They’re the dudes who wrote the tune ‘We No Speak Americano’, the one all over triple j and the clubs that either you still can’t get enough of or you can’t get it out of your head! If you need a refresher, here it is:

We have a bit of a fetish for the accordion house style doing the rounds at the moment, so we caught up with Sylvester Martinez and Johnson Peterson from Yolanda Be Cool to see what they’re all about.

Hey guys Groupie Magazine here hope you’re well.

Hey Groupie. Yes …we are well. Summer just won’t go away so it’s hard to complain when you have to go for a swim each morning in the middle of April because the weather is too good not to. Makes it harder to work though…

Who is Yolanda Be Cool and what were you guys doing before you joined forces?

Yolanda Be Cool is comprised of Johnson Peterson, Sylvester Martinez and a plethora of cow bells. As the story goes …we met at the Peach Pit in Hollywood around the time of Brandon and Brenda and realised that Johnson’s love of hip hop, and Sylvester’s love of techno, could somehow work together.