Amsterdam DJ/producer/stay artist/drummer/jazz pianist and now vocalist Rose Ringed’s long-awaited, deeply private 17-track debut album ‘Mylène’ is out now in full on his Closed Eyes Recordings imprint. The Dutch expertise is flying proper now, supported by the likes of Joris Voorn, Tiësto, Armin van Buuren, Korolova, and with exhibits inc. Tomorrowland, Loveland, Lief Pageant (NL), and his upcoming sold-out HRMNY Occasions showcase at Het Sieraad at Amsterdam Dance Occasion.
This extremely particular venture is concerning the dying of Rose’s beloved mom, a jazz ballerina, when he was solely 11. Although impressed by a private story, it additionally acts as a common information by means of grief; an instance of hope, of ache reworked by means of creativity into artwork and even pleasure.
Alongside LP focus tracks ‘Gotta Let You Go’ and ‘So A lot Love To Give’, the album options 5 album exclusives. To have fun the discharge, we chatted to Rose Ringed about his greatest venture but…
Hey Rose Ringed, congrats in your new debut album, ‘Mylène’! How does it really feel to lastly put this out on this planet? It’s 17 tracks, how lengthy would you say it took to place this collectively and ensure the tracks had been precisely the way you needed them?
It feels completely wonderful, this entire course of, has been such a private rollercoaster. I’ve confronted my deepest emotions, and located a approach to heal by means of the method of creating this album. I grew to become a greater and stronger particular person. That is the most important reward to me of this album, the reward of adjusting myself for the higher.
I like to speak in actual phrases of actual work. So the entire album span was 10 years, nevertheless it was solely in 2025 from April till September that I labored on the album for nearly on a regular basis. April was probably the most magical creative interval of my life, all of the inventive work was achieved on this month, nearly the entire last vocal work. In Might I did inventive particulars and in June, July, August and September it was principally ending touches, mixing and dealing it in direction of a completed album.
For me probably the most Vital factor on this album was that the story is as truthful because it could possibly be, so I didn’t deal with combine downs that might be very loud, or centered on the dance ground. Each observe ought to inform the story it was meant to inform, and when that was the case, the observe can be achieved.
The album is a deeply private one. Inform us a little bit concerning the story behind it and the origin of the LP title…
Mylène is my mom’s second title, and I wrote this entire album in honor of my mother who sadly handed away once I was 11 years outdated. The entire album began as a tribute to her, nevertheless it ended up being a private catharsis. It follows the storyline of my therapeutic, so in case you’re going by means of the album you’re witnessing my private therapeutic course of. It’s divided in 3 components. Beginning with “The Lacking”, then the “Seek for Reality” and ending with “Acceptance and Letting Go”. Now I’m on the finish of the whole lot, I look again at an intense however very rewarding interval of my life. And I may also really say that I’m joyful that I can shut this chapter of my life.
Considered one of your strengths and most participating options as an artist is that, although your music has at all times been not directly impressed by your childhood tragedy, it tends to be euphoric, beneficiant, celebratory slightly than offended or bitter. How did this come about, was it early influences or a response to unhappiness?
That is such an attractive query, I ask myself this too at all times. And I discovered the reply now I believe. For me, beneath lacking and grieving, lies a deep feeling of affection. We miss and we grieve as a result of we’ve beloved a lot. And this love, is so large, so sturdy in me, my mother was probably the most pretty particular person I’ve ever had in my life. The enjoyment, the euphoria comes from this deeper half, that energizes me.
Additionally music has at all times been a manner of therapeutic for me ever since my mother handed. I at all times go and take heed to sure sort of tracks in sure emotional intervals of my life. And it’s the tracks that give me that deep, melancholia mixed with an nearly euphoric feeling of acceptance that hit me. I see it on this manner, you connect with that emotion of that observe, which may be very deep, and you are feeling aligned: as in somebody understands precisely how you are feeling. After which the vitality of the observe, offers you the ability to just accept, be taught and go on. It’s that, which is the core of my creative imaginative and prescient, and makes the core of my sound.
Each a part of this album was you, the writing, music, mixing, devices, vocals… do you discover that you simply’re a perfectionist with regards to manufacturing if you find yourself doing all of it your self? Had been you extra essential than you’ll be if working with another person?
This Is an attention-grabbing matter for me as a result of I had a philosophical thought of it: “making an attempt to be excellent is not possible, it’s your ego making an attempt to persuade you that being excellent is the one manner of being accepted, however excellent doesn’t exist, so your ego is making an attempt to make you obtain one thing that isn’t even doable”. It should hold you caught for ages.
So I wouldn’t say I’m a perfectionist, however I do for example with this album verify if each tiny element which I hear was intentionally put there, with intention. I verify for audio clicks like a maniac haha. It’s loopy as a result of nearly no-one would hear these, however I’d haha. And in addition I would like the message I inform, the intention, the story to be proper. If that’s the case the observe is finished, the combination ought to translate that story and the grasp also needs to align with that.
I additionally suppose you must by no means wait to lengthy with a observe, as a result of it tells one thing about you in a sure interval of your life. With the whole lot I make I do know: “in 2 years I’ll look again at this and would do it otherwise”. And that change, is the expansion you make, in expertise but additionally as an individual. So with that in thoughts you already know: it received’t be excellent and it’ll by no means be excellent. So the one factor that issues to me: Is that this truthful to who I’m proper now. Whether it is, it’s adequate to place out.
Most of the tracks are songs, some fairly heart-rending. Which observe on the album was the toughest to jot down/produce, and which the best, and why in each instances?
I really like your questions! There was such an enormous distinction within the period of time for some tracks. I believe the toughest was “Deep Inside”. The vocal work on this was a lot work, so many takes, a lot modifying of timing variations within the double takes haha, they made me loopy!
The least period of time was “With out You” and that’s the longest observe of the album with nearly 10 minutes. It’s an ambient observe and it was made in 1 take. That is the dream I’ve in manufacturing: Making one thing proper in 1 go. Additionally “Gotta Let You Go” was someway additionally achieved so shortly. The combo, the association, the whole lot fitted so completely that it didn’t take a lot time. In all probability as a result of this observe has the format I’ve most expertise in.
And, we’ve got to ask – your skilled title is intriguing – what does it imply, and what made you select it?
It’s humorous as a result of as you may think I believe by means of a whole lot of my concepts and tasks. However “Rose Ringed” was such a fast concept. We have now these inexperienced birds in Amsterdam, we name them “Halsbandparkieten”. There are a lot of city myths how they bought right here and I randomly seemed up the story on Google. Then Google translated the phrase “Halsbandparkiet” to “Rose Ringed” and one thing in my thoughts stated: that seems like an artist title. So I made a Soundcloud with this title and began to make music that resonated extra deeply with me and uploaded this to that account (I had many alternative artist names at the moment). It ended up being my foremost venture as a result of my coronary heart was on this music probably the most. So yeah, I’m named after a hen.
Rose Ringed ‘Mylène’ is out now on Closed Eyes Recordings. Pay attention on Spotify / Purchase on Vinyl & Digital on Bandcamp.
