Charlie Yin, better known by his stage name Giraffage, is an American electronic music

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descent, Yin grew up in

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, and graduated from the

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, with a degree in Political Economics. He subsequently pursued his musical career, regularly performing as Giraffage at

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venues and around the world, independently and with other artists. Yin has collaborated with other electronic music producers, including Porter Robinson. Giraffage has produced numerous remixes of pop and R&B tracks and several EPs, including ''No Reason'', released on November 18, 2014. He has produced three full-length studio albums: ''Comfort'' in 2011; ''Needs'' in 2013; and ''Too Real'', released on October 20, 2017.

Career

Yin 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

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, 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

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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

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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. Giraffage signed to

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in early 2013. In February 2013, he released his second album Needs. In fall 2013, he toured across the US in support of

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. In February 2014, he remixed the entirety of

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's '' Love/Hate'' LP, receiving approval from

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, who stated they could not "remember a moment of anticipation right before hitting the play button as happy as the one I just experienced." Among other festivals, he notably performed at Coachella in 2018, the Treasure Island Music Festival 2013, the Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival 2013, Decibel Festival 2013, What the Festival in

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in June 2014 and

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in May 2014. Amongst his international acts, he also performed at Beyond the Valley, Melbourne (Dec 2016) and Field Day, Sydney, Australia on 1st of Jan 2017 and had a considerable audience and a positive vibe. Giraffage performed as the main support during Porter Robinson's "Worlds" tour of North America from August 28 to October 18, 2014. In November of that year he released the ''No Reason'' EP through

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. In July 2015, Giraffage collaborated with producer Viceroy and vocalist Patrick Baker on the song "Impression of You", released through

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. In 2017, Giraffage signed to Counter Records (a label within the

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family which is also home to ODESZA, RAC, Daktyl, Conner Youngblood, Laurel, etc.) for his third full-length album release. The album launched with first single "Slowly" ft. Matosic and was officially released on October 20, 2017, worldwide.

Previous projects

Prior to Giraffage, Yin produced

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music under the moniker "Robot Science" in 2009 with the debut EP ''Doodads''. He followed this up with ''Square'' in 2010 and ''Good Luck'' in 2011.

Discography

LPs

* ''Comfort'' (2011) * ''Needs'' (2013) * ''Too Real'' (2017)

EPs

* ''Pretty Things'' (2011) * ''No Reason'' (2014)

Singles

* ''Even Though'' (with

) (2012) * ''Move Me'' (with Jhameel and DWNTWN) (2013) * ''Impression of You'' (with Viceroy and Patrick Baker) (2015) * ''Bring Me Your Love'' (2016)

Remixes

(*The R. Kelly remix was later reworked into an original track entitled "Be With You" and included on the ''No Reason'' EP.)

References

External links

* {{Authority control American electronic musicians Record producers from California University of California, Berkeley alumni Living people Counter Records artists Year of birth missing (living people)