“Unfriendly immigration officers read ‘musician’ and ask, ‘Anything I should know?’ I say, ‘Oh yeah!’ They remember Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and it’s OK”: Yello’s offbeat synth prog ethic gets Dieter Meier round the world

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Their synth-driven pop songs have been smash hits and soundtracked some of Hollywood’s biggest films. Yet the Swiss group’s commercial sheen hides a surprising amount of complexity, and a daring, experimental approach that changed the mainstream forever. In 2014 we explored Yello’s incredible history with Dieter Meier.

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