Aural Fixation- Gavin B.'s Music Blog

Gavin B. · 06-08-2010, 04:08 AM

YACHT's Neo-Eighties Revival

Claire Evans & Jona Bechtolt of YACHT

I wasn't that impressed with last summer's See Mystery Lights by YACHT until I started hearing some of the remixes of the music by deejays. The remixes added a funky drum & bass line that recalled some music of some of the 80s London punk riot girrrrls like the Slits, Au Pairs and the Delta Five. This delightful Classixx remix of Psychic City is my new favorite dance floor remix of the newest crop of spring/summer 12" releases:

The video below of a live performance of YACHT at the French Rivera Midi-Festival gives you an idea of what the original Psychic City sounds like. Over the past year YACHT has toured the world from China, to Europe to Brazil while issuing cryptic manifestos online and in print; displaying a conspicuous obsession with triangles; and propagating a series of aphoristic mantras. AMG writes:

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Despite the mass of verbiage and iconography, it's hardly clear what they're getting at with all the quasi-occult trappings, apart from creating some marginally intriguing art, but thankfully understanding it is completely unnecessary for enjoying the music.