Joe Corrales Jr., also known as Yppah (pronounced "Yippah"), is an American electronic/rock musician. He is currently signed to Future Archive Recordings and resides in

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, United States. In 2020, Joe Corrales Jr. earned a

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Gold Certified Single for the use of the Yppah song, "Never Mess With Sunday" by

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on the song "Star Shopping".

History

Early years

Corrales began playing

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and

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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, and was part of a

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group called ''The Truth''. Yppah is influenced by

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, various electronic music,

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, 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'', was released in 2006 on

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records. The single "Again With The Subtitles" was released immediately prior to the album, and is featured in the film, '' 21''. "It's Not The Same," a song from the album, was used in a trailer for ''

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'', as well as the episode "Last Resort" from the series ''

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''. Similarly, the song "In Two, the Weakly" is featured in the ''

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'' episode "Ending Happy".

They Know What Ghost Know

''They Know What Ghost Know'' released on May 18, 2009 in the UK, Japan and Australia. The U.S. release date was June 23, 2009. Released to positive reviews, the album has a more pronounced shoegaze and psychedelic sound with "lush" instrumentation. The album crosses into numerous genres, with ''

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'' associating it with other DJ-based albums while other reviewers referring to it as "

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Eighty One

''Eighty One'' released on February 4, 2012 in Japan and April 2, 2012 worldwide to critical acclaim. ''Eighty One'' is Yppah's most widely received album to date, with the singles "Film Burn" (feat.

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) and "D Song" (feat.

) charting on radio stations across North America and Japan. ''Eighty One'' features several guest appearances by

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artist

who Corrales met when the two artists performed together on tour with

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has also appeared with Yppah during live performances, performing on guitar, keys, violin, drum machine and vocals in support of the album.

Tiny Pause

On October 22, 2012, Corrales announced that the fourth album was almost complete, numbering 11 tracks so far. The final album was cut down to nine tracks and was officially released October 16, 2015.

Sunset in the Deep End

The fifth album from Yppah was released on February 7, 2020 on Future Archive Recordings. Performed Live on

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in 2020 with Ali Coyle (vocals, bass) and Trent Moorman (drums).

Discography

Albums

*'' You Are Beautiful at All Times'' (CD) Ninja Tune, 2006 *''They Know What Ghost Know'' (CD, MP3 bundle) Ninja Tune, 2009 *''Eighty One'' (CD) Ninja Tune, 2012 *''Tiny Pause'' (CD) Counter Records, 2015 *''Sunset in the Deep End'' (CD) Future Archive Recordings, 2020

Singles

*"Again with the Subtitles" (CD) Ninja Tune, 2006 *"D. Song" (feat.

) (CD) Ninja Tune, 2012 *"Film Burn" (feat. Anomie Belle) (CD) Ninja Tune, 2012 *"Bushmills" (digital) self-released, 2014

Remixes

*"Harvest Dance" -

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feat.

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(Beat Records), 2007 *"Coisa Do Gringo" (''Heavyweight Gringos'') - ZerodB (Ninja Tune), 2008

Production

*''The Use of Of'' (CD album) -

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, 2005 * "A Photo of a Photograph" - Babel Fishh (''Best Friends'', CD compilation) Happy End Music, 2006 * "Coisa Do Gringo" - ZerodB (''Heavyweight Gringos'', CD album) Ninja Tune, 2008

Appearances

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

Track appearances

*''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 *"D.Song" -

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'' (Season 2, Episode 2.)

References

External links

Official website

Official Facebook page
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