hinah

Established Sep 2000

Paris, France / Frankfurt am Main, Germany

About

hinah, a nonprofit association created by Éloïse & Laurent Orseau, was born in early 2001 with the aim to help and promote bands that we love. For some obscure reasons, this French label is now based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

The label puts out previously unreleased recordings (live recordings, radio sessions, demos...) in various formats:
- hinah series: home-made cd-rs that come in only 50 copies, in a lovely package and at a very low price. all these recordings are available on streaming on last.fm.
- hinah gifts: mp3 recordings, downloadable for free. Some of them are hinah sessions, ie acoustic sessions that take place at the hinah hq with whatever instruments are within reach (guitars, melodica, egg...),
- hinah split singles: mp3 split singles, downloadable for free, which feature two bands. We especially like to organize collaborations between artists with quite different musical backgrounds,
- The last part of our catalogue is dedicated to hinah collaborations, usually compilations made jointly with friendly or musically close labels.