Friday, January 19, 2024
Game For Laughs: YĪN YĪN Unleash 'Tokyo Disko' Single + Vid
Dutch doyens of exotic funk fusion preview the release of their latest album with offbeat quiz-time video romp
© Jonas Loelmann
Maastricht fusion aces YĪN YĪN herald the arrival of their third frolicsome full-length, Mount Matsu, with the release of single ‘Tokyo Disko’, a typically zesty cocktail of diverse instrumental influences, absorbing Southeast Asian psych, Stax-indebted soul, Dick Dale’s surf guitar, infectious funk and Japanese sōkyoku.
Accompanying the track is Sara Elzinga’s ultra-kitsch video (available to watch here), featuring members of YĪN YĪN hamming it up on the set of a chaotic gameshow, capering like a troupe of exotically-attired oddballs plucked straight from a Wes Anderson flick, all with their eyes on the big prize.
YĪN YĪN embark on a short UK tour next month, with scheduled stop-offs at The White Hotel, Manchester (15 Feb), Village Underground, London (16 Feb), Strange Brew, Bristol (17 Feb) and Patterns, Brighton (18 Feb).
YĪN YĪN’s Mount Matsu is released today via Glitterbeat Records