The Story of Aaron Yadao
Aaron Yadao makes music that sounds like a dial-up modem arguing with a washing machine in the key of existential dread. Critics have described his work as "courageously unlistenable" and "what happens when you give a Moog synthesizer anxiety medication." He records exclusively in abandoned call centres between the hours of 3 and 4 AM, insisting that fluorescent lights "have something to say if you're willing to listen" (they don't).
His breakout album of Korg DS-10 tracks, spent one hour on best-selling experimental Bandcamp results despite being forty-seven minutes of what one reviewer called "aggressive ambience" and what his mother called "that beeping thing." Double A claims the album was inspired by being put on hold with MTS internet, an experience he describes as "spiritually formative and rhythmically compelling."
When he's not manipulating field recordings of industrial machinery or teaching his modular synthesizer to "feel emotions," Aaron Yadao enjoys long walks through hardware stores, where he records the ambient hum of different light bulb displays. He has been permanently banned from mega-churches, Safeways, and VGMix for "philosophical differences regarding the phrase 'musical instrument.'"
His live performances have been described as "part concert, part science experiment, part rants against incels and billionaires, and part cry for help," and he once cleared an entire venue in Vancouver by performing a piece consisting entirely of the sound of his aunt snoring, amplified through seventeen speakers. He considers this his greatest artistic achievement.
Aaron Yadao currently lives in a converted water tower in River Heights with two broken drum machines he refuses to repair because "they've earned their retirement."