nina harker, by Nina Harker

nina harker

by Nina Harker

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1.	Le Pont à Voiles 03:06	buy track
2.	de dos il fuit 01:54	buy track
3.	( ⁄ ⁄ ▽ ⁄ ⁄ ) 03:24	buy track
4.	Er Zog 01:47	buy track
5.	Ramier 01:54	buy track
6.	La Luna 01:07	buy track
7.	Hin Und Her 04:51	buy track
8.	Swing 01:02	buy track
9.	ë 02:34	buy track
10.	Bocas no chão 03:10	buy track

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Freeform, pigeon-hole dodging, stylistic merry-go-round, restless, weird and addictive - the long anticipated return of Nina Harker!

Three years in the works since their self-titled 2020 debut, we’re just about ready. Similar in vein to its polyglot predecessor, we’re deep into an extremely skewed trip to the unknown. The duo’s chameleon-like musical world never misses an opportunity to shred it’s skin and reappear as something totally unexpected. Apolline’s beautifully exposed, day-dreaming vocals on opener ‘Le Pont à Voiles’ cut deep, setting up a false sense of security before things take a dive into the underneath - stuttering synths and garbled vocals brace an eerie up-right piano solo and agitated spoken / electronics piece. The sheer lack of cohesion and total disregard for an attempt at *flow* adds a tangible sense of surrealism. But it’s no amateurish prank or way of disguising technical flaws - it’s clear these musicians can play, and there’s a strong feeling of intent.

The folkier moments, when they do decide to glisten through the gunk, are captivating and otherworldly, whereas the indifferent vocals and brittle drum machine tilt of ‘Hin Und Her’ or quivering electronics of ‘ë’ could easily be misplaced for an 80’s tape piece from Vox Populi!. Add in a drop of the unhinged weirdness of early Beate Bartel / CHBB, or scratchy Siltbreeze almost-songs and the collage-aesthetic of Enhet För Fri Musik and it’s clear we have something special in our hands. In an age of unashamed pastiche, it’s so nice, almost REFRESHING, to be properly tangled up in something so genuinely other and intoxicating.

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released December 15, 2023

text by Tom (All Night Flight)
compo + interprétation • Nina Harker
enregistrements • Nina Harker • Manuel Duval • Stéphane Marck
piano A3 • Thomas Franzini
chants B5 • Nina Harker • Thomas Dittborn • Pierre Pierre Pierre • Maëlle Legall • Quentin Thirionet
mixage • Nina Harker • Manuel Duval
mastering • Manuel Duval
laquer/cut • Fred Alstadt
pressage • Vinyl Records Makers
impression • Hors Cadre Impression
façonnage • Nina Harker • Hors Cadre Impression
Nina Harker • Apolline Schöser • Nocola Henry

coproduction • Aguirre • All Night Flight • Animal Biscuit • Becoq Records • El Muelle 1931 • La République des Granges

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