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# Check Out Toytronic Music Remixed On Yellofier
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/check-out-toytronic-music-remixed-on-yellofier/
- Published: 2013-10-28T10:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-10-28T10:00:00.000Z
- Description: By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Once upon this time, a man called Mike Langlie has a solo project that involves making music with toy pianos, called Twink. He just. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/10/check-out-toytronic-music-remixed-on-yellofier.html]
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- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Music Tech, Berlin, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, IPhone, Oh Yeah (Yello song), Remix, Remix album, Twink, Yello, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:43

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By Eliot Van Buskirk of [Evolver.fm](http://evolver.fm/?ref=hypebot.com).

Once upon this time, a man called Mike Langlie has a solo project that involves making music with toy pianos, called [Twink](http://twink.net/?ref=hypebot.com). He just released his eighth album of this so-called “toytronica” music under that name.

The other ingredient that concerns us here is [Yellofier](http://evolver.fm/appdb/app/yellofier/?ref=hypebot.com), a really neat live sound remix app that grabs sound from around you, slices it up, and lets you “play” it like an instrument — you know, sort of like [Ferris Bueller of film fame did with his cough](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATkUqWssSGc&ref=hypebot.com). In fact, the [Yellofier app](http://evolver.fm/appdb/app/yellofier/?ref=hypebot.com) was made by the band Yello, whose most famous release was “Oh Yeah,” which plays at the end of *Ferris Bueller’s Day Off*.

Twink’s *[Miniatures Volume One](http://toypianoband.bandcamp.com/album/miniatures-volume-1?ref=hypebot.com)* is an entire remix album of these toy piano songs, with all of the remixing done in Yellofier. Apparently, the idea of people sitting on a train making music on their iPhones is more than a tech journalism trope — it’s an actual thing:

> What started as a way to pass time on a short train trip grew into a full mini album of audio experiments. The Yellofier app (developed by the band Yello, most famous for “Oh Yeah” from the film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) is a perfect tool for the Twink workflow. It helps create complex tunes out of simple sounds and structures, mixing hi-fi technology with a certain wonky charm.

The creators of [Yellofier told Evolver.fm in Berlin](http://evolver.fm/2013/09/17/what-portable-music-means-in-2013-plus-berlin-music-week-slideshow/?ref=hypebot.com) that they think music-making can be democratized the way that photography and video have, at least to an extent.

Making (or remixing) a song is more complicated than pointing a phone at a cat, but this Yellofier-remixed Twink album demonstrates that at least for people who already make music, the phenomenon of making new music on a smartphone while sitting on a train is real.

Langlie, who [alerted us](http://evolver.fm/submit-a-tip/?ref=hypebot.com) to this album’s existence, believes it to be the first album remixed entirely in [the Yellofier app](http://evolver.fm/appdb/app/yellofier/?ref=hypebot.com), and it’s actually quite an interesting listen:

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