New songs from Yacht’s Shangri-La & a DFA Radio mix

Jona Bechtolt and Claire L.Evans aka Yacht will release Shangri-La, the followup to See Mystery Lights, one of my favourite albums of 2009. Continuing the quasi-mystical celestial theme of that album, Shangri-La finds the duo exploring the concepts of utopia and dystopia leading to the idea that “the future is a blank slate upon which anything can be imposed.” They may be going too far into the conceptual side this time around but Shangri-La is a fun danceable DFA-type record.

The album is released on June 24th through DFA Records. Here are the two songs released from it so far:

YACHT – Utopia

Download: Dystopia (The Earth is on Fire) by RADIO YACHT

Also definitely worth a listen is Claire Evans’ DFA Radio show:

Claire L. Evans – dfa radiomix #16 by DFA Records

Tracklisting

1. Message from the Stars – Snob
2. Space Disco – Cosmic Hoffmann
3. Spacer – Sheila & B. Devotion
4. Supernature – Cerrone
5. Automatic Lover – Dee D. Jackson
6. Spacer Woman – Charlie
7. Beam Me Up (Jacques Renault Remix) – Midnight Magic
8. Tout Petit La Planete – Plastique Bertrand
9. I’m Ready – Kano
10. Future World – Ganymed
11. Fly On UFO – Chromium
12. In The Year 2525 – Zager & Evans