Young Ejecta (formerly known as simply Ejecta) is an American
synthpop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s a ...
duo, consisting of
Neon Indian's Leanne Macomber and producer Joel Ford of
Ford & Lopatin
Ford & Lopatin (formerly known as Games) is an American electronic duo composed of musicians Daniel Lopatin (better known as Oneohtrix Point Never) and Joel Ford (of the group Tigercity). The group's sound draws on disparate genres such as 1980s s ...
. The band name was changed to Young Ejecta in 2014 due to the group getting a copyright notice from the closely named DJ Ejeca.
Macomber appears nude on all official album covers and promotional material, and in most of their music videos. In an interview with Brooklyn Based, she gives the background "''Creating Ejecta as a sort of blank slate, Macomber set out to subvert any neat categorization of the band’s music. “I really insisted like, she should be naked all the time so that no one can say, ‘Well, they’re punks, they dress like this.'”''"
History
In November 2013, Ejecta released their debut album, ''
Dominae''. In 2015 issued their mini-album and second studio LP ''
The Planet''. The album received an indifferent review from PopMatters and a fairly positive one from ''Paste'' magazine. Heather Phares of
Allmusic
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...
describes the band's synthpop sound as "gauzy".
In August 2019, their song “Welcome to Love” was chosen as the outro audio of Netflix’s “Orange is the New Black” on the 10th episode of the 7th and final season.
Members
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Leanne Macomber – vocals, synthesizers
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Joel Ford – synthesizers, drum programming, producer
"A rebirth, of sorts, for artist in Young Ejecta"
''SSF Gate'', By Ryan Kost September 18, 2015.
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
Mini-albums
Singles
As main artist
As featured artist
Music videos
References
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Musical groups established in 2010
American synth-pop groups
Electronic music duos
American musical duos
Dream pop musical groups
2010 establishments in the United States