yazoo

Yazoo(在美國被稱為Yaz)是從80年代初開始的一個短命但相當成功的合成雙人組合。由合成器球員文斯克拉克和歌手Alison Moyet集團成立於1981年,克拉克離開後趕時髦(克拉克曾寫幾乎所有趕時髦的首張專輯,説&法術,包括早期的舞池打擊“我只是不能得到足夠的”),和Moyet最近退出了一個名不見經傳的R&B樂隊,Abdabs尖叫。新成立的集團取得了用單一打馬上“只有你”b / w”情況,”在英國版2號1982年4月,此後不久,取得了又一個熱門“不要走”(這將成為他們最著名的跟蹤國內的推廣視頻通話時間享受新成立的MTV)。Yazoo在商業上的成功延續了他們的首張完整專輯《樓上的Eric’s》，這首歌在英國專輯排行榜上取得了第二名的成績(最終在英國成為白金唱片)，併為無數其他合成舞蹈樂隊打開了大門，他們很快也跟隨了Yazoo的腳步。儘管他們的事業前途一片光明，但在錄製完1983年的《你和我都》之後，亞祖決定收工。在Yazoo解散後，Moyet立即開始了她的獨唱生涯(1984年她的獨唱處女作《Alf》大獲成功，該專輯在排行榜上名列榜首，並推出了幾首熱門單曲)，而Clarke則與歌手Andy Bell組建了另一個以合成音樂為基礎的樂隊Erasure。雖然在短暫的職業生涯中，Yazoo只發行了兩張專輯，但在1999年，他組合了15首歌曲的“精選集”，這是Yaz最好的專輯。

（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 & Spell, including their early dancefloor hit "I Just Can't Get Enough"), and Moyet had recently exited an obscure R&B cover band, the Screaming Abdabs. The newly formed group scored a hit right off the bat with the single "Only You" b/w "Situation," which hit number two on the U.K. charts in April of 1982, and shortly thereafter, scored another big hit with "Don't Go" (which would become their best-known track stateside as its promo video enjoyed airtime on the newly formed MTV). Yazoo's commercial winning streak continued with their debut full-length, Upstairs 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 Bell. Although Yazoo issued only a pair of albums during a brief career together, a 15-track "hits" collection was assembled in 1999, The Best of Yaz.）

Yazoo的名字來源於地質學名詞“Yazoo River（亞祖河）”。指的是幾條平行交結的小河最終融入更大的河流。