Vive la Void

Sanae Yamada channels her solo vision through Vive la Void, the project she helms apart from her role as Moon Duo’s keyboardist. Expansive synthesizer layers, coldwave textures, and dream-pop atmospheres define the sound, much as they do in her band work. A musician grounded in classical study and a onetime classroom instructor, Yamada filled intervals between Moon Duo commitments by shaping introspective material built around keyboards and meditations on perception and memory. Those sessions yielded Vive la Void’s self-titled debut album, which Sacred Bones released in May 2018.