Lahringen, by Thijsenterprise

Lahringen

by Thijsenterprise

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Andrew Jervis Sounds just like where a skateboard-obsessed producer might take roughneck jazz and DIY beats in 2020. Favorite track: Never Stop Jumping Fences.

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Limited to 300 copies. 180 grams vinyl, manufactured a stone's throw away from the Dutch city this record was named after. High-quality pressing by Deepgrooves with Tullis Russell labels and a quality sleeve.

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1.	Muslikt 02:13 video		buy track
2.	Another Digital Handshake (Album Version) 04:26		buy track
3.	El Arriero 03:26 video	info	buy track
4.	Kuchsfeer 03:34		buy track
5.	Skeer Is Meer (Album Version) 01:59		buy track
6.	One For Poots 04:27		buy track
7.	Rietje 01:43		buy track
8.	Never Stop Jumping Fences 02:53 video		buy track
9.	Sketchy (free) 01:59		download
10.	Contort Yourself 02:43	info	buy track
11.	Do Nothing Without Intention (Album Version) 00:55		buy track
12.	Skate And Destroy 01:46		buy track
13.	The Allegroes 02:22	info	buy track
14.	Saxspetters 01:51		buy track
15.	Ploerterig 02:12		buy track
16.	Drunken Break Theme 00:34		buy track

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LINER NOTES BY JOHN-PAUL SHIVER:

Reinier Thijs a.k.a. Thijsenterprise's new project Lahringen begins where most of his previous creations have left off. Through reedy skronking sax, no easy listening aesthetics here, we get that passport to the '80s. The intersection between Lou Reed's old New York attitude and the encroaching rhythmic assault about to hit. Post-punk, featuring steady bass lines—peak demon Jaco to cool as fuck Slits era—in transit.

The first track in, bumping new-wave-jazz bravado, immediately covers those grounds the Dutch native likes to dig in on. He pays tribute to Gato Barbieri with "El Arriero", continuing in that off-kilter mash-up of sound textures. This time its beats and machismo.

But "Sketchy", an original arrangement, taps Reinier's dedication to skateboarding. Named for when skate rats land a trick sloppy, non-smooth, or ugly he does in fact match the sound of the bass with the feeling of ‘meh.’ “The drums and percussion in the track carry a driving pulse, and the saxophone plays a light melody, ping-ponging between the groove of the rhythm section. Which makes the track very repetitive, catchy," stated Reinier.

Repurposing discordant sounds, as an alchemist traveling through time, Reinier sounds at home. Clearing out space, grounding up source material, for the cruise. Truth be told, he's confessed to pulling attitude and sound inspiration from The Lounge Lizards and James Chance. It’s unmistakable and you can hear it. But the combination of new school beat-making tactics, via scientists Makaya McCraven and Jeff Parker, who's shown it's far more interesting tossing out the rule book, see Reinier come full-circle with the wide spectrum of his sound jacket.

“When I started making beats, that came from a deep love for hip-hop but also to see if I could create music without my saxophone. In that sense, I’m more of a musician rather than I’m a beatmaker,” says Reinier.

That sax solo, where he riffs on John Coltrane's "My Favorite Things", during the root down groove of "Never Stop Jumping Fences"— cow-bells ring a ding-ding—Lahringen opens up like a spring flower. Pushing up, through the hardscrabble dirty concrete.

—John-Paul Shiver

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released November 27, 2020

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All songs composed & produced by Thijsenterprise (Reinier Thijs) with exception of: 'El Arriero' by Gato Barbieri & Héctor Roberto Chavero / Antonietta Paula Pepin, 'The Allegroes' by Xero Slingsby, and 'Contort Yourself' by James White.

Special thanks to Martina Martinez for laying some extra basslines, Pep Krupp for keeping the groove on the drums on several tracks, and to Geri Melis for adding details on percussion here and there.

'Lahringen' is an anagram for the Dutch city Harlingen, as used by author Simon Vestdijk in his Anton Wachter novel series, whom is Thijsenterprise's favorite writer. The album is part of his 'Elfsteden' ('Eleven Cities') series of releases, each named after a city in an infamous Dutch ice-skating race which only takes place in brutal winters.

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Analogue mastering by Angelos Stoumpos @ Timewarp Mastering
www.timewarpmusic.org

Cover art by Carla Osma Cortés
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Released by Rucksack Records
rucksackrecords.bandcamp.com

"Dedicated to my dad."

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Thijsenterprise Barcelona, Spain

Thijsenterprise (Reinier Thijs) is a saxophone player, composer & beatmaker. Using raw drums, dirty bass lines and spontaneous melodies, he bridges the gap between jazz and hip-hop beats. Dutch native now residing in Barcelona, Spain.

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