Tearist

TEARIST is the American electronic/ industrial[1] outfit of Yasmine Kittles (vocals / percussion / synthesizer) and various collaborators- beginning with 2009-2013 collaborator Will Stangelad Menchaca (synth / programming) formed in Los Angeles. TEARIST is a word/ movement created by Kittles with the principle of accepting all influences, then, ripping them apart- allowing the new and instinctual to emerge. The product to sound like nothing else, hold no boundaries and to consistently evolve. This later became the name given to the band as well.

Their self-titled debut album sold out within months and their live follow-up record, Living: 2009-Present, received high acclaim due to the riskiness and unconventionality of a live album being released as a debut full length. LA Record described the album as "a unified artifact that defies the span of time in which it was recorded" and calls the album "a gem that transcends the traditional live album and verges on being an art-object in and of itself." [2][3][4] Rolling Stone described TEARIST as being "about pushing people out of their comfort zone to the point where they question their own existence."[5] They have been described as a "gothy electro-noise duo" by the Los Angeles Times music blog;[6] and in a cover story on the band, the LA Weekly wrote, "Tearist could very well be the most crucial musical project to come out of Los Angeles in recent years." [7]

Discography

Television Appearances 

     Artist Spotlight: Interview with Yasmine Kittles TEARIST

Film Soundtrack


References

  1. ↑ http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15586-living-2009-present/
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ "Tearist Living: 2009 - Present".
  4. ↑ Album Review in SpinningPlaters.com
  5. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/blogs/thread-count/meet-tearist-l-a-s-stylish-noise-merchants-20111102. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ "Tearist remixes Parenthetical Girls on new track". Los Angeles Times. 12 May 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  7. ↑ "Tearist: The Real Thing". LA Weekly. 28 April 2011.
  8. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4110626/
  9. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2359024/soundtrack
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