Our one source of energy… Over the past 35 years Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark have written songs covering a vast and eclectic range of topics, creating both catchy and poignant melodies to go with them. These melodies often belie … Read More
OMD take a train… The video for ‘Metroland’ (the debut single from the forthcoming album English Electric) has been revealed. The video is an animated train journey that features nods to the 1984 promo video for OMD’s previous single ‘Locomotion’ … Read More
Behind the scenes, Messages has been hard at work developing and revising an in-depth OMD Discography. This extensive archive is designed to cover every UK OMD record release and features new high resolution scans of the sleeve artwork, lyrics, promotional … Read More
Details of ‘Metroland’, the first single to be released from the new OMD album English Electric, have been revealed including the sleeve artwork. The single will be available as either a 12″ vinyl release or as a digital download. The … Read More
The OMD Live: Architecture & Morality & More CD and DVD are due for reissue as a combined package later this year. Following OMD’s successful 2007 tour, in which they played the Architecture & Morality album in its entirety, one … Read More
In January former Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür attended the band’s home town show in a power station in Dusseldorf and wrote a report, which has since been translated for The Quietus. Although impressed by the 3D effects of the performance, … Read More
UK electropop outfit Vile Electrodes have been confirmed as OMD’s support for the Germany leg of the English Electric tour. Vile Electrodes have been described as sounding like The Smiths reincarnated as Client! One of their finest moments is the … Read More
The first single to be released from the English Electric album, ‘Metroland’, will be premiered next Monday 11th February on the Radcliffe and Maconie Show on BBC6. ‘Metroland’ is a return to the lengthier songs of OMD’s past as it … Read More
The next animated video taken from the forthcoming OMD album English Electric has been revealed, this time for the track ‘Atomic Ranch’. As with ‘Decimal’, the video has been produced by German animator Henning Lederer and is the second of … Read More
The legacy of German technopop pioneers Kraftwerk is something that’s ingrained in the long musical path that OMD have trod over the years. Whether or not the band’s influence has had a more broader impact is something that an article … Read More