YACHT—Young Americans Challenging High Technology—is a post-pop trio from Los Angeles. They are neither young nor all American.
YACHT was founded in 2002 and has released seven full-length albums and handfuls of singles, EPs, and other special ephemera. They have created and sold unplayable compact discs, published a philosophical handbook, built a 62-foot video installation, designed an eyewear collection, created a fragrance, campaigned against NSA surveillance, programmed large-scale public art activations, and given presentations and spoken about their work in art museums, universities, festivals, tech conferences, and rock clubs worldwide.
YACHT’s seventh album, Chain Tripping, which was composed in collaboration with Artificial Intelligence, was nominated for a GRAMMY Award for Best Immersive Audio Album in 2020. A feature documentary about YACHT’s work with AI, The Computer Accent, is slated for a streaming release in 2023.