Producers’ Corner: Great records are triads: artists, producers, and engineers—each steering the ship a different way.

Small moves: metro doors thread through rain on the bus stop. Tape rolling, mind open.

Street note: Adidas Superstar with rolled beanie—functional, low-key, session-ready.

Graffiti check: polishing highlights with Flame Blue near tram depots. Respect the culture.

Between takes the room eased up, the bass player begged for more sidechain so the demo quietly became the record.

Album memory: De Echte Shit was all corners and smoke, like a night bus window with fingerprints.

Further reading: Graffiti World — Nicholas Ganz

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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.