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Another review
by Glenn Folkvord - PlanetOrigo.com 15 Oct '09

15 Oct '09

Hey, Another review of Touch Yello, this time by Marion Horrod. http://snipurl.com/poyello Greetings from Glenn Folkvord Chief editor http://www.PlanetOrigo.com http://twitter.com/planetorigo Sci-fi movies | Electronic music

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Touch Yello Sound Quality
by Julian 15 Oct '09

15 Oct '09

Finally got to hear the new album on my home stereo and wow the new recording sounds amazing. This whole album has been a step up musically and production. I think my least favorite songs are Trackless Deep, Kiss In Blue, Tangier Blue and least favorite is Stay. I can’t wait to hear the vinyl version of this at my friends when it comes out. I really love Boris vocals on this album even though there’s a little bit of autotune... but that’s cool with me. Julian

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Russian Jewel Case
by Jon Kamm 15 Oct '09

15 Oct '09

This will give you an idea of what the jewel case looks like. http://homepage.mac.com/jonathankamm/Sites/TouchYello-jewelcase.jpg

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Touch Yello in USA yet?
by Mark D 15 Oct '09

15 Oct '09

Has anyone purchased the Touch Yello CD from a USA source yet? I checked IDEALCOPY but it says "Release is scheduled for Oct 13th" but that was yesterday. Amazon.com (US) doesn't have it yet. The Tower.com site is down at the moment so I can't check that one yet. Thanks, Mark

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Touch Yello in USA yet?
by Jon Kamm 15 Oct '09

15 Oct '09

There is no release date yet for the USA. Ideal Copy is getting it ahead of time as an International Import. So they have to wait on international suppliers. They expect it any day now. Also... Ideal Copy was nice enough to share with me what the differences are between the jewel case and digi-pak versions of the new Touch Yello album. Hi Jonathan - just thought you might want to know that we are getting both packaging formats of the new Yello CD. Both the jewel case and the digipack have the same contents (tracks, booklet, artwork). The digipack is no more deluxe than the jewelcase, just different packaging. The jewel booklet has 10 two-sided pages, so 20 pages. The digi booklet has 8 two-sided pages, so 16 pages, plus the 6 panel digi-pak foldout. Minus out the front and back cover (which both editions obviously share) and you're left with 4 extra panels/pages. 16+4 = 20 , Jonathan

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NEW YELLO REMIX CONTEST!
by Jon Kamm 14 Oct '09

14 Oct '09

http://www.djvibe.com/dance-music-news/beatport-remix-contest-with-electron… Remixing both Oh Yeah and/or Bostich!

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Touch YELLO digi-pak photos
by Jon Kamm 14 Oct '09

14 Oct '09

http://web.me.com/jonathankamm/YelloArtworkSite/Touch.html

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Touch cd review
by Arno Natte 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

Let's review the album as a die hard Yello fan and as music freak. After the fantastic Yello happening,movie and afterparty,I came back in my hotel with the new Yello cd. My brother went to a casino so I was alone in my hotelroom with the new Yello at 03:00 in the morning. Of course I wanted to hear the new Yello sound 2009. I was waiting almost 5 year fot it. So I started listening on my bed with my laptop and headphones. With the fresh memories of the Virtual concert and speaking with Boris and Dieter, it was an awesome special experience. Now 5 days later ,I heard the cd I think 2 times a day ,I think it's time for a personal review. It's personal,so don't kill me if ya don't agree.;-) Artwork cd : The best ever! It gives Yello style and respect. 1.The Expert. A great opening. A fantastic typical Yello song that reminds me of the best songs of Zebra. Not really surprising,but it give me the Yello feeling from the start. 2.You better hide. The beginning reminds me at Capri Calling from Baby. The funny thing is that in the beautiful ballad,(it's really beautiful) I miss Billy Mackenzie vocals. It's like it's been written for him,but he isn't there anymore. Heidi does do a great job,but still.... 3.Out of dawn This song is the perfect example why I like Yello. It has the typical Dieter vocals lyrics and vocals. It's catching and warm,with a simple music composition ans funny sounds. 4.Bostich reflected Funny ,and a very surprising intro. I like it but, not even a shadow of the original Bostich 5.Till tomorrow This track overblown my expectations. Somehow I always hoped for track like this. And now,..it's here.Even better than I expected. It reminds me at Dave Stewards : Lilly was here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhSx8uKdD5o Only then better and more atmospheric. Not that Touchy,though. 6.Tangier blue Also one of my favourits.New sounds and wierd cords. But the composition and sounds are great. Works good on lsd this music.;-) 7.Part Love. Ahum ahum says Dieter. And then he start the song the way that reminds me of Heavy whispers. But thats all,because this song is quite save,neutral and easy.Not a song that's going the be a classic. 8.Friday smile. Also an Yello song where you've been waiting for. Dieter on a high level. But the composition with the nice rythm is doing it all. I love the reverse .."zzzzZZip and ffffFFT" sounds in it. 9.Kiss in Blue. And again Boris sings! Boris singing with autotune makes him the best autotune singer.;-) A lovely sweet song with an perfect melodies for Heidi. Very good! 10. Vertical Vision. This is why I always liked those instrumental tracks from Yello. You never know what's gonna hit you. Like this song,... And still,..that typical Yello sound. 11. Trackless sleep Ah! Boris needs no autotune afterall!? No kidding,this track is also one of the best tracks on this cd. I sing it all day long ,and this is the only track with a bit latin feeling. A very "goodfeel" track with good melodys. 12.Stay Hmmm... Some parts of the song are okay,but somehow I skip it . And,..I really tried. 13.Electric Hipsters delay and Point Blank and now we have Electric. God I love this jazz (is it?)instrumentals. For me this song could last 7 or 8 minutes. Very... Boris!! Very... Nice! 14.Talka Makan. Almost every Yello cd has an ambient track. This one also. But after one minuut I have enough of this song. Sorry,but this is the worst Yello ambient song for me ever . The cd ends after 13 tracks for me. And after 13 tracks it's a surprising good CD. The 2 Swiss man are on age know. You can hear that they are not into wild and experimental things anymore. But they give some class,style and the typical Yellosound in return. With some new jazzy elements and accents they totaly fit in 2009. However I think Heidi Happy wasn't the best choice for Yello. She is into other kinds of music ,and that's something what you can hear on some songs.She has not much of connection with the Yello music. Till Bronner is a special case .A very good choice! The songs with him are high qualitity and Till tomorrow is going to be a classic. Thank you Yello. + Jazzy new sounds + Boris sings + Till Bronner!! + Creative - Heidi - They left the latin behind.(Exept Trackless sleep) - Where is the (real) slow ambient track? -- Arno Natte-Trillian Miles Social: http://www.facebook.com/arno.natte http://arno-natte.hyves.nl/ Personal music compositions: http://www.myspace.com/trilliano http://www.last.fm/music/trillian+miles Composed voor tv: http://www.karma.tv/ Composed for radio: http://www.purejingles.com/ Remixes : http://soundcloud.com/trillian-miles My album on Itunes music: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=317552080&s=…

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Dorothee Oberlinger
by Jon Kamm 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

Someone who seems to be overlooked on the new album. Check her out in action. Playing similar tune to Takla Makan. I pictured her much older for some reason. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYxPrlL_oi4&feature=related

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Re: [Yello] Yellow website
by Robert Olson 13 Oct '09

13 Oct '09

Jon, I couldn't agree more. Yello has never been know to shy away from technology, instead embracing it--except for their website. I'm a web designer, and although I've created a significant amount of Flash content, to build an entire site based on it was a poor decision. Designers who do so accept the fact that many people will be excluded from viewing the site. Being a fan of Yello's since the early '80s, I'm certain I could come up with some fantastic ideas for a Yello website, one that I'd hope would be worthy of the band. What I find amazing is that based upon the clips I've seen from Yello:Touch, there is no shortage of creativity between Dieter, Boris and their collaborators; yet they not only approved but launched such a bare-bones website. They just must view it as a fascination and not a priority, especially based upon the fact that the previous site was never updated. Bob Olson

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