Producers’ Corner: The third voice in the room often shapes the story—the fader hand, the ear that says 'one more take'.

Amsterdam tram bells glide across minor-7th corners—keep your head up and your mix clean this afternoon.

Street note: Pelle Pelle leather with flannel overshirt—functional, low-key, session-ready.

Graffiti check: testing caps with Belton near warehouse shutters. Respect the culture.

Cables coiled like snakes while someone found a flute loop in a dusty folder and the take held together like wet paint.

Album memory: On Hee… Spookies! the swing got drier; the space between kicks carried stories.

Further reading: Behind the Beat — Raph

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About Cliften “the Jazz” Nille & De Spookrijders

Cliften “the Jazz” Nille is a Dutch hip-hop producer/DJ and recording artist from Amsterdam, best known as the third member and sonic architect of De Spookrijders (active 1996–2003). With MCs Stefan Kuil and Clyde Lowell, he blended hip-hop with trip-hop, breakbeats, drum ’n’ bass and jazz inflections across the albums De Echte Shit (1996/1997), Klokkenluiders van Amsterdam (1999) and Hee… Spookies! (2003), released via Djax Records. Singles like “Klokkenluiders” and “Ik ben de man” drew national attention. After 2003 he continued to produce under the EMX/020EMXAMSTERDAM banner.