoted to exploring global sounds with an emphasis on getting the dance floor moving -- an impulse that reaches its peak on Yatta! One major influence is the sound of Italo Disco -- the spacey brand of disco music that arose in Italy in the late 1970s. ''It has something of a mystique,'' says Berkers. ''All the producers were using new recording techniques and effects, but there are not many pictures or videos of how they were creating things in the studio. You have to use your own fantasy and create your own story about how that music is created.'' Across the album, YĪN YĪN specialize in creating the soundtracks to dream journeys, opportunities for the listener to visit places that exist in realms of the imagination. If there's a general direction of travel in YĪN YĪN's expeditions, it's towards the east, with Asian influences coming through loud and clear. It's a fascination that has suffused YĪN YĪN's sound since, in the early days, they stumbled upon a couple of compilation albums of psychedelic '60s and '70s guitar music from Southeast Asia. Adopting Eastern tunings has imparted an unusual feel to YĪN YĪN's music and challenged them as songwriters, and Yatta! is the sound of four musicians finding their own globe-trotting groove, and having the time of their lives exploring it. 01. In Search of Yang (4:31)02. Spirit Adapter (4:16)03. Lecker Song (3:31)04. Yata Yata (4:21)05. Night in Taipai (2:11)06. Golden Lion (4:41)07. Elma (3:25)08. Kasumi's Quest (2:23)09. Slow Burner (3:24)10. Pattaya Wrangler (4:05)11. Mooncake Melody (4:06) Show more