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15-03-2006

hinah calendar 2006

hinah has always liked to combine music and graphic universes (photography, drawing, painting, collages...). In 2006, we introduce a new concept in our website: a hinah calendar. It features twelve photographs by Laurent Orseau, one for each month, and songs written by artists in the hinah sphere and inspired by the related pictures.
Music by Dave DeCastro, Alex Gwinnett, LunDi, Melmac, The Potomac Accord

04-06-2004

dolls | aureza + Laurent Orseau + tiivi

The "dolls" project is the result of a collaboration between three persons: aureza wrote the words, tiivi played the music, and Laurent Orseau took the pictures. This project was born at the Braderie de Lille in 2002 when in one of the first stalls that Laurent was walking by, he came across a naked doll sitting on an armchair with her legs wide open. Most of the pictures that he took on that day revolved around the theme of these dolls shamelessly displayed to passers-by. Later on, as he intended to take part in the "Image Latente" project, Laurent offered aureza to write a text based on a selection of seven pictures. She did so brilliantly, and eventually, tiivi added some sound to make the whole thing even more thrilling...

01-07-2003

sfn#13_______hinah

The label soundzfromnowhere suggested to release a compilation with a bunch of tracks selected within our first thirteen releases. Of course we said yes and here are their nine picks! As our fellow label managers share the same policy as hinah, this compilation will be sold at a very low price and on cd-r.

09-12-2002

Acuarela Songs #2

The "Acuarela Songs" compilation, which came out in the fall of 2001, was such a success that the Spanish label Acuarela Discos has decided to do it again and have a second volume. And of course we couldn't leave them alone! So we've chosen ten bands: some French bands -- Naïm Amor, Don Nino, Guimo, Man, and Natural Snow Buildings --, an Englishman -- James William Hindle --, and Americans -- The Potomac Accord, Transmissionary Six, and Windsor For The Derby.

27-11-2001

Acuarela Songs

"Acuarela Songs" is a joint venture between hinah and the Spanish label Acuarela Discos, which releases this double compilation. The idea is for the word "acuarela" (or its English and French equivalents, "watercolor / watercolour" and "aquarelle") to be included somewhere in the title, the spirit or the lyrics of the songs. Kind of like a homage, explicitly or implicitly to Acuarela Discos, which has been going on for 7 years now.

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21-04-2008

hinah029 - Templo Diez

"Crowheart"

We discovered Templo Diez thanks to an exchange of records with the French label Intercontinental Records, which had released the band's debut album "Hoboken". Three years later, while hinah was on a sabbatical year, Pascal Hallibert sent us the new cd of Templo Diez, "Winterset", on which we especially loved the beautiful song "Sal". We suggested we could put out an EP if they felt like going for more acoustic tracks and putting the voice of Gloribel Hernandez (who was also singing on "Sal") more upfront. And they agreed!

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24-10-2008

hinahgift026 - Fulton Lights

"hinah session"

We discovered Andrew Goldman's music a few years ago, at the time of his folk, melodic project Maestro Echoplex. After playing for a while under the name John Guilt, Andrew started a new project named Fulton Lights, which has just released its second album "The Way We Ride" and its heavier and more distorted atmospheres and tempos. As Andrew was on solo tour in Europe, we invited him over for a session that was meant to be electric but ended up being acoustic after the amp of our friend Éric decided to break down at the last minute. So here is a chance to discover Fulton Lights in its most stripped-down version!

02-06-2008

hinahgift025 - Flowers From The Man Who Shot Your Cousin

"hinah session"

Those who visit our website regularly are bound to have come across the name "Flowers From The Man Who Shot Your Cousin" once in a while in the news section. Indeed, we have been following closely Morgan Caris’s project in the last five years and we would very much like to release something with his name on it... But Morgan is a perfectionist and this something is yet to come. Therefore a hinah session had clearly become necessary and the opportunity of an acoustic evening with Shelley Short and Brittain Ashford to inaugurate our Parisian hinah hq was just the perfect excuse!

27-04-2008

hinahgift024 - Matt Bauer

"hinah session"

This is not the first treat we get from Matt Bauer: a few years ago, he had already contributed to our "Tribute To The Anthology Of American Folk Music by Harry Smith" with an edited cover of "Willie Moore". Shortly afterwards, he had sent us his big EP "Wasps And White Roses", a beautiful folk piece on which the banjo blends with Matt's suave voice. In addition, Matt was surrounded with nice people, as Jolie Holland and Mariee Sioux joined him for this EP! So as Matt was touring Europe as part of Alela Diane's backing band in the spring, we invited him to make a detour via Frankfurt for a live hinah session.