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Yello is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Agnes Obel, Calla, Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise and Roy Thomas Baker. Those roots explain a lot about how Yello arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Art of Noise, Laid Back, Propaganda, Ultravox and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Crystal Castles, Moby, The Orb, Carl Craig and Carl Cox, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 27 connections around Yello, reaching back through Agnes Obel and forward to Crystal Castles. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Yello is a Swiss electronic music band, which formed in Zürich in 1979. For most of the band's history, Yello has been a duo consisting of Dieter Meier and Boris Blank; founding member Carlos Perón left in 1983.
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Yello connections
Yello grew out of Agnes Obel, Calla, Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise and Roy Thomas Baker, shares an orbit with Art of Noise, Laid Back, Propaganda and Ultravox, went on to shape Crystal Castles, Moby, The Orb and Carl Craig. 27 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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