Early years Corrales began playing
guitar and
bass in
rock bands during high school, and later became more involved in electronic music and turntablism. He was involved in the early creation of
mashups, and was part of a
turntablist group called
The Truth. Yppah is influenced by
shoegaze, various electronic music,
psychedelic soul, and rock music, evidenced by heavy use of reverb, effects, and electronics.
You Are Beautiful at All Times His first album, titled
You Are Beautiful at All Times, was released in 2006 on the
Ninja Tune label. The single "Again with the Subtitles" was released immediately prior to the album, and was featured in the film
21. "It's Not the Same", a song from the album, was used in a trailer for
Alone in the Dark, as well as the episode "Last Resort" from the series
House. Similarly, the song "In Two, the Weakly" is featured in the
CSI episode "Ending Happy".
They Know What Ghost Know They Know What Ghost Know was released on May 18, 2009 in the UK, Japan and Australia. The U.S. release date was June 23, 2009. Released to positive reviews, the album has a more pronounced shoegaze and psychedelic sound with "lush" instrumentation. The album crosses into numerous genres, with
NME associating it with other DJ-based albums while other reviewers referring to it as "
big beat".
Eighty One Eighty One was released on February 4, 2012 in Japan and April 2, 2012 worldwide to critical acclaim.
Eighty One is Yppah's most widely received album to date, with the singles "Film Burn" and "D. Song" (both featuring
Anomie Belle) charting on radio stations across North America and Japan. "D. Song" was featured in the second episode of season two of the
Netflix show
Altered Carbon.
Eighty One features several guest appearances by
Seattle artist
Anomie Belle who Corrales met when the two artists performed together on tour with
Bonobo. Belle has also appeared with Yppah during live performances, performing guitar, keys, violin, drum machine and vocals in support of the album.
Tiny Pause On October 22, 2012, Corrales announced that the fourth album was almost complete, containing 11 tracks. The final album was cut down to nine tracks and was officially released on October 16, 2015.
Sunset in the Deep End The fifth album from Yppah was released on February 7, 2020 on Future Archive Recordings. ==Discography==