To compose their GRAMMY-nominated album Chain Tripping, post-pop trio YACHT created a “bespoke and janky” technique of algorithmic collage, drawing from a variety of machine learning models to generate the melodic and lyrical patterns they used as source material for a cut-and-paste compositional process.

In doing so, they held fast to self-imposed rules: everything had to be generated from their own back catalog, with no space for improvisation or “jamming.” These constraints kept the band searching for creative workarounds and subversions within the limitations of the technology itself. For the AI and Music Festival, YACHT will debut an entirely new audio-visual composition that represents a devolution of these techniques, employing new tools and a freer range of expressive choices. With this new “megamix,” YACHT will break their own rules—taking the best of what machine learning offers as a creative tool while allowing space for the unexpected, the inexplicable, and the human.