Yazoo



Other NamesYaz
Group MembersAlison Moyet
Vince Clarke
GenreNew Wave
Synthpop
Electropop
Dance
Genre LinksPop/Rock, Clinical
OriginBasildon, Essex, England
Year(s) Active1982–1983, 2008–present
Music StyleDance-Pop, Synth Pop, New Wave, Alternative Dance, Alternative/ Indie Rock, Punk/New Wave, Club/Dance, Electronic, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Post-Punk
Music MoodBrooding, Stylish, Clinical, Restrained, Hypnotic, Earnest, Sophisticated, Theatrical, Sparse, Yearning, Whimsical, Rousing, Lively, Slick
LabelsMute Records
Sire/Reprise/Warner Bros. Records
Associated ActsAlison Moyet
Depeche Mode
The Assembly
Erasure
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Yazoo (also known as Yaz in the United States) are an English synthpop duo from Basildon, Essex. They had a number of Top 10 hits in the UK charts in the early 1980s. Formed in late 1981 by former Depeche Mode songwriter Vince Clarke (synthesizer) and Alison Moyet (vocals), Yazoo were signed to Mute Records in the United Kingdom and (as "Yaz") to Sire Records in the United States.