The out sound from way in...

Altered Zones is an international collective of music bloggers that unites 13 autonomous sites. Our aim is to highlight one of the more overlooked narratives in contemporary music-- the proliferation of home-recorded sounds, small-scale releases, and pockets of underground activity all over the world.

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<A HREF="http://www.20jazzfunkgreats.co.uk">20 Jazz Funk Greats</a>
<A HREF="http://dontdiewonderingmusic.tumblr.com">Don't Die Wondering</a>
<A HREF="http://www.friendshipbracelet.us">Friendship Bracelet</a>
<A HREF="http://getoffthecoast.blogspot.com">Get Off the Coast</a>
<A HREF="http://www.gorillavsbear.net">Gorilla vs. Bear</a>
<A HREF="http://www.internationaltapes.com">International Tapes</a>
<A HREF="http://ravensingstheblues.blogspot.com">Raven Sings the Blues</a>
<A HREF="http://rosequartz.blogspot.com">Rose Quartz</a>
<A HREF="http://thedecibeltolls.com">The Decibel Tolls</a>
<A HREF="http://www.transparentblog.com">Transparent</a>
<A HREF="http://www.visitation-rites.com">Visitation Rites</a>
<A HREF="http://weeklytapedeck.com">Weekly Tape Deck</a>
<A HREF="http://yourstru.ly">Yours Truly</a>

YACHT—Young Americans Challenging High Technology—is a post-pop trio based in Los Angeles. They are neither young nor all American. 

YACHT are new wave radio rejects; perpetual outsiders; canny observers; dreamer-prophets who average seven years ahead of their time. Founded in 2002 in the Pacific Northwest DIY scene, they’ve since released seven full-length albums and dozens of singles and EPs, always supplementing their releases with multimedia projects and high-concept experiments. 

An unplayable compact disc, a philosophical handbook, an eyewear collection, a fragrance, an app, a 62-foot video installation: their ambition to make exceptional things is voracious, playful, and limitless. For YACHT, music is a world and everyone is invited. 

YACHT’s seventh album, Chain Tripping, which was composed in collaboration with Artificial Intelligence, was nominated for a GRAMMY Award for Best Immersive Audio Album in 2020. A feature documentary about YACHT’s work with AI, The Computer Accent, was released in 2024. New Release is the first studio album from YACHT in five years. Recorded at their home in Los Angeles, the album is a slice of sly post-pop, playfully occupying a parallel timeline somewhere between 1983 and infinity.

Ghostly International and Spectral Sound. Of Art & Artifice since 1999.

Daniel Jack Lyons is following