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Yazoo (known as Yaz in North America) was an English synthpop duo from Basildon, Essex. They had a number of top ten hits in the British charts in the early 1980s. Formed in late 1981 by former [[artist:Depeche Mode]] songwriter [[artist:Vince Clarke]] (synthesizer) and English singer [[artist:Alison Moyet]] (vocals), Yazoo was signed to [[label:Mute Records Ltd.]] who licensed them (as "Yaz") to [[label:Sire Records Company]] in the USA. In an interview Vince Clark admitted the band name "Yazoo" name came from the record label [[label:Yazoo]].
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