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Shawn Farley was born alive in Florida in the 20th Century. Cured and seasoned in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC, his life was changed at 15 when a friend allowed him to bang away on a very-loud electric guitar for 30 minutes or so. And that was that.
Shawn played with a series of bands in high school and at some of the institutes of higher learning he dropped out of, before moving with members of party-rock band Funhouse to Seattle. Shawn began releasing solo albums under the name "Yogi" beginning in 2001, the most prominent being <a href="spotify:album:4eB9ZHWVjIOIsl4fpHbCgZ" data-name="Any Raw Flesh?">Any Raw Flesh?</a> Later Yogi releases included <a href="spotify:album:0I83Q33UBB8ydN9GvtjMWR" data-name="Salve">Salve</a>, and <a href="spotify:album:7x2nysneICj4SDOOv80oVf" data-name="Half-Pint Demigod">Half-Pint Demigod</a>, a collection of remixes of "Any Raw Flesh?" favorites by avant-garde guitarist and composer <a href="spotify:artist:1zlJkfi1FBld3WyDM6w7ZJ" data-name="Andre LaFosse">Andre LaFosse</a>. Around this time Shawn also appeared as a guest on <a href="spotify:artist:2LPwVhvrjOXEvgfLOpHJQ1" data-name="Bryan Beller">Bryan Beller</a>'s first solo album <a href="spotify:album:2LrRzIqyUSPoPYQ2b0EIfW" data-name="View">View</a>, on the track <a href="spotify:track:1G7hIe1UVQ8XQhAjHLKeri" data-name="Projectile">Projectile</a>. Bryan and Shawn later appeared together on the track <a href="spotify:track:2TLgevTCo9gLmNPPwxEtNv" data-name="Peasant Under Class">Peasant Under Class</a> by <a href="spotify:artist:1TNaDUlbzu6AP1EL6iDN8B" data-name="Andrew Gorczyca">Andrew Gorczyca</a>.
In the mid-aughts, Shawn formed the Seattle trio <a href="spotify:artist:2ZC302GonME55HbKImzfDN" data-name="Half Zaftig">Half Zaftig</a> with bassist Lizzy Daymont and drummer Pete Johnston to play a bunch of this music live. In 2007 they released their only full-length LP, <a href="spotify:album:4awUNPMTwAD67YBJj5D20X" data-name="Life Like Luster">Life Like Luster</a>.
In 2009, Shawn began a new solo project he called "5240" where he wrote, recorded, and mixed a brand-new song once a week for a year, resulting in 52 new songs over that year. A collection of the best of these was collected and released as <a href="spotify:album:6GEcLItTwGVhVp1U9LWEEs" data-name="What Aught-Nine Wrought: Selections From "5240"">What Aught-Nine Wrought: Selections From "5240"</a>.
Shawn now lives and creates in Los Angeles.
Shawn played with a series of bands in high school and at some of the institutes of higher learning he dropped out of, before moving with members of party-rock band Funhouse to Seattle. Shawn began releasing solo albums under the name "Yogi" beginning in 2001, the most prominent being <a href="spotify:album:4eB9ZHWVjIOIsl4fpHbCgZ" data-name="Any Raw Flesh?">Any Raw Flesh?</a> Later Yogi releases included <a href="spotify:album:0I83Q33UBB8ydN9GvtjMWR" data-name="Salve">Salve</a>, and <a href="spotify:album:7x2nysneICj4SDOOv80oVf" data-name="Half-Pint Demigod">Half-Pint Demigod</a>, a collection of remixes of "Any Raw Flesh?" favorites by avant-garde guitarist and composer <a href="spotify:artist:1zlJkfi1FBld3WyDM6w7ZJ" data-name="Andre LaFosse">Andre LaFosse</a>. Around this time Shawn also appeared as a guest on <a href="spotify:artist:2LPwVhvrjOXEvgfLOpHJQ1" data-name="Bryan Beller">Bryan Beller</a>'s first solo album <a href="spotify:album:2LrRzIqyUSPoPYQ2b0EIfW" data-name="View">View</a>, on the track <a href="spotify:track:1G7hIe1UVQ8XQhAjHLKeri" data-name="Projectile">Projectile</a>. Bryan and Shawn later appeared together on the track <a href="spotify:track:2TLgevTCo9gLmNPPwxEtNv" data-name="Peasant Under Class">Peasant Under Class</a> by <a href="spotify:artist:1TNaDUlbzu6AP1EL6iDN8B" data-name="Andrew Gorczyca">Andrew Gorczyca</a>.
In the mid-aughts, Shawn formed the Seattle trio <a href="spotify:artist:2ZC302GonME55HbKImzfDN" data-name="Half Zaftig">Half Zaftig</a> with bassist Lizzy Daymont and drummer Pete Johnston to play a bunch of this music live. In 2007 they released their only full-length LP, <a href="spotify:album:4awUNPMTwAD67YBJj5D20X" data-name="Life Like Luster">Life Like Luster</a>.
In 2009, Shawn began a new solo project he called "5240" where he wrote, recorded, and mixed a brand-new song once a week for a year, resulting in 52 new songs over that year. A collection of the best of these was collected and released as <a href="spotify:album:6GEcLItTwGVhVp1U9LWEEs" data-name="What Aught-Nine Wrought: Selections From "5240"">What Aught-Nine Wrought: Selections From "5240"</a>.
Shawn now lives and creates in Los Angeles.
