Artist
YACHT
YACHT is a synthpop artist from Portland, Oregon, USA formed in 2002. 39 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Synthpop · Portland, Oregon, USA · Best synthpop albums
- 39
- Releases
- 2004–2026
- Active years
- 2002
- Formed
Discography
13
Most popular
MEGA
2006 · 15 tracks
Shangri-La
2011
Super Warren MMIV
2004
I Believe in You. Your Magic Is Real
2007
New Release
2024
Shangri-La: Remixes & B-Sides
2022
See Mystery Lights: Remixes & B-Sides
2022
Sub Versions
2021
Chain Tripping
2019
I Thought The Cooler Would Be Future (Remix EP)
2016
Psychic City
2011
I Walked Alone
2011
See Mystery Lights
2009
Singles & EPs
26
I Thought the Future Would Be Cooler
Single · 2015
Let's Sea
Single · 2026
Nursery
Single · 2024
Eve Babitz
Single · 2024
My Idea
Single · 2022
They Want To Eat Your Lunch
Single · 2021
(Downtown) Dancing (Remixes)
Single · 2020
2019
EP · 2020
รั้ง
Single · 2020
SCATTERHEAD
Single · 2019
(Downtown) Dancing
Single · 2019
Blue on Blue
Single · 2019
Breeze Thru
Single · 2018
Strawberry Moon
EP · 2017
Where Does This Disco? (TOKiMONSTA Remix)
Single · 2015
Christmas Alone
Single · 2015
Where Does This Disco?
EP · 2014
Le Goudron
Single · 2012
Second Summer (Ben Aqua Remix)
Single · 2012
Le Goudron (Remixes)
Single · 2012
Shangri-La (Remixes)
EP · 2012
Second Summer
Single · 2012
Utopia (Remixes)
Single · 2011
Utopia
Single · 2011
Dystopia (Remixes)
Single · 2011
The Afterlife
EP · 2010
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About
YACHT is an American band from Portland, Oregon, Marfa, Texas, and Los Angeles, CA. The core group consists of Jona Bechtolt and Claire L. Evans , but expands to include musicians Rob "Bobby Birdman" Kieswetter, Jeffrey Brodsky and Katy Davidson as touring members. YACHT (also printed as 'Y△CHT', 'Y▲CHT') has released albums on States Rights Records, Marriage Records, and DFA Records. Jona Bechtolt chose the name YACHT in reference to Y.A.C.H.T., an alternative school in Portland, Oregon. Bechtolt told SPIN Magazine "It stands for Young Americans Challenging High Technology. It refers to an education program that was held in Portland, Oregon. I was enrolled when I was 16, back in 1996." YACHT was the solo project of Jona Bechtolt from 2002–2008. During this period, he released three albums, Super Warren MMIV, Mega, and I Believe in You. Your Magic Is Real, on record labels in the Pacific Northwest area.
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In January 2006, YACHT was commissioned for two performances for the New York based art and technology platform Rhizome, as part of their "Crap-tops vs Laptops" show. In February 2006, YACHT performed at the Museum of Modern Art's P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center and produced an hour-long internet radio program with Clear Cut Press; a Northwest-based publisher of new literary work. In April 2006, the Aurora Picture Show commissioned a YACHT performance as part of their Media Archeology Festival in Houston, Texas. For the 2007 release of I Believe in You. Your Magic Is Real on Marriage Records, Bechtolt performed a concert on an actual yacht on the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon. In October the same year YACHT played at one of China's earliest music festivals, Yue, organised by Split Works. Live performances during this period included dancing along to music as well as elaborate PowerPoint presentations.
YACHT in brief
- How many YACHT releases are on Riffiter?
- 39 releases are catalogued, spanning 2004 to 2026.
- When was YACHT formed?
- YACHT formed in 2002, in Portland, Oregon, USA.
- What genre is YACHT?
- YACHT is catalogued under Synthpop.
- What is the most recent YACHT release on Riffiter?
- Let's Sea, released in 2026.