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YULAN & BLAISE
Yulan & Blaise is the Australian-American experimental pop duo of Yulan Jack 杰克玉兰 and Blaise Garza (Violent Femmes). Their sound features electronic textures alongside ethereal vocals and obscure instruments unmoored from their traditional contexts.
Their debut single God Complex (2024) was Far Out Magazine's Debut Single of the week, "a track to trip to, mixing in elements of psychedelia with angelic vocals and a gothic, angsty art edge." Plastic Magazine wrote, "God Complex sees the pair make a spectacular entrance with a thoroughly original sound that's gripping and groundbreaking in equal measure."
Yulan, whose name is derived from her grandmother Mulan, is "a true triple threat in the performance world", a classically-trained vocalist, Harvard-educated actor and a prolific interdisciplinary artist who has lived and worked across four continents. Her screen credits include the Emmy-nominated comedy ‘Deadloch’. In 2022 she was recognised as one of Asialink's 40-Under-40 Most Influential Asian-Australians for her work highlighting diasporic narratives.
Blaise is a Mexican-American former child star turned acclaimed saxophonist who has been touring with folk punk band the Violent Femmes for two decades since he was 15. A multi-instrumentalist, he is best known for playing a 6ft tall contrabass saxophone. He has shared the stage with Barenaked Ladies, Colin Hay (Men at Work), Jerry Harrison (Talking Heads), and Jim Moginie (Midnight Oil), playing iconic venues including Hollywood Bowl, Sydney Opera House, and Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
The duo met, fell in love, and recorded their debut EP at the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA). Their upcoming debut EP invites you to enter cinematic worlds where their romance is reimagined in extreme, yet strangely nostalgic, scenarios.
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PRAISE FOR YULAN & BLAISE
"A track to trip to, mixing in elements of psychedelia with angelic vocals and a gothic, angsty art edge."
Far Out Magazine
"God Complex” sees the pair make a spectacular entrance with a thoroughly original sound that’s gripping and groundbreaking in equal measure."
Plastic Magazine
"God Complex sees them break onto the international scene with flair and gusto [...] Yulan & Blaise are quickly establishing themselves as one of the more exciting names on the rise."
FLEX
"Blaise Garza's expertise with the EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument) takes center stage, delivering a surreal, otherworldly solo that feels both expansive and deeply human."
Parkett.it
"An inventive, mind-bending, and deeply intoxicating piece of music that signals the start of something sonically very special."
Mesmerised
“Blaise Garza is an engineer on a musical Mercedes. His music is profound on its own, but he is also a great collaborator. I first encountered him in the rock group The Violent Femmes, a band that is as old as he is, but one that he has made himself an essential element of. I've also heard him solo, and that's an exquisite treat as well.”
David Walsh, Owner, Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)
“Yulan Jack is a true triple threat in the performance world”
The Hobart Magazine
"No rock band has ever played with one of those (contrabass saxophones) on stage. [Blaise] just rocked. I told him to just wing it. [...] Anybody who owns 17 saxophones doesn't suck."
Zip Zembinski, The San Diego Union-Tribune (2004)