Yoko Ono, The Fabulous Stains, The Descendents, Dirty Projectors, Sandii & The Sunsetz, Carl Sagan, Bad Brains, Little Wings, Cassie, Dan Flavin, White Rainbow, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Veneer Magazine, Matthew Chambers, JC and the Killers, Arthur C. Clarke, Steve Reich, R. Kelly, The Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Nirvana, Lucky Dragons, Yayoi Kusama, E*Rock, Marfa, TX, James Brown, Bobby Birdman, Arthur Russell, The Notorious B.I.G., E*Vax, Rick A. Ross, AOK/Adrian Orange/Thanksgiving, Clipse, Paper Rad, Andrew W.K., Terry Riley, Supreme Master Ching Hai, aliens.
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"YACHT smells wonderful. I must say, all the time he spent in our bus, it
was as if a cool breeze was blowing through my mind. and good songs, too!" -- James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem
"YACHT is a true renaissance man, feel his magic zap you with its lightning bolt made of awesome" -- Architecture in Helsinki
"Positive energy rainbow dome music from a next-generation west coast
healer" -- Dave Longstreth, The Dirty Projectors
"YACHT = megaphysical." -- Devendra Banhart
"The energy they brought, the aerobic choreography, the propelling beats, and the catchy repetitive mantras were irresistible."
-- Vanity Fair
"A more modern take on Suicide, Sonic Youth, Bush Tetras and ESG."
-- Variety
"No one combines giddy bubblegum melodies with clinically precise programming quite like Bechtolt." -- Entertainment Weekly
"After spinning Yacht’s new one, I Believe in You. Your Magic Is Real, we are prepared to echo the album title’s assessment with respect to the artist himself" -- Time Out New York
"YACHT's not just music, it's a way of life." -- PAPERMAG
"YACHT Became This Week's Biggest Artist In The World" -- Idolator
"Don't miss the boat on YACHT." -- The Fader Magazine
"Bechtolt's hip-hop-influenced beats make you want to dance like you're a
10-year-old in aerobics class." -- Venus Magazine
"Jona Bechtolt is no more a normal human being than a toaster is a Ferrari."
-- austinist.com
YACHT is a Band, Belief System, and Business conducted by Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans of Marfa, Texas and Portland, Oregon, USA. All people are welcome to become members of YACHT.
Accordingly, YACHT is and always will be what YACHT is when YACHT is standing before you.
YACHT was formed in 2002 as Y.A.C.H.T., "Young Americans Challenging High Technology." The current incarnation began gestating in 2008, and at this point bears no resemblance, except biologically, to the previous versions. The YACHT of 2009 is the true form of YACHT.
The 2009 form of YACHT is highly indebted to the Mystery Lights of the Far West Texas desert, where most of the new YACHT album, SEE MYSTERY LIGHTS, was written and recorded.
Strictly speaking, YACHT does "perform music." YACHT provides inspiring Teachings of constantly changing elements: PowerPoint presentations, immersive audio, live audience audits, and shamanistic video environments. The YACHT Performance is expressly designed to provide groups of people with catharsis and purification.
YACHT is about group consciousness. YACHT is about the individual man or woman. If you believe these assertions to be contradictory, consider the Triangle: it is both a collection of points and a shape.
The Triangle is also a concept map between three points. But it is not merely a concept.
Secondary interpretation of YACHT and the Triangle is not forbidden, but strongly frowned upon. YACHT is always available for consultation at the source (please email trust@teamyacht.com), so misinterpretations are unnecessary and will always be corrected. A general policy of openness and light has been instated.
YACHT believes that to all people have a right to Free thought, Free expression, to write their own opinions freely and to counter, utter, and write upon the opinions of others. There is a difference between Free as in "Free Lunch" and Free as in "Liberated." YACHT believes that music and the Internet will become both in time.
YACHT IS NOT A CULT.
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hiia. i absolutly love your music. its fantastic! i was wanting to go to your show in new york on july 28, but before purchasing the tickets its say "This event is 18 and over" shucks, i hope you can do another show in new york, because i would love to go see you live. -laurie
Saw you guys supporting Patrick Wolf at Sheffield leadmill, you were absolutely incredible. Claire, you patted me on the head. And I thought you'd like to know that "Psychic City" has become our summer anthem, its on all my friends playlists now, and we all adore it. X
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