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Dieter Meier (born March 4, 1945 in Zürich) is a Swiss vocalist and lyricist. Meier is a member, as well as manager and producer of the music group Yello. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... March 4 is the 63rd day of the year (64th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945and died 2007 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... View of the inner city with the four main churches visible, and the Albis in the backdrop Zürich (German: , Zürich German: Züri , French: , in English generally Zurich, Italian: ) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Yellos newly created Logo Yello is a popular Swiss electronica band consisting of Dieter Meier and Boris Blank. ...

Meier is a son of a millionaire, one time member of the Swiss golfing national team, professional poker player, and performance artist. In 1972 as part of Documenta 5, Meiers installed a 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]. Meiers directed numerous films and videos, includingAlphaville's "Big in Japan" video.^{[citation needed]} This article is about the city of Kassel in Hessen, Germany. ... Alphaville is a German synthpop/-rock music group which gained popularity in the 1980s. ...

Along with Talking Heads vocalist David Byrne, Dieter was a guest artist on the X-Press 2 album 'Muzikizum'. He performed lead vocals on the single "I Want You Back". Talking Heads were an American rock band existing between 1974 and 1991, composed of David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth and Jerry Harrison. ... David Byrne (born May 14, 1952 in Dumbarton, Scotland) is a Grammy Award, Academy Award and Golden Globe winning musician best known as a founding member and the principal songwriter of the New Wave band Talking Heads. ... X-Press 2 is an electronic and dance music trio from England. ...

In the 90s 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. [3] [4] For other uses, see Buenos Aires (disambiguation). ... Location within Switzerland   Zürich[?] (German pronunciation IPA: ; usually spelled Zurich in English) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ...

Meiers is also a business man, and serves as on the board of Euphonix, a company that produces technology used in recording studios.

External links

• Dieter Meier's Official site
• Official site