Nov 25 – Miche Berlander aka Yung Gud, has officially released his first solo project titled, Beautiful, Wonderful EP. In an interview earlier this year, the Stockholm teenager explained that aside from hip-hop, his “Yung Gud” project is largely influenced by experimental music from all over the map: “mainly things with ambience. Not specifically ambient music, but like trance music, or like the Boards of Canada style of music has always been an influence — at least for me. Left-field music in general, from all over.” The Sad Boys crew member is the sonic architect behind some of Yung Lean‘s most gripping productions, like “Kyoto” and “Yoshi City”, plus a string of detail-oriented, strangely moving remixes of IRL hits like “2 On” and Jacques Greene‘s “No Excuses.” Now, he’s dropping the four-track Beautiful, Wonderful EP, his first formal solo release. “I’ve always wanted to make a product of some sort, so with this EP, I’m finally selling a specific sound and look to the people that have been supporting my music for the past year and a half. I don’t really have an agenda. Making music for us is like having a drunk conversation or a high conversation. It’s just something that happens.”
The producer behind a handful of stand-out tracks on Yung Lean’s debut mixtape and more than half of his album (Unknown Death 2002 and Unknown Memory, respectively), Yung Gud has established himself as a key figure in sad boy rap. The EP finds the young producer at his most maximalist, fusing 8-bit synths, melancholy melodies, distorted 808 sub, and punchy, dance-ready beats for something more powerful than his Yung Lean productions.
Yung Gud will also support Yung Lean on his North American tour.
Buy Beautiful, Wonderful on iTunes here.
Tour dates:
12/1/14 – Webster Hall – New York, NY
12/2/14 – Union Transfer – Philadelphia, PA
12/3/14 – Black Cat – Washington, D.C.
12/5/14 – Art Basel – Miami, FL
12/6/14 – Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
12/8/14 – White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX
12/9/14 – Trees – Dallas, TX
12/10/14 – Empire Control Room – Austin, TX
12/12/14 – The Crescent Ballroom – Phoenix, AZ
12/13/14 – The Regent – Los Angeles, CA
12/14/14 – University of California San Diego – San Diego, CA
12/15/14 – The Observatory – Santa Ana, CA
12/16/14 – The Grand Ballroom @ Regency Center – San Francisco, CA
12/18/14 – Neumos – Seattle, WA
12/19/14 – Vogue Theatre – Vancouver, BC
