Kevin is just finishing up two new CD projects. The Jazz Influence 2 and the long awaited Smalltown Underground 4. No release date yet
Beginning July 25th, 2006, Kevin Yost's legendary Small Town Underground series will be available on iTunes exclusively. iTunes will feature all 3 current in the CD compilation series. This will include Small Town Underground 1, originally released on MCA in 1999.
In the winter of 2004, Kevin entered the studio for an intense musical journey. Future Flashback was the result of the winter studio sessions and was released in the summer of 2005. Future Flashback has gained much critical acclaim since its release.
Kevin is now proud to present Future Flashback: Remixed. Future Flashback: Remixed features 9 remixes of tracks from the original album including a downtempo version of "What is Cool?" and a bongo/percussive rework of "Ever After You." The album will also include remixes of "Free" and "Deep Inside My Soul."
As a special bonus, Future Flashback: Remixed will feature 2 unreleased, original tracks recorded during the spring sessions. Future Flashback: Remixed will be released in late October 2005. FOLLOW UP:
April, Club Yellow: Tokyo, Japan
The Internet magazine, Higher frequency, was alongside Kevin at Tokyo's Club Yellow this past April. A transcript of the interview and video clips of the party is currently on their site, http://www.higher-frequency.com/e_video/kevin_yost/index.htm.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
September 30: Next Door, Honolulu, HI October 6: Mosaic, Baltimore, MD October 7: Sol, NYC, NY October 29: Levende, San Francisco, CA November 10: 55th St. Station, Miami, FL
BIOGRAPHY
Kevin Yost was a musical child, who at a very early age demonstrated a keen sense of rhythm. This quickly grew into a love of playing drums and soon after keys. Listening to his father's Chuck Mangione records, his love of music continued to grow throughout his youth. Yet his small rural farm town in Waynesboro, PA USA had no outlets to develop a child’s skill thus he turned to self-instruction over formal education.
The spark of jazz music was lit inside Kevin at this young age; however growing up in the early 80's, he soon gathered an affinity for the burgeoning electronic music scene. At age eleven Kevin started DJing with a cheap set of turntables and a mixer he got for Christmas. His skills quickly refined as he met an older friend who introduced him to beat mixing. He began to play school dances and other partie. He saved money from his gigs and slowly put together a home studio. By the time he was fourteen years old he purchased a drum machine, a keyboard, and sequencer.
Propelled by this new ability to create, at the age of seventeen Kevin decided to attend Berkley College of Music. He later went on to Shenandoah Conservatory. His main areas of study were music composition and percussion. As a result of this formal training, his early childhood bonds with jazz were reaffirmed, but his love of DJing and electronic music still remained. By the time he left school he had all the tools needed to work in many different genres. His first concept was to combine all of his interests and create a jazz/electronic fusion that could be played by a DJ.
At age 23 he took this on as his initial solo project and in 1995 eager to let others hear his first creations he sent out demo tapes to various independent labels. Out of this grew an affiliation with New Jersey's i! Records. This new team effort between the label and Kevin developed into many releases including his groundbreaking album "One Starry Night". Unlike anything ever done before it's percussive jazz electronic fusion was met with open arms as it went on to sell over 50,000 units worldwide.
This caught the ear of many major labels, which enlisted Kevin to work with artists such as Eric Clapton, Everything but the Girl, the Kodo Drummers, and Cirque de Soleil. Over the past eight years Kevin has released over 70 vinyl records and a mixture of CDs. His success has flourished both as a producer and a DJ, traveling to many different countries and playing some of the world's most respected venues and festivals. This year Kevin has again challenged himself and endeavored to create a completely live show under taking the orchestration of a full band. Appearing in 2004 will be The Kevin Yost Group, a six person group that will be touring throughout Europe this summer.
