YACHT

Y.A.C.H.T是Young Americans Challenging High Technology.的縮寫。這只成立于2002年的獨立電子風格樂隊目前的成員由：來自美國德克薩斯州的Jona Bechotolt以及俄勒岡德州的Claire L.Evans組成。
Y.A.C.H.T，在音樂風格上涵蓋著眾多與眾不同的音樂元素且變化無窮。他們的歌曲常常是在悅耳的合成器音色下伴隨著充滿夢幻色彩的流行旋律成分，總之會讓你不由自主地想跟隨他們一起立體地搖擺起來！身處Y.A.C.H.T的演出現(xiàn)場，你能深刻體會他們在身體力行地“表演音樂”，全部的想像力將跟隨他們夸張純粹的肢體表演，自說自話的舞臺告白，奇幻眩目的多媒體影像之中自由的穿越.......
2009年，這支被新銳獨立廠牌DFA備佳推崇的樂隊將帶上了自己的全新專輯來到中國，除了表現(xiàn)Y.A.C.H.T變幻莫測的電子樂之外，崇尚自由的他們還會在現(xiàn)場告訴你：Y.A.C.H.T不僅僅是一個樂隊，它更是一種團隊意識，也關(guān)于每個獨立的個體。
by Mark Deming
YACHT is one of the many creative alter egos of Jona Bechtolt, a musician and multimedia artist who embraces an eclectic but playful blend of electronics, acoustic percussion, and noises of all sorts. Bechtolt took up music as a teenager, dropping out of high school to play drums in a touring punk band with his brother, and in the latter part of the '90s, he began working with electronics. Bechtolt teamed up with vocalist and performance artist Khaela Maricich to form the Blow, whose upbeat blend of beats and off-kilter melodies won them a loyal following after releasing the first of several albums for K Records in 2002. In 2003, Bechtolt unveiled YACHT, his solo project, with the largely instrumental album Super Warren MMIV, released by States Rights Records. A year later, Bechtolt teamed with the Marriage label for a 10" vinyl YACHT album Mega 10, which was re-released as a CD with accompanying DVD of Bechtolt's digital filmmaking. The third YACHT album, I Believe in You. Your Magic Is Real, arrived in the spring of 2007. When not occupied with YACHT or the Blow, Bechtolt has worked as a collaborator and/or accompanist for Devendra Banhart, Bobby Birdman, Mirah, Little Wings, the Microphones, and many others, as well as remixing tracks for Architecture in Helsinki and White Rainbow. Bechtolt is also the founder of the Urban Honking blog collective, helmed the online reality-show satire The Ultimate Blogger, and has created performance pieces under commission to New York City's New Museum of Contemporary Art and the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art.