YIN YIN - Yatta !

If there's one useful yardstick for decoding the style of Dutch outfit Yin Yin, it's surely lightness, or call it nimbleness, with which they stage an analogue-flavoured amalgam of soul, psychedelia, Asian funk, surf and disco that keeps winning fans over thanks to a shrewd rhythmic foundation poised between metaphysical suggestion and material tangibility.

The new album, "Yatta!", further delivers on that promise with an even broader and more contaminated perspective, all in service of a string of grooves as soft as they are irresistible. In this circus of illusion and imagination, airy, sun-drenched melodies find fertile ground ("Lecker Song"), alongside irresistible funky rhythms complete with sitar and analogue synths ("Elma").

Yin Yin's music is elegant and vibrant, perfect for a night out on the dance floor — the exotic "Spirit Adapter" — or for a sensual yet carefree romantic evening: witness the postcard-soul of "Night In Tapei".

"Yatta!" is an album with no intellectual pretensions or avant-garde ambitions: it's simply forty-one minutes of clever escapism, marked by polished funk-soul grooves ("Golden Lion"), sparkling synth-pop interplay ("Slow Burner") and even an unusual whiff of mystery ("Kasumi's Quest").

The choice to record everything live in the studio lends a fluidity that until now the band had only managed to make compelling on stage rather than in their otherwise enjoyable studio releases. With "Yatta!", everything clicks into place, from the italo-disco digressions of "In Search Of Yang" to the placid soul expanses of "Mooncake Melody". For Yin Yin, the time has come to gather all that potential into a solid, exciting record.

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28/01/2026