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Yassou (formally Yassou Benedict) is an American art pop band founded in Hudson, New York in 2010. Residing in Mill Valley, California, the group consists of Lilie Hoy (vocals, bass), James Jackson (guitar, drums, vocals), Alan Krumholz, (guitar), Van Jackson Weaver (guitar), Thelonious Quimby (keyboards) and Patrick Aguirre (drums). Julian Muller (cello) is also a founding member. Yassou uses film to portray themes of destruction, love, power, nostalgia and urban/rural isolation. In 2016, they collaborated with the Louisville Ballet in the world premiere of "How They Fade".
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| dbo:abstract | Yassou (formally Yassou Benedict) is an American art pop band founded in Hudson, New York in 2010. Residing in Mill Valley, California, the group consists of Lilie Hoy (vocals, bass), James Jackson (guitar, drums, vocals), Alan Krumholz, (guitar), Van Jackson Weaver (guitar), Thelonious Quimby (keyboards) and Patrick Aguirre (drums). Julian Muller (cello) is also a founding member. Yassou uses film to portray themes of destruction, love, power, nostalgia and urban/rural isolation. In 2016, they collaborated with the Louisville Ballet in the world premiere of "How They Fade". The band defines their music as post-pop and have described their sound as "smokey". Critics have called their sound "genre-defying" an "ethereal brand of rock" and "shaped by sophisticated layering". Yassou is inspired by artists including: Radiohead, Kanye West, Efterklang, Phantogram, Lykke Li, and Sufjan Stevens. The band writes their music in a forested bungalow studio in Mill Valley, CA. They have released two EPs (Where We Come From in 2011 and In Fits in Dreams in 2013), one Video EP (Untitled in 2016) and five singles. Yassou has been associated with music executive and producer George Daly and About Records since 2013. (en) |
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| dbo:alias | Yassou Benedict (en) |
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| dbp:alias | Yassou Benedict (en) |
| dbp:associatedActs | Louisville Ballet, Melissa Auf der Maur, Young Paris, Makeunder, Treehouse Orchestra (en) |
| dbp:currentMembers | * Lilie Hoy * James Jackson * Alan Krumholz * Thelonious Quimbly * Patrick Aguirre * Van Jackson Weaver (en) |
| dbp:genre | Indie rock, art pop, dream pop, indie rock, synth pop, orchestral (en) |
| dbp:name | Yassou (en) |
| dbp:origin | Hudson, New York (en) |
| dbp:website | yassouband.com (en) |
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| rdfs:comment | Yassou (formally Yassou Benedict) is an American art pop band founded in Hudson, New York in 2010. Residing in Mill Valley, California, the group consists of Lilie Hoy (vocals, bass), James Jackson (guitar, drums, vocals), Alan Krumholz, (guitar), Van Jackson Weaver (guitar), Thelonious Quimby (keyboards) and Patrick Aguirre (drums). Julian Muller (cello) is also a founding member. Yassou uses film to portray themes of destruction, love, power, nostalgia and urban/rural isolation. In 2016, they collaborated with the Louisville Ballet in the world premiere of "How They Fade". (en) |
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