Founded in the Wirral, Merseyside, in 1978, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, or OMD, formed part of a pioneering new wave of British electronic bands that included the likes of Soft Cell and Depeche Mode. Artists who remain, to this day, hugely well respected and reappraised by subsequent generations of electronic musicians. OMD's Andy McClusky talks to RTÉ Arena above.
Inspired originally, as so many electronic bands were, by German band, Kraftwerk, the band achieved major success with the single, Enola Gay, named after the American bomber plane from which the first atomic bomb was launched.
Enola Gay was the opening track to their second album, Organisation, released in 1980. And their third album, Architecture and Morality, released a year later, cemented their reputation.
That theme of architecture is very much referenced with their new album, which will be released on October 27, entitled Bauhaus Staircase.
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