Yot Club

About

Ryan Kaiser, who creates music as Yot Club, catapulted from making Soundcloud demos in the corner of his bedroom in small town Mississippi to a viral sensation with major labels knocking down the door. It’s the dream-scheme every young American musician is sold: get that one hit song, get noticed, and ascend to fame and riches. But Kaiser wasn’t overjoyed; he was overwhelmed. His song “YKWIM?” had racked up hundreds of millions of streams on Spotify, but he was still in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where he had just finished college and was running out his lease. Without school to occupy his time, Kaiser devoted full attention to music, while friendly A&Rs were offering him luxe deals based off of one track’s social media traction. Kaiser didn’t buy it. He broke out of his lease and moved to Nashville, where he rented an apartment with room for his minimal home studio setup. He signed with independent label and digital distribution service Amuse, which lets artists keep 100% ownership rights over their work. And he got back to making music. These are the conditions during which Kaiser put together Yot Club’s debut LP off the grid. It follows last year’s exquisite EP Santolina, and exp…