English Electric: Limited Red Vinyl LP
Written, recorded, produced and mixed by OMD â Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys â âEnglish Electricâ is a 12-track letter to technology, space, love and a grand return to form for a band whose 1980 hit âEnola Gayâ occupied the worldâs stage at last yearâs Olympics Opening Ceremony.
As percolating synth-pop is pulled along at different speeds and executed with needle-sharp finesse, late night electro ballads collide with big sounding club cuts on a record which also features three interlude tracks, including dystopian missive âPlease Remain Seatedâ and âDecimalâ, which is accompanied by this suitably mechanical video, directed by German motion and graphic designer Henning M. Lederer.
As Andy McCluskey says of the album; âthe overarching feel tends to be a sense of loss, of melancholia, that things havenât turned out the way you wanted them to, whether it be with technology or personal relationships.â The title itself â taken from a British industrial manufacturing company â has further resonance for the pair as locomotive enthusiasts and self-confessed technology geeks.
Written, recorded, produced and mixed by OMD â Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys â âEnglish Electricâ is a 12-track letter to technology, space, love and a grand return to form for a band whose 1980 hit âEnola Gayâ occupied the worldâs stage at last yearâs Olympics Opening Ceremony.
As percolating synth-pop is pulled along at different speeds and executed with needle-sharp finesse, late night electro ballads collide with big sounding club cuts on a record which also features three interlude tracks, including dystopian missive âPlease Remain Seatedâ and âDecimalâ, which is accompanied by this suitably mechanical video, directed by German motion and graphic designer Henning M. Lederer.
As Andy McCluskey says of the album; âthe overarching feel tends to be a sense of loss, of melancholia, that things havenât turned out the way you wanted them to, whether it be with technology or personal relationships.â The title itself â taken from a British industrial manufacturing company â has further resonance for the pair as locomotive enthusiasts and self-confessed technology geeks.
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Written, recorded, produced and mixed by OMD â Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys â âEnglish Electricâ is a 12-track letter to technology, space, love and a grand return to form for a band whose 1980 hit âEnola Gayâ occupied the worldâs stage at last yearâs Olympics Opening Ceremony.
As percolating synth-pop is pulled along at different speeds and executed with needle-sharp finesse, late night electro ballads collide with big sounding club cuts on a record which also features three interlude tracks, including dystopian missive âPlease Remain Seatedâ and âDecimalâ, which is accompanied by this suitably mechanical video, directed by German motion and graphic designer Henning M. Lederer.
As Andy McCluskey says of the album; âthe overarching feel tends to be a sense of loss, of melancholia, that things havenât turned out the way you wanted them to, whether it be with technology or personal relationships.â The title itself â taken from a British industrial manufacturing company â has further resonance for the pair as locomotive enthusiasts and self-confessed technology geeks.
