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Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Song Re: YACHT's Influences Revealed
Posted by Eric Grandy on Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 10:51 AM
In addition to releasing revealing mixtapes, a few months ago YACHT also broke down the musical nuts and bolts of their song "Psychic City (Voodoo City)" (complete with explanatory audio samples!) via their blog:
The synth in Althea & Donna's Uptown Top Ranking inspired the synth in the bridge: YACHT - Psychic City (Bridge Synth) - (612 KB MP3)The bubble-pop/iChat sound featured throughout R Kelly's TP.3 Reloaded album (including the epic "Trapped in the Closet" series) inspired the beat in the verses: YACHT - Psychic City (Verse Beat) (326 KB MP3)
The ascending guitar "solo" and false ending are references to Brian Eno's "Baby's On Fire" off of one my favorite records of all-time, Here Come The Warm Jets.
I think our pitched-down version of the "HOOAH" parts were subconsciously inspired by the skits on Outkast's Stankonia: YACHT - Psychic City (Hooah) (461 KB MP3)
This is a band dedicated to transparency. (More on YACHT and their new album See Mystery Lights here.)
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