Dieter Meier

Dieter Meier (born 4 March 1945, Zürich) is a Swiss musician and conceptual artist who is best known for the electronic music group Yello he formed with music producer Boris Blank. He is a vocalist and lyricist, as well as manager and producer of this music group.

Biography and career

Born to a millionaire family, Meier is not only a performance artist, but a millionaire industrialist^{[citation needed]}, a professional poker player, and also one time member of the Swiss national golf team. He is the father of four children: Eleonore Meier, Sophie Meier, Anna Meier and Francis Meier. Dieter Meier now lives in Zurich with his wife Monique Meier.

As a conceptual artist, he has been keeping himself busy with many art exhibitions. In 1972 as part of Documenta 5, Meier installed a commemorative plaque at the railway station in Kassel (Germany) which read: "On 23 March 1994, from 3 to 4 pm, Dieter Meier will stand on this plaque". He honored the promise 22 years later.^{[1] [2]}

Meier directed numerous films and videos, including German music group Alphaville's "Big in Japan" video.^[3] Along with Talking Heads vocalist David Byrne, Meier was a guest artist on the X-Press 2 album Muzikizum. He performed lead vocals on the single "I Want You Back".

In the 1990s music took a backseat as Meier continued his performance art, designed silk scarves and was involved with ReWATCH, a company that recycles cans into watches. However, two more Yello albums did surface. In the late nineties, he bought 2200 hectares of land in Argentina, 4 hours drive from Buenos Aires. The ranch is named "Ojo de Agua". His restaurant and store in Zurich has the same name from which he sells wine, meat, corn and soy products.

In 1992 he had a part in the Daniel Schmid comedy, Hors Saison. In 2006 he acted in the bit part of 'Gamsie' in National Lampoon's Pledge This!

Meier also serves on the board of Euphonix, a company that produces technology used in recording studios.^[4]

Musical career

See also: Yello

References

1. ^ Video clip on Dieter Meier's official site
2. ^ Yello:A Situationist History
3. ^ alphaville.de 20th anniversary edition
4. ^ Euphonix - News - Interview With Dieter Meier

External links

• Dieter Meier's Official site
• Official site of Yello
• Official site of "Ojo de Agua", Dieter Meier's ranch

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