Yppah
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Yppah is an electronic/rock band consisting primarily of Joe Corrales Jr., and is currently signed to Ninja Tune
Ninja Tune
Ninja Tune is a London-based independent record label started by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut and managed by Peter Quicke. The label has a strong leaning towards mostly Electronic Music...

 records. He resides in Long Beach, California
Long Beach, California
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.

Eighty One

Corrales announced that his upcoming album, entitled 'Eighty One', is complete. It's scheduled for release in 2012.

Early Years

Corrales began playing guitar
Guitar
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 and bass
Bass guitar
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 in rock band
Rock Band
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s during high school, and later became more involved in electronic music and turntablism. He was involved in the early creation of mashups
Mashup (music)
A mashup or bootleg is a song or composition created by blending two or more pre-recorded songs, usually by overlaying the vocal track of one song seamlessly over the instrumental track of another...

, and was part of a turntablist group called "The Truth." Yppah is influenced by shoegaze, various electronic music, psychedelic soul
Psychedelic soul
Psychedelic soul, sometimes called black rock, is a sub-genre of soul music, which mixes the characteristics of soul with psychedelic rock...

, 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
You Are Beautiful at All Times
You Are Beautiful at All Times is an album by Yppah, his first album and first for the Ninja Tune record label.Some of the tracks have made it into mainstream culture, as the track "Again With the Subtitles" was featured in the movie 21 and the track "It's Not the Same" was featured in the game...

, was released in 2006 on Ninja Tune
Ninja Tune
Ninja Tune is a London-based independent record label started by DJs Matt Black and Jonathan More, better known as Coldcut and managed by Peter Quicke. The label has a strong leaning towards mostly Electronic Music...

 records. The single "Again With The Subtitles" was released immediately prior to the album, and is featured in the film, 21 (2008 film)
21 (2008 film)
21 is a 2008 drama film directed by Australian director Robert Luketic and stars Jim Sturgess, Kevin Spacey, Laurence Fishburne, Kate Bosworth, Liza Lapira, Jacob Pitts, and Aaron Yoo. The film is inspired by the true story of the MIT Blackjack Team as told in Bringing Down the House, the...

. "It's Not The Same", a song from the album, was used in a trailer for Alone In The Dark (2008 video game), as well as the episode Last Resort from House (TV Series)
House (TV series)
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. Similarly, the song "In Two, the Weakly" is featured in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
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 episode Ending Happy.

They Know What Ghost Know

On January 8, 2009 Yppah announced that his new album "They Know What Ghost Know" was to be released on May 18, 2009, in the UK, Japan and Australia. U.S. street date was set for June 23. 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.".

Discography

Releases:

Again With The Subtitles (CDr, Single, Promo) Ninja Tune 2006

You Are Beautiful At All Times
You Are Beautiful at All Times
You Are Beautiful at All Times is an album by Yppah, his first album and first for the Ninja Tune record label.Some of the tracks have made it into mainstream culture, as the track "Again With the Subtitles" was featured in the movie 21 and the track "It's Not the Same" was featured in the game...

(CD, Album) Ninja Tune 2006

They Know What Ghost Know (CD, MP3 bundle) Ninja Tune 2009

Remixes:

Harvest Dance (CD, Maxi) Harvest Dance (Yppah R... Beat Records 2007

Heavyweight Gringos (CD, Album) Coisa Do Gringo (Yppah... Ninja Tune 2008

Production:

Babel Fishh - The Use Of (CD, Album) Not On Label 2005

Best Friends (CDr, Comp, Ltd) A Photo Of A Photograph Happy End Music 2006

Heavyweight Gringos (CD, Album) Coisa Do Gringo (Yppah... Ninja Tune 2008

Appears On:

Heavyweight Gringos (CD, Album) Coisa Do Gringo (Yppah... Ninja Tune 2008

Tracks Appear On:

Best Friends (CDr, Comp, Ltd) Again With The Subtitles Happy End Music 2006

Ninja Tune - You Don't Know Us - A New Selection From Ninja Tune (CD, Promo) Again With The Subtitles Ninja Tune 2006

Zentertainment 2006 (CD) Again With The Subtitles Ninja Tune 2006

You Don't Know Ninja Cuts DJ Food's 1000 Mask Mix (CD, Mixed) Again With The Subtitles Ninja Tune 2008

You Don't Know Ninja Cuts DJ Food's 1000 Mask Mix (File, MP3) Again With The Subtitles Ninja Tune 2008

You Don't Know: Ninja Cuts (3xCD, Promo, Album, Comp) Again With The Subtitles Ninja Tune 2008

You Don't Know: Ninja Cuts (3xCD, Album) Again With The Subtitles Ninja Tune 2008

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