Yazoo - The 12 Inch Mixes -1993- -flac- - Up By... -

In the world of online music sharing and archival, seeing the tag "UP BY..." usually signifies a community-led effort to preserve high-fidelity versions of out-of-print media. These uploads represent a digital library of sorts, ensuring that the specific mastering of the early 90s—which many argue is superior to the "loudness war" remasters of the 2000s—is not lost to time.

In the pantheon of 1980s synthpop, the duo Yazoo—known as Yaz in the United States—occupies a unique space. Comprising the raw, bluesy soul of Alison Moyet and the clinical, cutting-edge synth architecture of Vince Clarke (fresh off his departure from Depeche Mode and before Erasure), Yazoo burned bright and fast. They released only two studio albums, Upstairs at Eric’s (1982) and You and Me Both (1983), before disbanding. Yazoo - The 12 Inch Mixes -1993- -FLAC- - UP BY...