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Yaz was a synth-pop duo from London formed in 1981 by Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet. Clarke had just left Depeche Mode, and Moyet brought a soulful vocal...

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Yaz: Synth-pop warmth from Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet

A short-lived London duo whose two albums still sound fresh decades later.

If you want to hear what made Yaz work, start with 'Only You' and 'Nobody's Diary.' Those two songs frame their whole sound pretty neatly.

Yaz mattered because they gave early 80s synth-pop a soulful, bluesy edge that most electronic acts couldn't match. Vince Clarke's clean synth lines and Alison Moyet's powerful voice created a real tension on tracks like 'Sweet Thing' and 'Only You.' That combination made their debut 'Upstairs at Eric's' a staple of British pop radio and kept it from sounding dated.

Yaz formed in 1981 after Clarke left Depeche Mode and teamed up with Moyet. They put out two albums, 'Upstairs at Eric's' in 1982 and 'You and Me Both' in 1983, before Clarke left to form Erasure and Moyet went solo. Their brief reunions in the late 80s and 1999 were footnotes to that early 80s run.

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Yaz was a synth-pop duo from London formed in 1981 by Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet. Clarke had just left Depeche Mode, and Moyet brought a soulful vocal style that gave their electronic arrangements some real warmth. Their debut album 'Upstairs at Eric's' came out in 1982 and included songs like 'Only You' and 'Situation' that became staples of early 80s British pop radio.

They followed up with 'You and Me Both' in 1983, which had tracks like 'Nobody's Diary' and 'Sweet Thing.' The partnership didn't last long though. Clarke left that same year to form Erasure, while Moyet went on to a solo career. They briefly reunited in the late 80s and again in 1999 for a remix of 'Only You,' but those were more like footnotes to their main run in the early part of the decade.

What's left is those first two albums, which still sound surprisingly fresh. The combination of Clarke's clean synth lines and Moyet's bluesy voice gave songs like 'Mr Blue' and 'Goodbye Seventies' a tension that set them apart from other electronic pop of the time.

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