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Yazoo 是一支英国乐队。在美国称为 Yaz,Yaz在英国又被称作Yazoo,乐队的成员有两位,女歌手Alison Moyet和创作兼演奏乐Vince Clarke。乐队是合成器流行乐(Synch-Pop)的主要乐队之一,从一定意义上来说,乐队是Clarke的个人乐队,Moyet的唱功虽然出色,但乐队的风格始终在Clarke的掌握之中。Clarke是合成器流行乐班霸Depeche Mode的早年成员,在后者出版了首张专辑后离队,在Yaz解散后他又组建了Erasure,在音乐上过分偏向于流行化。
Yazoo(在美国被称为Yaz)是从80年代初开始的一个短命但相当成功的合成双人组合。由合成器球员文斯克拉克和歌手Alison Moyet集团成立于1981年,克拉克离开后赶时髦(克拉克曾写几乎所有赶时髦的首张专辑,说&法术,包括早期的舞池打击“我只是不能得到足够的”),和Moyet最近退出了一个名不见经传的R&B乐队,Abdabs尖叫。新成立的集团取得了用单一打马上“只有你”b / w”情况,”在英国版2号1982年4月,此后不久,取得了又一个热门“不要走”(这将成为他们最著名的跟踪国内的推广视频通话时间享受新成立的MTV)。Yazoo在商业上的成功延续了他们的首张完整专辑《楼上的Eric’s》,这首歌在英国专辑排行榜上取得了第二名的成绩(最终在英国成为白金唱片),并为无数其他合成舞蹈乐队打开了大门,他们很快也跟随了Yazoo的脚步。尽管他们的事业前途一片光明,但在录制完1983年的《你和我都》之后,亚祖决定收工。在Yazoo解散后,Moyet立即开始了她的独唱生涯(1984年她的独唱处女作《Alf》大获成功,该专辑在排行榜上名列榜首,并推出了几首热门单曲),而Clarke则与歌手Andy Bell组建了另一个以合成音乐为基础的乐队Erasure。虽然在短暂的职业生涯中,Yazoo只发行了两张专辑,但在1999年,他组合了15首歌曲的“精选集”,这是Yaz最好的专辑。
(Yazoo (known in the U.S. as Yaz) was a short-lived but quite successful synth-dance duo from the early '80s. Comprised of synthesizer player Vince Clarke and singer Alison Moyet, the group formed in 1981, after Clarke left Depeche Mode (Clarke had penned almost all of Depeche Mode's debut album, Speak & SpellMoyet had recently exited an obscure R&B cover band, the Screaming AbdabsUpstairs at Eric's, which hit number two on the U.K. album charts (eventually going platinum in England) and opened the door to countless other synth-dance bands that would soon follow in Yazoo's wake. But despite a promising career ahead of them, Yazoo opted to call it a day after one more full-length recording, 1983's You and Me Both. Moyet would go on to launch a solo career immediately after Yazoo's split (scoring a major hit with her solo debut, 1984's Alf, which topped the charts and spawned several hit singles), while Clarke would go on to form another synth-based outfit, Erasure, with singer Andy BellThe Best of Yaz.)
Yazoo的名字来源于地质学名词“Yazoo River(亚祖河)”。指的是几条平行交结的小河最终融入更大的河流。