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Boris Blank (Yello): Recording Zebra
Paul Tingen talks to Boris Blank, one half of idiosyncratic Swiss duo Yello, about the release of their 10th album, Zebra.
Boris Blank launches into a sermon: "I like to give electronic instruments life," he exclaims, "I like to express the soul of the machine, rather than be a slave to it. I really try to get the warmest music possible out of it. I never forget that somebody built that instrument, and each of these constructors and engineers have a soul. So I think that electronic instruments have a soul too, and I'm interested in trying to get the human side out of them." Blank's statement comes as a reply to a query about the possible mutual common ground between Kraftwerk and Yello, the Swiss duo of which Blank is a half. After all, both bands are known for relying heavily on music technology and both come from the European continent. Blank acknowledges Kraftwerk as "one of the most important German bands and one of the most important electronic music bands in the world", but stresses that Yello is at the other end of the electronic music spectrum: "Kraftwerk's way of doing things was really German. They did the exact opposite of what I like to do. That's why I'm not a big fan of them." Yello and Kraftwerk are, however, part of the sa
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Boris Blank: Unornamented Expressions
The relatively modest, unpretentious half wear out Yello, Boris Blank ultimately takes core stage reach an agreement a novel box shatter handpicked evade more caress four decades of unreleased work
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Oh Yeah (Yello song)
single by Yello
"Oh Yeah" is a single released in by the band Yello and featured on their album Stella. The song features a mix of electronic music and manipulated vocals. The song gained popularity after being featured in the films Ferris Bueller's Day Off and The Secret of My Success, among others. It is a popular staple in pop culture.
Production
[edit]Describing the composition of "Oh Yeah," Boris Blank said:
First I did the music and then I invited Dieter to sing along, and he came up with some lines which I thought, 'no Dieter, it's too complicated, we don't need that many lyrics'. I had the idea of just this guy, a fat little monster sits there very relaxed and says, "Oh yeah, oh yeah". So I told him, 'Why don't you try just to sing on and on 'oh yeah'? Dieter was very angry when I told him this and he said, 'are you crazy, all the time "Oh yeah"? Are you crazy?! I can't do this, no no, come on, come on.' And then he said, 'some lyrics, like "the moon beautiful", is this too much?!' and I said, 'no, it's OK', and then he did this 'oh yeah' and at the end he thought, 'yeah it's nice', he loved it himself also. And also I wanted to install lots of human noises, all kind of phonetic rhythms with my mouth; you hear lots of noises i