Page 48 - Poze Magazine Volume 84

Tinlicker

Photograghy and review by Ben E Zander

My sources tell me Tinlicker is working on a
new album. If their past work is any
indication, it will be released sometime early to
Though Tinlicker began solely as a DJ
mid-2026 for a two-year cycle of
presentation, they’ve evolved to become so
production. Oftentimes, artists like to keep hush
much more. Their North Coast performance will
about a project until it’s ready to be fulfilled.
be a pure DJ set, but they’re also in the
Even so, I couldn’t help myself and asked if
habit of touring behind instrumental
Micha would be willing to share any details. To
presentations, especially when they release a new
my delight, he graciously obliged and shared a
album. I requested insight into Micha’s feelings
few tidbits.
about the difference between Tinlicker’s
DJ and instrumental presentations.
“We are working on an album. We’re gonna add
the singer, Hero [Baldwin], to our
“We want to keep challenging ourselves. Take what
live show. We want to go on tour again with her
we do out of context, turn it more into a concert
and then [make] an album more in tune
like a band. People look at what you do differently
with her. That’s the focus.
than when it’s just a club night that goes on until
six in the morning. The live shows are more like a
“When you become more popular, you have to
concert; it’s just about us.
think about these live tours and plan
ahead more. What are we gonna do next year?
“We add a singer to the live show to make the
We feel like doing another live tour. Oh,
difference bigger. The contrast of
we need to write an album. Oh yea, we should
doing both is nice. Playing live is a lot more
write another album, and it should be
exciting because a lot of things can go
done by then and then and then or else the tour
wrong (laughs). At the same time, because you
is going to go to [expletive deleted].
have your visual guy and your light guy,
Okay, no pressure! So, yea, it’s going great
people need to know what you’re going to do on
(laughs)!”
stage. You can’t really change your set
while doing it. With DJing you can just do
whatever you want! That makes DJing fun
again, I like switching it up.”