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Yello was originally formed by Boris Blank and Carlos Peron in the late 1970s . Dieter Meier, a millionaire playboy with a very versatile career, was brought in when the two founders realised that they needed a singer. Meier and Blank joined forces in 1979 to release a single called "I.T. Splash". The LP '' Solid Pleasure '', featuring the hit dance single "Bostich", was released the following year. It wasn't until 1983 that Yello received substantial media attention, with the release of "I Love You" and "Lost Again". Peron left the band in 1983 to start a solo career. Yello takes great pride in their original sound, which is mainly characterised by weird Samples , a heavy reliance on Rhythm and Dieter Meier's dark voice. Boris Blank has taken a couple vocal turns on "Swing" (from "You've Gotta' Say Yes to Another Excess) and "Blazing Saddles" (from "Flag"), and guest vocalists have included Rush Winters (the first female diva to be featured on a Yello recording), Billy Mackenzie , and Shirley Bassey . The group is not afraid of collaboration and has shared writing credit with MacKenzie and Winters. Every track on a Yello album has been created by the band from scratch. Nearly every instrument has been sampled and engineered by Boris Blank, who over the years has built up an original sample Library of over 100,000 named and categorized sounds. Yello's music is often described by its fans as very visual, creating dramatic Movie -like visions in their minds. This quality has made Yello popular in the TV , Advertisement and movie industries. The single ''Oh Yeah'' has been featured in numerous TV commercials, used as the soundtrack for American Football on US TV, a soundtrack in the game Gran Turismo 4 played when a license test was failed, and included in at least five different Hollywood movies, while another single, "The Race" has been heavily used by Eurosport . Yello also created the soundtracks for the British comedy film '' Nuns On The Run '' and the American movie '' The Adventures Of Ford Fairlane '', and recorded a version of " Jingle Bells " for the film '' The Santa Clause ''. Meier is also a filmmaker, having written and directed the films ''Jetzt und Alles'' and ''Lightmaker'' as well as most of Yello's music videos. He has also directed videos for Alphaville ("Big In Japan") and Trio ("Da Da Da"). In 1996, he also brought the Rewatch to market, a watch with a case made out of used tin cans. In 2005, Yello re-released their early albums ''Solid Pleasure'', ''Claro Que Si'', ''You Gotta Say Yes to Another Excess'', ''Stella'', ''One Second'' and ''Flag'', all with rare bonus tracks, as part of a re-master series. A documentary on Yello, ''Electro Pop made in Switzerland'', directed by Anka Schmid was premiered at the Riff Raff cinema in Zurich in September 2005 RELEASED ALBUMS
Notable Singles
CARS Swiss car firm Rinspeed produced the " Yello Talbo " concept car in association with the group. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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