In 1969, French avant-garde singer Brigitte Fontaine teamed up with The Art Ensemble of Chicago to record the surrealist revolutionary anthem “Le Goudron”. In 2012, Portland electro-pop duo YACHT have, in their own words, “reinvented its naive-apocalyptic candor for a neon-soaked dance floor, our preferred autonomous zone.” The buzz of bass and disco-ready horns would indicate the transformation was a success, with the woob-heavy cut ready for mass spins in discos across Paris. The accompanying video, with a endearing, home-spun quality to it, sees the group throwing their own little dance party amid a sea of fog machines and strobe lights. Watch the video below and download your own copy of the track via SoundCloud.
The pair’s latest album, Shangri-La, is out now via DFA. Below is YACHT’s upcoming tour schedule, which includes a slew of newly-announced U.S. shows for June and July.
YACHT 2012 Tour Dates:
04/26 РNantes, FR @ P̫le Etudiant
04/27 – Tours, FR ` Le Temps Machine
04/28 – Paris, FR @ Gaîté Lyrique
04/30 – Heidelberg, DE @ Halle01
05/01 – Frankfurt, DE @ Zoom
05/02 – St. Gallen, CH @ Palace
05/03 – Dublin, IE @ Workmansclub
05/05 – Belfast, UK @ Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival
05/06 – Bristol, UK @ Simple Things Festival
05/08 – London, UK @ XOYO
05/11 – Brighton, UK @ The Great Escape
05/13 – Norwich, UK @ Norwich & Norfolk Festival
05/14 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
05/15 – Brussels, BE @ Les Nuits De Botanique Festival
05/16 – Lyon, FR @ Nuits Sonores Festival
05/17 – Barcelona, ES @ Music Hall
05/18 – Madrid, ES @ Charada
05/19 – Guimaraes, PT @ Vila Flor
05/24 – San Diego, CA @ The Loft @ UCSD
05/25 – Tucson, AZ @ Plush
05/26 – El Paso, TX @ Neon Desert Music Festival
05/28 – New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
05/30 – Gainesville, FL @ Double Down Live
05/31 – Orlando, FL @ The Plaza Live
06/01 – Tampa, FL @ Crowbar
06/02 – Miami, FL @ Bardot
06/04 – Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
06/05- Nashville, TN @ 12th & Porter
06/06 – Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone Cafe
06/07 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
06/08 – Austin, TX @ The Mohawk
06/09 – Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s
06/11 – Norman, OK @ Opolis
06/13 – Santa Fe, NM @ Sol
06/14 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom
06/15 – Pomona, CA @ The Glass House
08/10-12 San Francisco, CA @ Outside Lands
08/31-09-02 Chicago, IL @ North Coast Music Festival