Dutch progressive house duo
Tinlicker have released their free-spirited, occasionally wistful tracks on scene-leading labels like Mau5trap and
Anjunabeats. Fusing state-of-the-art sound design with emotive songcraft, the pair made an impact with club hits like "Because You Move Me" (2017) and "Nothing Without You" (2018) before releasing their first full-length for
Anjunabeats,
This Is Not Our Universe, in 2019. Several singles and remixes preceded the release of
In Another Lifetime in 2022.
Prior to forming
Tinlicker in 2012, Jordi Van Achthoven and Micha Heyboer had both been making dance music for over a decade. Van Achthoven released progressive and hard house as JVA and as part of projects like Essential Groovers and Sidesteppers, while Heyboer was a member of well-regarded drum'n'bass trio
Black Sun Empire, as well as their trance offshoots Empirical Labs and Charger. The two Utrecht-based producers started releasing
Tinlicker tracks on their own Zero Three Zero imprint, beginning with their fittingly titled 2012 EP It's My First Time Here. Lengthy digital album Remember the Future appeared in 2013, and the duo released three EPs on
Feed Me's Sotto Voce label, beginning with 2014's
Like No Other.
Following a handful of singles and an EP of Remember the Future remixes in 2016,
Tinlicker reached a wider audience in 2017, when Jalapeño was released by
Deadmau5's Mau5trap Recordings, and "Soon You'll Be Gone" (sung by frequent collaborator Thomas Oliver) appeared on
Above & Beyond's Anjunadeep imprint. Additionally, "Because You Move Me" (with
Helsloot) was issued by Armada Electronic Elements the same year. The duo continued releasing singles on all three labels in 2018, including "Nothing Without You" (another track featuring Oliver) and "If I Was" (with
CUT_). Full-length
This Is Not Our Universe came out on
Anjunabeats in 2019, including collaborations with Oliver,
Helsloot, and
Run Rivers, as well as the duo's remix of
Alt-J's "Breezeblocks."
A remix album and the Astralwerks-issued
Paradise EP appeared in 2020. The duo also released an official remix of
Robert Miles' groundbreaking '90s trance hit "Children." The EP Lost Gravity was released in 2021, in addition to singles like "Run Away" (with Ben Böhmer and Felix Raphael) and "Hypnotised" (with Dosem). Full-length
In Another Lifetime arrived on Anjunadeep in 2022, with guest vocalists including
Roos Jonker and
Nathan Nicholson. ~ Paul Simpson