Dieter Meier
– Out Of Chaos (Staatsakt)
LP/CD/DL
Out Now
Yello
frontman, Dieter Meier releases his debut solo album.
Dieter Mieir
can’t be accused of rushing things. In
spite of enormous success as vocalist with the legendary Yello, he has just
released his debut solo album at the age of 69.
How cool is
the debut album from a 69 year old?
Absolutely freezing. So cold that
it’s hot in fact. The millionaire artist
and poker player clearly know what makes a fine tune and assembles a dozen
efforts on Out Of Chaos putting together an album of differing styles and the
inevitable bit of added bonkers. Current
single Buffoon is probably case in point blending honky tonk piano with a wall
of voices, rising scales and silly rhymes.
Genius.
Meier isn’t
a fan of routine and order which adds to the diversity of the album. Opener Lazy Night is maybe what you’d
expect. “What the hell am I doing here,
is this planet made for me”, probably not but let’s be thankful he is. There are touches of Latin and Cha-cha thrown
in for good measure, and rather than sounding trite, they just simply
work. The pre-programmed Casio keyboard
sounding Night Porter is basic but the lyrics telling the story of a young
prostitute entering a hotel is spellbinding.
Recorded
with a trio of producers, Nackt, Ben Lauber and T Raumschmiere, the album is kept
fresh and appealing. All tracks combine superbly. Loveblind glides along effortlessly and
occasionally rises to lovely crescendos.
Listen too to the peculiar sounds in the background.
Jimmy sees
the Swiss at his expected oddball as the title is repeated over and over a fast
paced bassline with electro effects and pulses.
Is that a faux cuckoo noise in the intro to Fat Fly? Surely a future
single, it’s mad, it’s fast and at only two and a half minutes it’s packed with
sheer magic.
Out Of Chaos
ends with Schuufele, a dark, slow, German spoken track. It’s slightly out of place to be frank but as
a standalone track is intriguing.
Minimal sound throughout it brings the album back down to ground
quickly. Perhaps missing an upturn in
pace, it’s a brave end to an album that was almost worth the seven decade
wait. Maybe a new Yello project is on
the horizon, or is that just too predictable?
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