Touch Yello
The visual concert is part of the invitation.
Explore The Expert, Out Of Dawn and Kiss In Blue, then the later history of this project. The 2025 anniversary edition is a reissue, not a new 2025 date for the original songs.
The videos of this chapter
- 2009 · Music video · Touch Yello
The Expert
An imaginary theatre, built for sound.
The makers of Touch Yello describe a virtual concert staged in a fictional theatre. Their production account documents more than 500 greenscreen shots assembled into twelve visual worlds. Watch the film as a constructed performance space, then switch your attention back to the sound.
- 2009 · Music video · Touch Yello
Kiss In Blue
A concert that was also a film.
The Touch Yello production team records the project’s premiere at Kino International in Berlin in 2009. This virtual-concert world lets you approach the song as both a listening experience and a piece of film. Do the images pull your attention toward a different musical detail?
How to listen
Find the anchor.
Rhythm
Follow the pulse for a few bars. Which sound makes you anticipate the next beat? Now listen for something that happens between those beats.
Listen to the shape of a word.
Voice
Notice the beginnings and endings of the phrases. Does the voice carry a tune, behave like percussion, or move between the two?
Listen beyond the centre.
Space
Without changing the playback, notice what feels close and what feels distant. Which small sound becomes easier to hear on a second pass?
Later milestones
- 2025 · Touch Yello revisited. Universal announced the 15th Anniversary edition on 28 February 2025, including a Dolby Atmos Blu-ray. The original songs remain in the 2009 part of the timeline. Source ↗
Sources: YELLO discography ↗. Video availability can differ by region.