September 2011 - Yello - mailman.xmission.com

some more info on Dieter book & new exhibition
by Jonas Warstad / DiscogInfo 27 Sep '11

27 Sep '11

http://www.dietermeier.com/viewer.php?year=2011&cat=9

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new Dieter book out 8 Sep
by Jonas Warstad / DiscogInfo 27 Sep '11

27 Sep '11

http://www.amazon.de/Out-Chaos-Ein-autobiografisches-Bilderbuch/dp/38419010… http://www.amazon.co.uk/Out-Chaos-Ein-autobiografisches-Bilderbuch/dp/38419…

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Check out my photos on Facebook
by Maurice Gonzalez 25 Sep '11

25 Sep '11

Hi Yello, I set up a Facebook profile where I can post my pictures, videos and events and I want to add you as a friend so you can see it. First, you need to join Facebook! Once you join, you can also create your own profile. Thanks, Maurice To sign up for Facebook, follow the link below: http://www.facebook.com/p.php?i=100001730388818&k=AQAeRVqp2lTPVV7IZ_J4kEeuX… Already have an account? Add this email address to your account: http://www.facebook.com/n/?merge_accounts.php&e=yello%40mailman.xmission.co… ======================================= yello(a)mailman.xmission.com was invited to join Facebook by Maurice Gonzalez. If you don't want to receive these emails from Facebook in the future, please follow the link below to unsubscribe. http://www.facebook.com/o.php?k=b6840e&u=1440938308&mid=4e9811bG55e2f944G0G8 Learn more about this email: http://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=17151\nFacebook, Inc. P.O. Box 10005, Palo Alto, CA 94303

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"Essential Yello" Review from the Melody Maker November 28 1992
by Raphael Ackermann 22 Sep '11

22 Sep '11

I just came across the following album review. enjoy Raphael When most people feel like a wank, they tend to retreat to some secluded place, whereupon they can indulge themselves in complete privacy. When Dieter Meier and The Other One fancy touch of protracted masturbation, they drive out to an expensive Swiss studio, record the whole thing onto 72-track and sell it to Phonogram. Not that it's my place to scoff. Yello's monstrous self-indulgence is so popular that they only have to change it's name, say, from "Oh Yeah" to "Rubberbandman" to ensure that everyone buys it all over again. Yello are quite literally a prize pair of wankers. This isn't necessarily a problem. I'd rather have a cerebral, imaginative wanker than a smug, stupid one and it's those qualities that just about redeem Meier and The Other One's diverse doodlings for at least half of "Essential". Yello are quite happy to shun the dynamics of the composite pop song, evidenced by the absence of things like choruses and verses in "Goldrush" and "Tied Up". Quirks such as these are just as often Yello's points of excellence as their nemesis. "Essential" contains all the hits and a few ancient gems that hat henceforth eluded me. A case in point is "Drive/Driven" where you realise that Yello are seeking to thrill the listener as much as themselves. As Meier huskily delivers a surreally inane love song lyric, it's the divinely suble conflict between the humid wash of synths and seductively restrained wah-wah guitar that hints at Yello's capabilities. When Yello succeed it's not because they've successfully deconstructed the rules of making a pop song. It's more to do with their ability to inhabit the infinity that lies between setting out to make a Kraftwerk record and coming away with a Men Without Hats one. Long may they indulge themselves. Peter Paphides

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