Yayoba Announce New Album ‘Matkat’, Share “Transparent Waves”

Yayoba have announced Matkat, their second album for Not Not Fun, out 2 October. The trio of Paul Wilson, Jani Hirvonen, and Johannes Schebler builds on the fractured, shape-shifting language of their debut A Maze of Glass, moving between deep synth meditation, fourth-world arrangement, and collaged noise.

“Transparent Waves” is the first piece to surface. Rolled layers of burbling and shimmering synths congeal into something closer to celestial drift than conventional structure. The track sits in the label’s wider orbit of experimental ambient, though Yayoba keep a rougher, less polished edge than some of their peers. It feels attuned to late-night frequencies, less a single than an entry point into a longer journey.

Hirvonen and Schebler also work together in Grykë Pyje, and that shared background in electro-acoustic experimentation runs through the album. The 14-track sequence includes “Molecular Fizz,” “Spectrolite Dance Hub,” and “The Sound of Mull,” suggesting Matkat was assembled as a continuous route rather than a collection of standalone pieces.

Matkat is available to order from Bandcamp.