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.

Started producing music in 2000, spent several years in some kind of musical wilderness crafting my sound until it all came together. Had loads of local and international support over the years and took to performing live in 2010. Since then I have played in bars, pubs, clubs, fields and even a church.

I am usually up for remixing duties too, so get in touch if you want me to mess with your stuff :)

I release on my own oblivioustoeverything.records label, and have been working with DSOI records and will have releases out with them too.

Some of my music is available for free from the "free stuff" set, so download away, and please leave feedback :)



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