{{Short description|American indietronica band}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2014}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Kye Kye | image = | image_size = | landscape = | alt = | caption = | alias = | origin = Portland, Oregon, U.S.<ref name=Oregon>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/music/index.ssf/2014/01/embrace_portland-area_electro-.html|title=Do Portland-area electro-pop act Kye Kye a favor: Never call them a Christian band|last=Frochtzwajg|first=Jonathan|date=January 22, 2014|work=The Oregonian|access-date=April 20, 2014}}</ref> | genre = Electropop,<ref name=Oregon /><ref name=ivm>{{cite web|url=http://www.indievisionmusic.com/2014/04/01/kye-kye-fantasize/|title=Kye Kye – Fantasize | Reviews|last=Zandi|first=Ian|date=April 1, 2014|publisher=Indie Vision Music|access-date=April 20, 2013}}</ref> indietronica<ref name=ivm /> | years_active = {{start date|2010}}–present<ref name=fb>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/kyekyemusic/info|title=Kye Kye - About|author=Kye Kye|date=2010|publisher=Facebook|access-date=April 20, 2014}}</ref> | label = Valga | associated_acts = | website = {{URL|kyekyemusic.com/}} | current_members = * Olga Yagolnikov Phelan * Timothy Yagolnikov | past_members = }}
'''Kye Kye''' (stylized '''KYE KYE''') is an American indietronica band from Portland, Oregon, that formed in 2010.<ref name=Oregon /><ref name=ivm /><ref name=fb /> The band is made up of Estonian-born Yagolnikov siblings Olga and Timothy.<ref name=ambio>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/kye-kye-mn0003060186/biography|title=Kye Kye | Biography|last=Collar|first=Matt|publisher=Rovi|work=AllMusic|access-date=April 20, 2014}}</ref> They achieved commercial and critical success with their second studio album entitled ''Fantasize'' that was released in early 2014 by Valga Records, which is an independent record label. Kye Kye's music has also been featured in several popular television series and movies.<ref name=amcharts>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/kye-kye-mn0003060186/awards|title=Kye Kye | Awards|author=AllMusic|publisher=Rovi|access-date=April 20, 2014}}</ref>
==History== ===Formation and debut album (2010–2011)=== The band started in 2010, its original members the three Yagolnikov siblings Olga on lead vocals and guitar, Alex on keyboards, and Timothy on programming, keyboards and guitar, and Olga's husband Thomas Phelan on the drums.<ref name=ambio /><ref name=kns>{{cite web|url=http://www.knoxville.com/news/2014/jan/14/knoxville-music-kye-kye-fantasize-review/|title='Tuned In' review: Kye Kye's fantasy proves quite dreamy|last=Campbell|first=Chuck|date=January 14, 2014|work=Knoxville News Sentinel|access-date=April 20, 2014}}</ref> The band are self-professed Christians, but they do not consider their music to be "Christian music".<ref name=Oregon />
In 2011, they released their first studio album entitled ''Young Love'' that was released independently by the band.<ref name=fb />
=== ''Fantasize'' (2014)=== They released their second studio album entitled ''Fantasize'' on January 21, 2014.<ref name=ivm /> For the ''Billboard'' charting the week of February 8, 2014, the album charted at Nos. 7 and 50 on the Top Heatseekers Albums and Independent Albums charts.<ref name=amcharts /> The album was met with positive reviews from ''CCM Magazine'',<ref name=ccm>{{cite web |url=http://ht.salemweb.net/ccm/ccmmagazine/pdf/2014/jun01/awse/CCMdigital_June01_2014.pdf |title=Kye Kye: Fantasize (Valga) |last=Conner |first=Matt |date=June 1, 2014 |work=CCM Magazine |publisher=Salem Publishing |page=37 |access-date=May 29, 2014 |issn=1524-7848 }}</ref> ''Knoxville News Sentinel'',<ref name=kns /> and Indie Vision Music.<ref name=ivm />
==Members== ;Current members<ref name=ambio /><ref name=kns /> * Olga Yagolnikov Phelan – vocals, guitar * Timothy Yagolnikov – programming, keyboards, guitar
;Former members<ref name=ambio /><ref name=kns /> * Thomas Phelan - drums * Alex Yagolnikov - keyboards
==Discography== '''Studio albums''' * ''Young Love'' (2011) * ''Fantasize'' (2014) * ''Arya'' (2021)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|1=kyekyemusic.com/}} * [https://wng.org/sift/kye-kyes-crowd-funded-fantasy-comes-true-1617412649 ''World'' magazine article] * [http://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/music/features/26037-why-you-dont-want-to-miss-kye-kye ''Relevant'' interview] * [http://www.theblueindian.com/interviews/interview-kye-kye/ ''The Blue Indian'' interview]
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