Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark are an English electronic band formed in Meols, Merseyside in 1978 by Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys. Regarded as pioneers of electronic music, the group combined
Lead vocalist and co-founder Andy McCluskey in 2011
Longtime instrumentalist Martin Cooper in 2018
Keyboardist and co-founder Paul Humphreys departed in 1989.
McCluskey and Humphreys performing in 2011
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark is the debut studio album by the English electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, released on 22 February 1980 by Dindisc. Recorded at the group's Liverpool
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
…you [Karlheinz] Stockhausen or ABBA?' Andy [McCluskey] and I said together, 'Can't we be both?'" Rather than hire studio time to record their eponymous debut album (1980), McCluskey and Humphreys used their advance payment from Dindisc to build their own Liverpool recording studio, called the Gramophone Suite…
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark album cover
The album was largely influenced by German electronic acts, such as Kraftwerk.