Tune yards
| Tune yards | |
|---|---|
 Merrill Garbus performing at Club Manufaktur Schorndorf (2012) |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Independent |
| founding | 2006 |
| Website | tune-yards.com |
| Founding members | |
| Merrill Garbus | |
| Current occupation | |
Singing, ukulele, percussion, synthesizer |
Merrill Garbus |
Bass , percussion, vocals |
Nathaniel Brenner |
| former members | |
| Whokill Tour 2012 | |
Alto saxophone , percussion |
Noah Bernstein |
Tenor saxophone, percussion |
Matt Nelson |
| Members Nikki Nack Tour 2014 | |
singing |
Jo Lampert |
Percussion, vocals |
Dani Markham |
singing |
Abigail Nessen-Bengson |
Tune-Yards ( spelling : tUnE-yArDs ) is an Oakland , California- based American band signed to 4AD . Their music can be assigned to the genres of independent and experimental music .
history
Tune-Yards was founded in 2006 as a solo project by Merrill Garbus (born March 3, 1979 in Connecticut ). Garbus' parents are folk musicians. Since 2010 she has been working with her partner Nathaniel "Nate" Brenner and changing guest musicians .
The original version of the first album BiRd-BrAiNs from 2009 was recorded solely by Garbus and only with a portable cassette recorder . The mix was done using shareware . This was followed by an edition as a record limited to 1000 copies and a remastered version. For the production of the record covers , old record covers by other artists , some of which were bought at flea markets , were "turned inside out" and the unprinted inside pages were redesigned by hand.
The second album WHOKILL was released in April 2011 and made Tune-Yards better known in the USA. WHOKILL was mentioned as one of the top 2011 albums in many magazines throughout the year, including Time Magazine , Rolling Stone , Spin Magazine and the New York Times . The music list Pazz & Jop of the New York weekly newspaper The Village Voice , compiled by American music critics, lists WHOKILL as “Best Album 2011”.
The third album Nikki Nack was released on May 5, 2014.
style
Garbus loops drum and percussion rhythms as well as her voice and thus underlines her singing. She also plays the ukulele and partly synthesizers . Since she studied temporarily in Kenya , her music also shows influences from African music .
Discography
Studio albums
- 2009: BiRd-BrAiNs
- 2011: WHOKILL
- 2014: Nikki Nack
- 2018: I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life
Singles
- 2009: Sunlight
- 2011: Bizness
EPs
- 2009: Hatari
- 2009: Bird droppings
- 2010: Real Live Flesh
Web links
- Official website
- Tune yards at 4AD
- Tune yards at laut.de.
- Tune-Yards at Allmusic (English)
- Tune-Yards at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ tune-yards Basic Info on Facebook . Retrieved October 1, 2012.
- ↑ tune-yards Basic Info on Facebook . Retrieved June 20, 2014.
- ↑ World of Wonder: How Merrill Garbus left the theater and took the stage. . In: The New Yorker . Retrieved October 1, 2012.
- ^ New York Times Music Review: Putting it Together , nytimes.com. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
- ↑ Ink19 Tune-Yards: Master of Puppets . ink19.com. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
- ^ Tune-Yards - Bird-Brains (LP) at Discogs . Discogs.com. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
- ↑ tUnE-yArDs official website . Retrieved October 1, 2012.
- ↑ Time Magazine Top 10 albums of 2011 (# 6) .
- ↑ Time Magazine Top 10 Songs of 2011 (# 6) .
- ↑ Rolling Stone Magazine 50 Best Albums of 2011 (# 13) . Retrieved October 22, 2013.
- ↑ Rolling Stone Magazine 50 Best Singles of 2011 (# 32) . Retrieved October 22, 2013.
- ↑ Spin Magazine Top 50 Albums of 2011 (# 30) . Retrieved October 22, 2013.
- ^ New York Times Top 10 Pop Albums of 2011 (# 7) .
- ^ Village Voice Pazz + Jop 2011 Albums . Retrieved October 22, 2013.