Giraffage
| Giraffage | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Charlie Yin |
| Origin | San Francisco, California |
| Genres | Electronica, R&B, trap |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, performer, musician |
| Years active | 2011–present |
| Labels | Fool's Gold Records (current) |
| Associated acts | Robot Science, XXYYXX, Porter Robinson |
| Website | giraffage |
Charlie Yin, better known by his stage name Giraffage, is an American electronic music record producer. Yin, who is of Taiwanese descent, grew up in San Jose, California, and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in political economics before pursuing his musical career. Most recently Yin has collaborated with other electronic music producers, including Porter Robinson. As Giraffage, Yin regularly performs at venues in his native San Francisco Bay Area and has performed both independently and along with other artists across the world.
In addition to numerous remixes of various pop and R&B tracks, Giraffage has produced two full-length studio albums, including Comfort in 2011, and Needs in 2013. His latest EP, No Reason, was released on November 18, 2014.
Yin has received considerable attention for his remixes of popular R&B songs and solo tracks. He has performed as Giraffage at numerous locations worldwide, including the Boiler Room, Low End Theory, NYU Kimmel and more. His music has won praise from blogs such as Pitchfork, XLR8R, and The FADER. His songs have been described as "pleasantly ambient and sample-laden instrumentals", or "bedroom dream-pop", and feature "atmospheric pads ... familiar, hip-hop-flavored 808 percussion", "looping guitars, 808 thuds and clacks, and diced-up vocals". His music is compared with that of Shlohmo and Baths.
Giraffage released his debut EP Pretty Things in May 2011. He released his debut album, Comfort, later in 2011.
In 2012, he went on a 30-date European tour with Orlando producer XXYYXX after releasing the shared EP Even Though. In a review, The FADER wrote that Even Though "shines with swelling bass, surprise birdcalls and geysers of sound, like you tossed a penny in a well and $40 in quarters splashed up." Giraffage has also collaborated with other musicians, as he released the single "Move Me" with Jhameel and DWNTWN in 2013.
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