The Hazzah has been confirmed as support for The Babe Rainbow show at Patronaat Haarlem on the 25th of February ?
Facebook event can be found here. Tickets can be found here.
Mink Records Christmas Party
Thanks to everyone who came out to our Christmas party with The Visual, The Hazzah and The Daily Indie DJ team on the line up at Paard, The Hague.
Blessed days to all, and a very happy new year from Mink Records!
A Portrait of The Visual on i-D
Today on the interwebs: a beautiful article on i-D Nederland about The Visual, with pictures shot by Anna van Rij’s sister Sarah Elize Van Rij. We’ve been working with these lovely people for a while now and we are all very excited for the upcoming release of their debut EP on Mink Records, celebrated with a release show this Friday at Melkweg Amsterdam. Come and check them out! You won’t regret it.
Release show Amsterdam: The Visual EP Release – Melkweg Amsterdam
Second release show in The Hague: Mink Records Christmas Party
The Mighty Breaks Italy Tour Blog
The Mighty Breaks just came back from their tour in Italy! You can read all about their adventures on their tour blog, published by the Daily Indie.
Pitou Confirmed for ESNS
Pitou Releases New Single ‘Problems’
Today we released the first single from Pitou’s upcoming record! The track is called ‘Problems’, the video for which was premiered by The Independent. You can read their article here.
‘Problems’ is available on all streaming platforms, like Spotify. Big thanks to Spotify UK and Spotify NL for including the track in their playlists, including ‘New Music Friday’.
The Independent‘s Roisin O’Connor says:
‘Amsterdam-born artist Pitou has one of the most arresting voices to emerge from this year … she crafts intelligent folk-pop that balances the darkness and light of human emotion’
Complete Music Update say:
‘If she doesn’t find an audience vastly beyond the already growing fanbase she currently commands, everything in the world will have gone terribly wrong’
Noisey Premieres The Visual’s new video for ‘Lost in Translation’
The Visual’s new video for ‘Lost in Translation’, a track critically reflecting on the necessity of gender binaries, just premiered on Noisey/Vice NL! Directed by the great Danny Griffioen. Check it out below!
EP release on Mink Records, 15/12
Release show at Melkweg, Amsterdam: 15/12.
Release show at Paard Cafe (Mink Records Christmas Party), The Hague: 23/12.
CD available for pre-order in our webshop.
Introducing: Boka de Banjul!
In 1999 Ebou Gaye Mada started the group Boka Halat de Banjul from jam sessions with various musicians. Boka Halat means “joined ideas’ in Wolof. The combination of the various band members, their ideas, their musical background and their shared passion for music became the basis of a platform for positive energy. Boka Halat de Banjul combines the Gambian Mbalax with music from all over the world like jazz, afrobeat, reggae and more.
Anyone who sees the Boka Halat de Banjul playing gets hit by the infectious energy. Ebou and his band play with such passion, experience and love for music that the viewer is included in the rhythms and melodies through this sparkling performance. It’s a great experience to see so much power, quality and improvisation talent on stage!
More info coming soon!
Pitou Confirmed for The Great Escape Festival 2018
The Great Escape Festival has just announced that Pitou will be playing at the festival in Brighton in May – and at the ‘First Fifty’ event in London in November. Read what NME had to say about it here.
The Netherlands has been designated as the Great Escape’s featured country in 2018. Read more about that here.
The Daily Indie Interview
One of our favourite Dutch music blogs came to interview founder of Mink, Marieke, about the coming into existence of the label and some other stuff. Have a read here (in Dutch).