We jump into Year 2 of Nie Wieder Schlafen’s music, starting with one of the core artists of our Family. Sheffield’s own Benji Musk aka. Yarni has been a great addition to our roster since day one. He loves the family-minded focus of our community and is the first to give feedback on any subject. With heart and gentle care he has developed a true sound of his own, combining field-recordings, he collects while travelling through the world, with synthetic sounds he creates on his (almost) analog-only studio. His open-minded way of developing percussive productions is something re-freshing in the scene and truly pushes for innovation. His EP contains 5 productions, including 3 originals of his own and some creative re-imaginations from our friends of Hacker & Miethig and one of music’s most innovative artists, Kincaid.

„Aera“ ist the best possible example for Yarni’s sound and production style. Warm bassline, organic percussions arranged beautfully within in a pool of intimate & soothing melodies creating a certain type of atmosphere, we appreciate so much about Yarni’s sound.

Main title track „Voiski“ is able to shine a different light on the oh-so-known Arpeggiator-production. With a strong focus on warm and dynamic percussion arrangements and a clear synthetic arp lead, Yarni tries to clearly distinct the parts of the track, rather than melting both key elements together. The result is an interesting new sound, which brings a fresh look to the oversaturated offer of arp-focused productions.

„Shuka“ is the result of Yarni’s strength to explore new arrangements and grooves in interesting ways. Orientalic touches and fresh beat patterns suck you into this production right away. The track keeps you interested with the inclusion of old school vocal FX and fitting ways of raising the tension throughout its running time.

Hacker & Miething turned Yarni’s main title track up-side-own and into the realms of a dubby, yet progressive sound. While removing the melodic progression of the main lead and using it as a tense background pattern, this remix creates a hypnotic state, that slowly sucks you in and doesn’t let go. Interesting synth leads are introduced gently and build up in a smooth way, never leaving the state of an ever building atmosphere.

Kincaid has been changing the game with creative and fresh music, especially when it comes to culturally influenced productions. As expected our friend was interested in putting Yarni’s creative production „Shuka“ in a new light. His mysterious downbeat re-work tells a cinematic story, that delivers a dubby, big room sound full of new and dynamic percussive elements as they are, once again, put together in such a dynamic way.

As always, please have fun with these tracks.