Yello: Flag

LP Record What happens when an industrial millionaire, a professional gambler, and a member of the Swiss national golf team meet? Dieter Meier, an heir-turned-conceptual artist, teamed up with Boris Blank in the late seventies to form the electronic synthesiser group Yello, but it wasn't until the late eighties that they found success with the international hit "The Race", which was used in adverts and sports programmes all over the world. Samples and beats met Meier's deep voice, and Yello became experts at combining the subtle and the eclectic. "Flag" from 1988 features the hit "The Race" and experiments with Afro-Cuban rhythms like "Tied Up".