ESSENTIAL, by Thysenterprise

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ESSENTIAL

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Heaps Just when you thought it was safe, Thysenterprise drags you right back into another crazy record. Headnodders, tearjerkers, notes of hip-hop and citations of jazz... This record is everything. Favorite track: Sunday Child.

NvdVelde This record just hits in the core. I mean... Just listen. Favorite track: Heit.

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|| Hype sticker on the shrinkwrap: "The spirit of Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, and Coltrane permeate the music here. At times, Thysenterprise and his guests meld the influence of the great jazz cannon with the rhythms of hip-hop.”
—Excerpt from the liner notes (read below) by John Morrison

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- Get 'ESSENTIAL' bundled with 2020's headnod punk-jazz opus 'Lahringen.' The best of both worlds.

"Repurposing discordant sounds, as an alchemist traveling through time, Thysenterprise sounds at home. (...) But the combination of new school beat-making tactics, via scientists Makaya McCraven and Jeff Parker, who's shown it's far more interesting tossing out the rule book, see Reinier come full-circle with the wide spectrum of his sound jacket."
—Excerpt from the 'Lahringen' liner notes by John-Paul Shiver

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1.	ESSENTIAL #1 00:46	buy track
2.	Sunday Child 08:05 video	buy track
3.	ESSENTIAL #2 (ft. Benjamin Herman) 00:24	buy track
4.	Feedback of Silence (ft. Benjamin Herman) 04:36 video	buy track
5.	ESSENTIAL #3 00:28	buy track
6.	Heit 03:26 video	buy track
7.	ESSENTIAL #4 (ft. Michael Moore) 00:25 video	buy track
8.	Happiness is a Memory (ft. Michael Moore) 05:38	buy track
9.	El Cielo 04:25	buy track
10.	El Mundo es Mío 02:21	buy track
11.	ESSENTIAL #5 00:40	buy track
12.	The Last Answers 01:50	buy track
13.	ESSENTIAL #6 00:42	buy track
14.	Sounds After the Fade-Out 03:36 video	buy track
15.	ESSENTIAL #7 00:25	buy track
16.	Cut From the Same Cloth 01:30	buy track
17.	ESSENTIAL #8 00:29	buy track
18.	Now it Always Rains During Summertime 05:40	buy track
19.	ESSENTIAL #9 01:43	buy track
20.	ESSENTIAL #10 \| VINYL-ONLY 00:02
21.	El Cielo (Alternate Take) \| VINYL-ONLY 00:02
22.	Heit (Alternate Take) \| VINYL-ONLY 00:02
23.	Feedback of Silence ft. Benjamin Herman (Alternate Take) \| VINYL-ONLY 00:02
24.	ESSENTIAL #11 \| VINYL-ONLY 00:02

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LINER NOTES BY JOHN MORRISON:

In essence, music is the act of applying form to the formless. Guided by spirit and emotion, music seeks to articulate the intangible things that we can’t touch, but can most certainly feel. These are the essentials and with these compositions, producer/multi-instrumentalist, Reinier Thijs a.k.a. Thysenterprise applies jazz virtuosity to a hip-hop sensibility to thrilling effect, but more importantly, the music here acts as a conduit for something deeper.

A singular work born out of collective effort, ‘ESSENTIAL’ combines all of the deep interplay and communication required of improvising music with the formal and textural experimentation of hip-hop and electronic production. The spirit of important jazz giants such as Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp, and Coltrane permeate the music here. At times throughout the album, Reinier, his guests and ensemble meld the influence of the great jazz cannon with the rhythms of hip-hop.

While the improvisational heights that Reinier and crew reach throughout the album owe a debt to hardbop and the avant-garde, there are beats and textures here akin to the work of Karriem Riggins or A Tribe Called Quest. The result is a truly contemporary sound that plays freely within the depths of human feeling.

What are the essential things that music requires? Not the mechanical specifics by which music is defined: melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, etc. What is music really and what does a musician have to do to get to that core? Above all else, music is an expression of the inexpressible that requires that we pour our everything into it. We play for pleasure, we play to understand ourselves and the world around us, we play to celebrate and remember our loved ones. Of course, the performance and execution require years of study, practice, contemplation and analysis, but memory, feeling, spirit must also be present. Full of joy, sorrow, and perseverance, ‘ESSENTIAL’ shows us the value of music as a ritual for the veneration of life.

—John Morrison

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released November 24, 2023

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All music arranged, composed, and produced by Thysenterprise (Reinier Thijs)

Alto sax, tenor sax, clarinet, flute, piano, electric bass, and percussion by Thysenterprise (Reinier Thijs)
Recorded at Cosmic Studios, Barcelona, and BIMHUIS, Amsterdam

Drums by Nello Biasini
Recorded at Nello Biasini Studio, Rotterdam

Double bass by Joel Feldtmann Svedberg
Recorded at CvA, Amsterdam (tracks 1, 2, 9 & 24)

Alto sax by Benjamin Herman (Roach Records)
Recorded at BIMHUIS, Amsterdam (tracks 3, 4, 23)

Bass clarinet by Michael Moore (Ramboy Recordings)
Recorded at Michael Moore's house, Amsterdam (tracks 7 & 8)

Mixed by Ron Ruiten
Mastered by Micha De Kanter

Art & Design by Elies Thijs
Photography by Elies Thijs

Liner Notes by John Morrison

Released by Rucksack Records
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THANKS TO:

Nick, Robbin, Elies, My mum, Jorien, Rutger and the rest of my family; especially my little nieces and nephews, Tatiana, Gerard Viet, Danny, Onno, Eric, Anne-Marije, Jurre, Cha, Barbara, Maycol, Carlos, Abdel, Benjamin Herman, Michael Moore, Nello Biasini, Joel Feldtmann Svedberg, Ron Ruiten and Micha de Kanter.

Never was I more proud to put the following words on our record:
“Dedicated to my dad.”

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Thysenterprise Barcelona, Spain

The dedication of Thysenterprise knows no boundaries. On 'ESSENTIAL,' he articulates the intangible things that we can’t touch, but can most certainly feel. The Netherlands-raised, Barcelona-based musician and producer tirelessly refines his craft using a wide array of instruments at hand. A multi-instrumentalost—and no, that’s not a typo. ... more

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