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Dieter Meier (born March 4, 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, a
professional poker player, and
also one time member of the Swiss national golf team.
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 March 23, 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.
Meier also serves as on the board of Euphonix, a company that produces technology
used in recording studios.[4]
Musical
career
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