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Tinlicker

Review: Ben E Zander

Though Tinlicker began solely as a DJ My sources tell me Tinlicker is working on a
presentation, they’ve evolved to become so new album. If their past work is any
much more. Their North Coast performance will indication, it will be released sometime early to
be a pure DJ set, but they’re also in the mid-2026 for a two-year cycle of
habit of touring behind instrumental production. Oftentimes, artists like to keep hush
presentations, especially when they release a new about a project until it’s ready to be fulfilled.

album. I requested insight into Micha’s feelings Even so, I couldn’t help myself and asked if
about the difference between Tinlicker’s Micha would be willing to share any details. To
DJ and instrumental presentations. my delight, he graciously obliged and shared a
few tidbits.
“We want to keep challenging ourselves. Take what
we do out of context, turn it more into a concert “We are working on an album. We’re gonna add
like a band. People look at what you do differently the singer, Hero [Baldwin], to our
than when it’s just a club night that goes on until live show. We want to go on tour again with her
six in the morning. The live shows are more like a and then [make] an album more in tune
concert; it’s just about us. with her. That’s the focus.

“We add a singer to the live show to make the “When you become more popular, you have to
difference bigger. The contrast of think about these live tours and plan
doing both is nice. Playing live is a lot more ahead more. What are we gonna do next year?
exciting because a lot of things can go We feel like doing another live tour. Oh,
wrong (laughs). At the same time, because you we need to write an album. Oh yea, we should
have your visual guy and your light guy, write another album, and it should be
people need to know what you’re going to do on done by then and then and then or else the tour

stage. You can’t really change your set is going to go to [expletive deleted].
while doing it. With DJing you can just do Okay, no pressure! So, yea, it’s going great
whatever you want! That makes DJing fun (laughs)!”
again, I like switching it up.”