Nina Cording (Yendri) interview: ‘It’s just electronic music in any direction I like to go’

Nina Cording, creator of Hamburg-based darkwave and electro project Yendri, discusses the project’s decade-long hiatus since the 2011 album “Bitter”. After releasing eight studio albums throughout the 2000s, Cording ceased Yendri activities due to publishing difficulties and lack of label support, eventually transitioning to work under her own name and the Machinespirit moniker. She explains that her newer projects embrace greater stylistic freedom, moving away from Yendri’s inherently dark aesthetic while exploring diverse electronic directions. Cording identifies her later Yendri era—from “Malfunction” through “Bitter”—as closest to her current artistic identity. Regarding future releases, she definitively rules out new Yendri material but acknowledges minimal possibility of reissues. She notes personal challenges from recent cancer treatment and her mother’s passing affected her creative output, though she expresses satisfaction with her recovery and current artistic trajectory emphasizing personal creative liberty over genre constraints.

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