YĪN YĪN

Hailing from Holland’s southernmost city of Maastricht, Yīn Yīn entered the scene back in 2019 with the Thai psychrock influenced album The Rabbit that Hunts Tigers, which was followed up in 2022 with the more spiritual and cosmic sounding The Age of Aquarius. Mount Matsu finds the band – who now live and record in a nearby Belgian countryside home and studio – somewhere in between the two first albums as their sound has gradually shifted towards instrumental traditional music of Sōkyoku, and a hint of citypop, but in their own unique way.

Sticking to pentatonic scales, the band’s largely instrumental sound – created with a unique set of instruments including vintage synthesizers and a traditional Chinese string instrument, the guzheng – features big jumps between notes with melodies that are easy to love as they draw the listener into unfamiliar territories.

In January 2026, YĪN YĪN released their fourth album, Yatta!, via Glitterbeat Records. The record extends their signature cosmic disco sound with infectious grooves, trippy guitar lines and influences from Italo disco and global rhythms. Tracks like “In Search of Yang” and “Yata Yata” showcase a band whose dancefloor energy and cinematic feel have deepened with each release. The band celebrated the album with listening parties and kicked off a big 2026 tour including shows in The Netherlands, Germany, Switserland, Italy, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Austria and the UK. 

The band is comprised of Kees Berkers on drums, Remy Scheren on bass, Erik Bandt on guitar and Jerry Scheren on keyboards.