Yacht
50's / 50's
Jona Bechtolt is a technological multi talent: his band, YACHT, is an amalgamation of self-taught dance moves and anthemic electro-power jams all played backwards and covered in cherry cola. YACHT shows are uncluttered, inspiring sessions of improbable dancing and synchronized crowd-waving; the songs shudder happily into the air, and any preconceived notions of what makes an energetic performance are shattered by Bechtolt's own strain of shamanistic bombast.
Bechtolt has been a promiscuous genre-smasher since his adolescence, when he decided that playing drums in the touring punk band he formed with his older brother was more worthwhile than attending a single day of high school. He's plied his unique breed of laptop wizardry and grunge ethos to endless collaborations, both as drummer and producer, with west coast mainstays like Panther, Little Wings, Mt. Eerie, Bobby Birdman, Devendra Banhart, E*Rock, and most currently The Blow.
Convinced that being a band takes more than just putting out records, Becholt is perpetually producing content. His deeply archival tour diary and video blog has been lighting up the Internet for nearly three years, while his ease with technology and aesthetics has led to a litany of web-based projects, notably the co-creation and graphic fatherhood of the Urban Honking blogger collective, and The Ultimate Blogger, an Internet reality TV spoof where bloggers from around the world compete to win the illustrious title, which Bechtolt films, co-writes, and edits.
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