Bélver Yin has been played over 10 times on NTS, first on 25 May 2015. Bélver Yin's music has been featured on 15 episodes.

Bélver Yin was the creation of Salamanca, Spain musicians Pedro Ortega Sánchez (guitar) and José María Martín (bass), who quickly went to work writing introspective and melancholy music that shimmers like the gentlest of bioluminescent waves. 1991's “Luz Bel” was the result. The album was favorably reviewed by the Spanish music press, yet sales didn’t materialize and the band faded into obscurity, even with the release of two more albums in subsequent years.

Bélver Yin certainly has a distinct sound, but it’s not without precedent. Thanks to the occasional use of a vaguely Peter Hook-esque bassline, there are hints of early-’80s New Order, at least if New Order ever found themselves in a particularly loose-limbed and dewy-eyed mood. But more precisely, there are echoes of the romantic dream-pop of bands like the Chameleons and Cocteau Twins. You could comfortably imagine Liz Fraser’s celestial tones weaving their way around gently gliding tracks like “Faints” and “ La Vida Está en Otra Parte.”