Giraffage

Charlie Yin, professionally known as Giraffage, is an American electronic music record producer. Of Taiwanese descent, Yin grew up in San Jose, California, and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a degree in Political Economics.^[1] He subsequently pursued his musical career, regularly performing as Giraffage at San Francisco Bay Area venues and around the world, independently and with other artists. Yin has collaborated with other electronic music producers, including Porter Robinson.

Giraffage
Birth name	Charlie Yin
Origin	San Francisco, California, U.S.
Genres	Electronica, R&B, ambient, hypnagogic pop
Occupation(s)	Producer, performer, musician
Years active	2011–present
Labels	Counter Records (current)
Website	giraffage.com

Giraffage has produced numerous remixes of pop and R&B tracks and several EPs, including No Reason, released on November 18, 2014.^[2] He has produced three full-length studio albums: Comfort in 2011; Needs in 2013; and Too Real, released on October 20, 2017. In 2022, he debuted his collaborative project Bodysync with Canadian DJ Ryan Hemsworth.^[3]

Career

Yin started releasing music in 2011 with his debut EP Pretty Things.^[4] Later that same year, he followed it up with his first full length album, Comfort.^[5] His first few releases were sample-heavy, taking inspiration in late-2000s chillwave artists like Toro y Moi and Washed Out.^[6]

In 2012, he embarked on a 30-date European tour^[7] with Orlando producer XXYYXX after the release of their collaborative EP, Even Though.^[8] Shortly afterwards, Giraffage signed to Alpha Pup Records in early 2013 and released his second album Needs.^[9]

Giraffage performed as the main support during Porter Robinson's "Worlds" tour of North America in 2013. In November of the same year he released the No Reason EP through Fool's Gold Records.^[10] No Reason received acclaim from blogs like Pitchfork, XLR8R, and The FADER,^[11][12] who described the project as "bedroom dream-pop"^[13] with "the lushest of synthesizers."^[14]

In 2017, Giraffage signed to Counter Records (an imprint of Ninja Tune) for the release of his third EP, No Reason. The album launch began with the single "Slowly", which featured Matosic and was released worldwide on October 20, 2017. On his full-length album Too Real, Yin also collaborated with indie artists such as Japanese Breakfast.^[15]

Yin has played venues and festivals worldwide, including Boiler Room,^[16] Coachella,^[17] Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival,^[18] and Decibel Festival,^[19] and toured North America in support of his Too Real album.

Previous projects

Prior to Giraffage, Yin produced chiptune 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 XXYYXX) (2012)
• "Move Me" (with Jhameel and DWNTWN) (2013)
• "Impression of You" (with Viceroy and Patrick Baker) (2015)
• "Bring Me Your Love" (2016)
• "Slowly" (2017)

Remixes

Year	Artist	Track
2011	Slow Magic	"Sorry Safari"
	Slow Magic	"Feel Flows"
2012	Gracie	"Tryck R Treat"
	Tinashe	"The Last Night On Earth"
	Labyrinth Ear	"Humble Bones"
2013	Perfume	"Computer City"
	Janet Jackson	"Someone To Call My Lover"
	Owl Eyes	"Closure"
	Stardust	"Music Sounds Better With You"
	Alice DeeJay	"Better Off Alone"
	MOVEMENT	"Us"
2014	The-Dream	Love Hate
	Mapei	"Don't Wait"
	R. Kelly	"Ignition (Remix)"*
	Porter Robinson	"Lionhearted"
2015	Odesza	"All We Need" (feat. Shy Girls)
	Tinashe	"All Hands on Deck"

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

References

1. Downs, David. "Giraffage Returns Home". The San Francisco Examiner. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
2. "No Reason - EP by Giraffage" – via music.apple.com.
3. "Bodysync announces debut album 'Radio Active'". Mixmag. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
4. Kochis, Johnathan. "Giraffage - Pretty Things [EP]". Potholes in My Blog. Townsquare Music. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
5. Albert, Nathan (18 March 2014). "Giraffage "With You"". XLR8R. Spin Music. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
6. "Why Coachella Artist Giraffage Is Electronic Music's Freshest Mastermind". www.playboy.com. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
7. Cooper, Duncan. "Giraffage, "Money" MP3". The FADER. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
8. Jackson, Glenn (17 May 2012). "Giraffage & XXYYXX Even Though EP". XLR8R. Spin Music. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
9. Cooper, Duncan. "FADER Mix: Giraffage". The FADER. The FADER Inc. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
10. "Giraffage: No Reason EP". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
11. "The FADER - giraffage". The FADER.
12. "Giraffage: The FADER". The FADER. The FADER Inc. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
13. Fife, Taylor (26 October 2011). "Giraffage "Moments"". XLR8R. Spin Music. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
14. "Giraffage". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
15. "Japanese Breakfast Joins Giraffage for New Song: Listen". Pitchfork. 2017-09-13. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
16. "Giraffage". The Windish Agency. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
17. Williams, Janice (2018-04-11). "Giraffage Is Set to Perform at Coachella For First Time". Newsweek. Retrieved 2023-12-25.
18. "Daily Room Lineups". Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival. Archived from the original on 22 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
19. "10th Annual Decibel Festival". Dbfestival.com. Decibel. Retrieved 16 July 2014.

External links

• Official website