{"id":2311,"date":"2026-03-31T13:07:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T13:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nette.ca\/jeannette\/?p=2311"},"modified":"2026-04-11T03:23:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T03:23:04","slug":"introducing-friday-night-inn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nette.ca\/jeannette\/2026\/03\/31\/introducing-friday-night-inn\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Night Inn, experimental trap music label"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Introducing Friday Night Inn, the new music label created by <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/5TVlgXxYf4rzGiWwu8IE4k?si=MG1b7OdFSWuIEGWIvbGj5Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">van garden<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/1A83EGMIG658AnNyfDbSVu?si=fW1ulXQGRji4YDEQkX5Ehg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">beamer!<\/a>, aka JJ and Theo Lambert. Discover their many releases and network of talented artists and producers here. Some press quotes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>Voix de vocalistes, po\u00e8tes qui s\u2019unissent, captent les \u00e9nergies telluriques et cosmiques, ram\u00e8nent les r\u00eaves dans le r\u00e9el pour transformer le chagrin en beaut\u00e9<\/strong>\u201d LA GAZETTE BLEUE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>po\u00e9tiques et \u00e9tranges, sombres et mousseux<\/strong>\u201d LA GAZETTE BLEUE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>a tongue so precise it proves that words can briefly take back the mantle from pictures<\/strong>\u201d THE WHOLENOTE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>modulations plus recherch\u00e9es, du rythme contr\u00f4l\u00e9 de leur scansion, de la charge des lettres, mots et phrases aux c\u00e9sures calcul\u00e9es<\/strong>\u201d LA GAZETTE BLEUE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>comme une lecture accompagn\u00e9e \u00e9poque \u2018Beat Generation<\/strong>\u2019\u201dLA GAZETTE BLEUE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>decisive, comping rhythms, painting thick lines around Michel Lambert\u2019s trembling snare patterns<\/strong>\u201d THE WHOLENOTE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>Dans une approche non \u00e9loign\u00e9e de ce que proposer Mike Ladd ou Edash Quata, les deux jeunes gens transforment totalement le climat qui se teinte de plus en plus de nuit<\/strong>\u201d&nbsp; CITIZEN JAZZ<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c<strong>gamelans and spoken word rail against the immoral incidents<\/strong>\u201d THE WHOLENOTE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/7n81ZTfSj9FjGl4LNCph4V?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<iframe data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/63qWokhd7lA4T4lrcmF3D7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>van garden and beamer! grew up in a household where creativity is at the forefront, and thus began composing and recording at an early age, producing several unpublished albums while they were in primary school. They draw their inspiration from underground trap and free jazz. Ever prolific, they have several recordings slated for release in the coming year. They appeared on Michel&#8217;s latest <a href=\"https:\/\/nette.ca\/jeannette\/2020\/09\/04\/michel-lamberts-ars-transmutatoria-in-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ars Transmutatoria<\/a> recordings in Helsinki and Rome, and Jeannette&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/nette.ca\/jeannette\/2022\/06\/05\/opera-of-the-unspoken\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Opera of the Unspoken<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/jeannettelambert.bandcamp.com\/album\/portrait-landscape-2\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/jeannettelambert.bandcamp.com\/album\/portrait-landscape-2\">Portrait Landscape<\/a> both as vocalists and lyricists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>van garden is currently pursuing his Master&#8217;s degree in Sound Art at the Universitat de Barcelona in Spain. He has completed his Psychology\/ East Asian studies undergraduate degree from Mcgill University including studies at Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to producing music, beamer! is a freelance illustrator (see beam.illustrator on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/beam.illustrator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>) and has created album art for a large range of artists, primarily rap and jazz musicians, and clothing brands as well as creating live drawing multimedia performances for concerts as well as creating animated music videos that have been featured at a number of film festivals. He&#8217;s majors in studio art at Concordia University and will have an large collaborative exhibition this summer. 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Discover their many releases and network of talented artists and producers here. Some press quotes: \u201cVoix de vocalistes, po\u00e8tes qui s\u2019unissent, captent les \u00e9nergies telluriques et cosmiques, ram\u00e8nent les r\u00eaves dans le r\u00e9el pour transformer le [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,17,15,66,14,87],"tags":[61,91,89],"class_list":["post-2311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-composing","category-free-jazz","category-poetry","category-rap","category-songs","category-spoken-word","tag-experimental","tag-rap","tag-trap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nette.ca\/jeannette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nette.ca\/jeannette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nette.ca\/jeannette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nette.ca\/jeannette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nette.ca\/jeannette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2311"}],"version-history":[{"count":53,"href":"https:\/\/nette.ca\/jeannette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2835,"href":"https:\/\/nette.ca\/jeannette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311\/revisions\/2835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nette.ca\/jeannette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nette.ca\/jeannette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nette.ca\/jeannette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}