ATTENTION! As an acronym, YACHT is written with full capitalization.

The Young Americans Challenging High Technology center in Portland, OR was instrumental in the alternative education of Y.A.C.H.T. members. The name of the band, business, and belief system of YACHT was chosen to honor and remember the founder of the Y.A.C.H.T. center, Ronald Sykes, and to continue to uphold the principals and ideals he and his staff taught.

Again, YACHT is to be written in all capital letters in all instances. This applies to both print and digital features, articles, interviews, album and performance reviews, calendar listings, blog and journal entries, photo captions, tags, descriptions, and titles.

In addition, the word "yacht" out of our capitalized context can refer to commodity fetishism and an advanced capitalist culture that YACHT has prided itself in avoiding since its conception.

Please refer to the following authorized press representatives for all formal inquires. For general information, questions about beliefs, or digital companion materials, please contact The YACHT Trust at ✍ trust@teamyacht.com.

✍ Pam Nashel of Girlie Action (USA)
☎ +1 212-989-2222 x111

✍ Jesper Quist Kaalund of Ideal Friends (Canada)
☎ +1 514-451-2462

✍ Amy Morgan of Co-Operative Music (UK & Europe)
☎ +44 (0)207 426 5187

Exclusive photographs are available upon request.

JONA BECHTOLT Born in Madison, Wisconsin, on December, 2 1980. Son of Warren Bechtolt and Karen Sagen. Grew up in Astoria, Oregon. Dropped out of high school to play drums in punk bands; earned a GED credential from the Clatsop Community College in 1997.

Subjects of Interest: persisting in the eternal search for oblivion, achieving total self-consciousness, penetrating light years in a fraction of a second.

Above all things, Author Number One of YACHT. Originated (in 2002) the metaphysical and corporate management structures which have given YACHT years of sustained growth, conceptual force, and stable leadership.

CLAIRE L EVANS Born in Swindon, UK, on November 21 1984. Daughter of Colin and Rosine Evans. Attended elementary schools in the Paris banlieue and graduated Cum Laude from Occidental College in Los Angeles, California, in 2006. Played in noise bands in the LA underground. Has since been a professional science writer and artist.

Subjects of Interest: communicating the incommunicable, employing paradox, science fiction, desiring to know the importance or insignificance of existence.

Became a Permanent Member of YACHT in 2008 and provides a vigorous counterpart of Darkness to Bechtolt's Light.

Read the full YACHT Mission Statement.

"Whatever lies beyond, it's going to have a groove"
— The New York Times

"A triumph" (Best New Music)
— Pitchfork

"Precisely programmed digital ear candy"
— Rolling Stone

"The most exciting avant-garde outfit to flourish since The Knife"
— NME

"They make you want to dance"
— The Guardian

"Dreamy pop tracks that sound like artifacts from another planet"
— Billboard

"Brainy and block-rocking rarely coexist like this"
— Entertainment Weekly

"They make you want to dance"
— SPIN

"A blazing pop package... genius"
— Dazed and Confused

"Their music is artisanal cotton candy: one part Tom Tom Club, one part Yoko Ono"
— The New Yorker

"Dancing and thinking at the same time—that’s their thing"
— The Village Voice

"The energy they brought, the aerobic choreography, the propelling beats, and the catchy repetitive mantras were irresistible"
— Vanity Fair

"A more modern take on Suicide, Sonic Youth, Bush Tetras and ESG"
— Variety

"DFA's weirdest band"
— CMJ

"Don't miss the boat on YACHT"
— The FADER

"Bechtolt's hip-hop-influenced beats make you want to dance like you're a 10-year-old in aerobics class"
— Venus Magazine

"Being indie rock's Timbaland ain't easy"
— VIBE Magazine

"After spinning YACHT's new one, I Believe in You. Your Magic Is Real, we are prepared to echo the album title's assessment with respect to the artist himself"
— Time Out New York

"YACHT's not just music, it's a way of life"
— PAPERMAG

"Triangles are heavily incorporated, and there are many good reason for that"
— Stereogum

"YACHT Became This Week's Biggest Artist In The World"
— Idolator

"Jona Bechtolt is no more a normal human being than a toaster is a Ferrari"
— austinist.com

"YACHT smells wonderful. I must say, all the time he spent in our bus, it was as if a cool breeze was blowing through my mind. and good songs, too!"
— James Murphy, LCD Soundsystem

"YACHT = megaphysical."
— Devendra Banhart

"Positive energy rainbow dome music from a next-generation west coast healer."
— Dave Longstreth, Dirty Projectors

"YACHT is a true renaissance man, feel his magic zap you with its lightning bolt made of awesome."
— Architecture in Helsinki

✍ Ryan Craven of The Agency Group (North America)
☎ +1 310-385-2800

✍ Andreas Oberschelp at Puschen Booking (Europe)
☎ +49 (0)30 7022 5001

✍ Andy Duggan at Primary Talent International (UK, Australia, & Japan)
☎ +44 (0) 20 7400 4500

Download the YACHT tech rider and stage plot. (2009, 120 KB, PDF)

✍ Jeff Pachman of Domino Publishing Company (Worldwide)
☎ +1 718-797-4229

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