This week’s Monday Is OK mixtape is an immersive experience into the world of YANA, the alias of Polish composer and multi-instrumentalist Joanna Bieńkowska. YANA’s latest album, Daydreamer, released on Ólafur Arnalds’s OPIA label, continues her journey into emotional landscapes shaped by lush string arrangements and atmospheric electronic textures. A graduate of the Academy of Music in Gdańsk, YANA’s music blends classical training with a flair for modern, ambient soundscapes.

For YANA, music creation is almost a ritual—an intense, organised practice. “Constant work is a kind of ritual for me. It strengthens me and organises my life,” she reflects.  Daydreamer’s journey flows from darkness to light, mirroring the human experience.

Interview here: https://www.theransomnote.com/music/mixes/yana-the-monday-is-ok-mix/

TRACKLISTING

Keaton Henson - Dorma 3:42

The Smile - Open The Floodgates 4:29

So You Are Tired - Sufjan Stevens 4:50

Vega Trails - Love Your Grace 2:32

Thom Yorke - Knife Edge 3:20

Nonkeen - that love 7:46

The Hum II - The Vernon Spring 2:05

Colin Stetson - Rain Song 3:01

Yana - Tender 4:22

Sofi Paez - Everywhere 3:53

Valentin Hadjadj - Closer from „Close” Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 4:13

Claude Debussy, Alain Planes, Reverie, L. 68 3:53

Jean Kapsa - Dernière Fete 3:08

Yana - All Alone 2:08

Chilly Gonzales, Jarvis Cocker - The Tearjerker Returns 3:33

Robot Koch, Viktor Orri Arnason, Foam and Sand - Star as Eyes - Foam and Sound Rework 4:00

Jóhann Jóhannsson, Jonas Colstrup - Be Forgotten 1:36

Ólafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm - Life Story 5:41

Jóhann Jóhannsson - Flight from the city 6:31

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