Unit Nine

𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙩 𝙉𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙖𝙜𝙪𝙚-𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙮, 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙛𝙩 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙨. The album was recorded under guidance of renowned producer Tijmen van Wageningen, at The Womb Studio.

Disaster Jester revolves around the archetype of the jester, the trickster who embodies both chaos and wisdom, humour and tragedy. Across the album, music video and cover artwork, he appears as a clown in a shadowy crime narrative and as a weary detective who eventually dons the fool’s hat himself. The image becomes a mirror for the artist: observing, stumbling, laughing & fooling. The track ‘Afgesproken Plek’ features rap artists KC and MC Lost, who provided an imaginary crime skit playing on the detective persona central in the story telling of the album.

While their universal and timeless sound could travel anywhere, there’s something distinctly The Hague about Unit Nine; a mix of irony, unpolished charm, and understated design sensibility. Their city’s blend of rough edges and refined aesthetics runs through their work and places the debut album within a historical tapestry of not-so-mainstream culture and art that the sea town is known to embody.