Yunè Pinku

Asha Catherine Nandy (born December 2002), known by the stage name Yunè Pinku, is an Irish musician whose work blends garage with other forms of electronic music. She has released two EPs, Bluff and Babylon IX, the latter of which charted at No. 8 on the UK Dance Albums Chart; she is also a member of ESEA Music, and has been cited as an inspiration by Piri.

Life and career

Early life Asha Catherine Nandy was born in December 2002, and grew up in South London; her mother was an Irish Catholic and her father was a Malaysian Hindu. She was predominantly raised by her mother, who was chairman of the St Patrick's Festival in Trafalgar Square, and growing up, she would spend a quarter of each year in Cork in Ireland. As a child, she was raised on a mix of Irish traditional music, trance music and the Black Eyed Peas; and she held several jobs including as a bartender, a Prada intern, and as a crystal shop assistant, where her clientele included mothers wanting assistance with a problem they had and tough guys hoping not to be noticed. having been interested in creative writing from a young age, she studied it at university, dropping out after a month after deciding she had better uses of her time. and her earliest works used her voice only as background, though she later made her voice more prominent after finding her vocals conducive to expressing emotions, Although she had friends in the music industry, many of them did not make the same type of music as her, which meant it took her a while to show them her work. followed by "Affection" and then "DC Rot", the last of which later appeared on the FIFA 23 soundtrack, and all three of which appeared on her April 2022 EP Bluff. and released her own single "Jaws". In April 2023, she released the EP Babylon IX, from which she had previously released the singles "Fai Fighter", "Night Light", "Sports", and "Heartbeat", and which took its title from the Hanging Gardens of Babylon; the EP charted at No. 8 on the UK Dance Albums Chart. She then featured on Hot Chip's "Fire of Mercy" and released a cover of the Cranberries' "Dreams" on Platoon Records, which was later remixed by Taahliah. She then released a remix of Disclosure's "Higher Than Ever Before", which alongside remixes by Atrip, Barry Can't Swim, and Narciss appeared on their album Alchemy (Remixes), an album of remixes of tracks from that year's Alchemy.

Artistry Nandy's usual practice is to work two months on, one month off, and Babylon IX as a combination of techno and garage in an interview with Mixmag, she noted that she was "not really good at crowded and loud scenarios", and that this was partially due to an inability to speak loudly. Nandy is a member of ESEA Music, a collective of UK-based East and Southeast Asian music industry professionals and artists including Rina Sawayama, Andrew Hung, Matt Tong, Lucy Tun, and Sarah Bonito.

Discography EPs Bluff (Platoon, 2022) Babylon IX (Platoon, 2023) Scarlet Lamb (Method 808, 2024)

Singles "Laylo" (2021) "Affection" (2022) "DC Rot" (2022) "Jaws" (2022) "Fai Fighter" (2022) "Night Light" (2022) "Sports" (2023) "Heartbeat" (2023) "Dreams (Rework)" (2023) "Killing Bee" (2023) "Believe" (2024) "Half Alive" (2024)

As featured artist "What You Like" (Logic1000 feat. Yunè Pinku, 2021) "Takes Me to You" (Boxed In feat. Yunè Pinku, 2022) "Fire of Mercy" (Hot Chip feat. Yunè Pinku, 2023) "Spark" (Cecile Believe feat. Yunè Pinku, 2024)

Remixes

"Used to Know Me" (Charli XCX, 2022) "Fun" (Biig Piig, 2022) "Make You Scream" (VTSS, 2023) "Fire of Mercy" (Hot Chip feat. Yunè Pinku, 2023) "Higher Than Ever Before" (Disclosure, 2023) "It Is What It Is" (Rachel Chinouriri, 2024)