I would adore seeing them perform "A&M" from end to end. I had the live 81 video and wore it out because it was so good, and such primitive electronics too. Now, if they were to use all the original instruments too...
― Rob M (Rob M), Monday, 13 March 2006 10:58 (eighteen years ago) link
The news was broken on Aja/Dante way back in January when McClusky announced all this. ILM IS THREE MONTHS BEHIND AJA/DANTE!!!
I haven't heard about a remastered version of Dazzle Ships. That excites me in several ways.
― ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!! (ESTEBAN BUTTEZ~!!!), Monday, 13 March 2006 11:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Rob M (Rob M), Monday, 13 March 2006 11:45 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.freakytrigger.co.uk/nylpm/2005_05_01_nylpm_archive.html#111576540197656225
kind of
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Monday, 13 March 2006 14:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― alext (alext), Monday, 13 March 2006 14:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Monday, 13 March 2006 14:12 (eighteen years ago) link
ILM IS THREE MONTHS BEHIND AJA/DANTE!!!
... fuck. rats' cocks.
[1] did you get my triptych e-mail? if not, let me know and i'll re-send.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 13 March 2006 15:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Monday, 13 March 2006 15:17 (eighteen years ago) link
Anyway, this is all good news, no matter the timeliness.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 13 March 2006 15:18 (eighteen years ago) link
[comment deleted on legal advice]
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Monday, 13 March 2006 15:26 (eighteen years ago) link
The album, which featured the singles Genetic Engineering and Telegraph, will be digitally remastered and will feature bonus tracks, including the full-length version of 66 & Fading. The reissue will also feature some previously unreleased material in the shape of Swiss Radio International - a track that was dropped from the original release - and also a version of Telegraph recorded at The Manor during the Architecture & Morality sessions in 1981.Meanwhile, OMD will be back in the studio on August 7th for 1 week of rehearsals for the 2007 tour.Andy McCluskey is also to be interviewed for a forthcoming issue of magazine The Word.this is insanely good news. i cannot wait.sadly, the A&M gigs planned for the autumn have been put back to next year too. oh well. gives me more time to anticipate. and maybe see OMD twice in one year. the joy!― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 13 July 2006 08:44 (seventeen years ago) link
Meanwhile, OMD will be back in the studio on August 7th for 1 week of rehearsals for the 2007 tour.
Andy McCluskey is also to be interviewed for a forthcoming issue of magazine The Word.
this is insanely good news. i cannot wait.
sadly, the A&M gigs planned for the autumn have been put back to next year too. oh well. gives me more time to anticipate. and maybe see OMD twice in one year. the joy!
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 13 July 2006 08:44 (seventeen years ago) link
that's better.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 13 July 2006 08:45 (seventeen years ago) link
the DVD re-release of A&M sounds good too. but i still want me that remastered "dazzle ships", yo.
here endeth the newsflash.
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 24 August 2006 21:07 (seventeen years ago) link
"Organisation" and "Architecture And Morality" were ace though, and the more straight pop oriented stuff they did later in the 80s is better than its reputation.
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 24 August 2006 21:16 (seventeen years ago) link
That's for damn sure.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 24 August 2006 21:21 (seventeen years ago) link
now, geir. we've done this. at length. you're wrong and i'm right, remember?
and the more straight pop oriented stuff they did later in the 80s is better than its reputation
yes, absolutely. in fact, at some point i might even go back and re-investigate "junk culture".
then again ...
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 24 August 2006 21:25 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 24 August 2006 21:27 (seventeen years ago) link
― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Thursday, 24 August 2006 21:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Thursday, 24 August 2006 22:37 (seventeen years ago) link
Has this already been covered?
"Work on the forthcoming OMD album The History Of Modern continues and a provisional release date is under consideration.
Paul Humphreys has been working on the new OMD album recently and mixing work is also on the schedule. Meanwhile, Andy McCluskey is meeting with Peter Saville this week to discuss sleeve design concepts. The band are also receiving a lot of requests for licensing offers from around the world and it looks likely that a lot of deals are going to be made over the next few months.
The record label that will be issuing the album is 100% Records, who have previously worked with Moby, Placebo and The Temper Trap.
The provisional release date for The History Of Modern is scheduled for late August/early September."
― keythhtyek, Sunday, 4 April 2010 18:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Heard a track on some podcast recently and it sounded a little like Souvenir. Looking forward to this.
― You Weaked It! (MaresNest), Sunday, 4 April 2010 19:32 (fourteen years ago) link
Souvenir = my favorite OMD track, no contest. Cautiously optimistic...
― Olivier Messiaen Control (Paul in Santa Cruz), Sunday, 4 April 2010 21:43 (fourteen years ago) link
The Peter Saville thing is interesting, because it sounds like they might do something that sounds like their earlier stuff again. Also, good to hear Humphreys being back again, he didn't participate on those mostly below par 90s albums McCluskey made all alone.
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Sunday, 4 April 2010 21:51 (fourteen years ago) link
New album forthcoming, new interview in the Quietus, GREAT quote from McCluskey that Tom Ewing flagged on Tumblr:
We looked at how we had constructed some of our more unusual songs, and a lot of them were made from concrete music, found sounds, and we looked at what we had explored in the past and we were trying not to repeat ourselves, and, well, we’ve done trains; we’ve done machinery. And then I actually said to myself “I realise now that everything that we’ve sampled from the real world – trains, machines, computers, guns, typewriters – they were actually accidental”. The audio that we had sampled was a waste product from the specific design function of whatever it was that we had recorded. Let me clarify that: a typewriter is designed to type things onto a page, not make a clicking noise when you hit the key. A steam engine is not designed to go ‘chuff chuff’. That’s an audio waste product of the inefficiency of its engine. And as the world has modernised, the accidental audio by-products, waste products, of the things that have become concrete music are going to be less and less because the designers have designed out the waste so that the machinery of the modern world has actually become more silent.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
Read this earlier on this morning... having heard two (and a half!) snippets from the album now, I'm getting very very excited for this one!
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 15:41 (eleven years ago) link
This is closer to the "Dazzle Ships" end of town, right?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
I think we should start another OMD S&D thread.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 16:39 (eleven years ago) link
BLimey, it's all happening in music-world, innit?
mbv,OMD,ILX do Bowie...
― Mark G, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 16:41 (eleven years ago) link
― Mark G, Tuesday, February 5, 2013 4:38 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
The two and a half tracks they've previewed so far would suggest so, yeah.
― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Tuesday, 5 February 2013 16:43 (eleven years ago) link
New album soon! First track from same:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PO_RkGju6M
Meantime they're playing LA and SF at the end of July -- and nowhere else (at least, so far). But that's lucky for me! Already got my ticket for SF. This'll be the first time I've ever seen them, so I'm quite glad.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 15 May 2017 20:14 (six years ago) link
Predictably, I really love this... sounds like they're moving even further in the direction they went with English Electric, which of course I wholeheartedly welcome.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Monday, 15 May 2017 22:19 (six years ago) link
Heard a clip from another track on BBC radio, it sounded pretty good to me!
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 10:31 (six years ago) link
So Malcolm Holmes ultimately retired?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 11:32 (six years ago) link
Word has it is he is still making contributions to the new record, but Stuart Kershaw has taken over the drum stool for live performances.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Tuesday, 16 May 2017 19:03 (six years ago) link
looking forward to this, I've never seen them and I really like the last two records
― akm, Wednesday, 17 May 2017 02:01 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUDQeREbJgc
― Foghat digs holes in space (MaresNest), Monday, 29 May 2017 14:14 (six years ago) link
Not really feeling this as much as "Metroland". All of this modern OMD stuff feels a bit cynical to me even if I still enjoy some of it. "You guys like 'Dazzle Ships'? HERE YOU GO!"
― yesca, Monday, 29 May 2017 16:30 (six years ago) link
maybe but I'm perfectly happy a band is aping itself at it's best work.
― akm, Monday, 29 May 2017 16:41 (six years ago) link
Yeah this song is pretty fantastic, if Wire can revisit earlier albums why shouldn't OMD? If the results are this good.
― erry red flag (f. hazel), Monday, 29 May 2017 18:11 (six years ago) link
I don't think this track sounds anything like Dazzle Ships, to me it sounds very much a continuation of the last couple of LP's rather than OMD circa 1983. I think the recent stuff (History of Modern onwards) has a sonic quality which distinguishes it from the earlier albums. Sure, there's a Kraftwerk influence there but that shouldn't be very surprising.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Monday, 29 May 2017 23:33 (six years ago) link
As for the track - I like it, but it sounds to me like it'll work best in the context of the album.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Monday, 29 May 2017 23:36 (six years ago) link
The themes, instrumentation, emphasis on isolated samples and vocoders - this is all the pure spirit of Dazzle Ships even if the production is updated for 2017. At best the last couple of albums are a genuine return to the spirit of early 80's OMD vs. say, "If You Leave".
― yesca, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 03:24 (six years ago) link
The first half of that track is really just straight-up Kraftwerk, circa Autobahn/Radioactivity. If you stripped down the production a bit, it could practically pass for an outtake from one of those albums.
― Zelda Zonk, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 04:20 (six years ago) link
I don't hear any detuned guitars, toy pianos, shortwave radios or acoustic instruments treated in unusual ways on this. Dazzle Ships is a record that couldn't possibly be made again. Thematically, it just strikes me as being business-as-usual OMD. 'If You Leave' was never one of their defining tracks.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 08:38 (six years ago) link
Isotope is great, sounds like OMD. The military one ... that sounded like something from Dazzle Ships.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 30 May 2017 11:30 (six years ago) link
Military themes have been part of OMD's music since 'Bunker Soldiers', the first track off the first LP.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Tuesday, 30 May 2017 20:18 (six years ago) link
probably an unpopular opinion but "Save Me" (bonus track on History of Modern) is amazing. probably my whole track on the entire disc. idk man I'm just a sucker for a great intro
― frogbs, Friday, 1 September 2017 13:41 (six years ago) link
oh, and they've got a new album out today
And it's good!
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 1 September 2017 15:26 (six years ago) link
Incredibly, I haven't had the opportunity to hear it yet but from what I've heard it's going to be as good as the last one, which was great.
― more Allegro-like (Turrican), Friday, 1 September 2017 15:35 (six years ago) link
A new/old thing, with unreleased bits.
OMD - Souvenir - (5xCD/2xDVD Super Deluxe Boxset)
Please note this boxset does not include the Electricity 7" Single - that will be back on pre-order soon.Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) continue their 40th anniversary celebrations with the launch of a career boxset and brand new greatest hits collection. The special box set will comprise 5xCDs and 2xDVDs housed in a 10” box set, together with a hardback book, poster and a series of 10” prints.The audio discs include all the band’s singles from ‘Electricity’ to ‘What Have We Done’, as well as a brand new single ‘Don’t Go’, exclusive to this release. The box set also includes a previously unreleased live show from the Hammersmith Odeon in 1983, 22 previously unreleased demos from the archive which have been selected and mixed by Paul Humphreys, rare and unreleased live material from the BBC and an entire live show from the Mermaid Theatre in 2011.One of the DVDs contains BBC TV performances from Top Of The Pops, Old Grey Whistle Test, Later With Jools Holland and more. The other contains a live show from Sheffield City Hall in 1985, another live show from the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1981, as well as Crush – The Movie.The book contains unseen photos, single sleeve artwork, an introduction by Paul Morley and sleeve notes to accompany the archive material by Andy McCluskey.This announcement comes as part of another exciting installment of the band’s anniversary celebrations which first saw the reissue of their first four classic albums on 180g vinyl, mastered at half speed by Miles Showell at Abbey Road and housed in their original iconic die cut sleeves designed by the legendary Peter Saville, followed by the huge world tour. The band, Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys, Martin Cooper and Stuart Kershaw will be starting in October in Portugal, stretching through to February 2020 finishing in Paris. To coincide with the band’s Liverpool show, there will be upcoming exhibitions happening at the British Music Experience and Museum Of Liverpool to celebrate the band’s impressive legacy."OMD - Souvenir", is out Friday, 4th October 2019 on UMC/Virgin and available for pre-order now.NB: All products ordered with a pre-order will be dispatched together close to the latest pre-order release date. If you want earlier dispatched for another product then please place separate order(s).Disc 1 - The Singles 1979 - 1987ElectricityRed Frame/White LightMessagesEnola GaySouvenirJoan of ArcMaid of OrleansGenetic EngineeringTelegraphLocomotionTalking Loud and ClearTesla GirlsNever Turn AwaySo in LoveSecretLa Femme AccidentIf You Leave(Forever) Live and DieWe Love YouShameDisc 2 - The Singles 1988 - 2019DreamingSailing on the Seven SeasPandora's Box (It's a Long, Long Way)Then You Turn AwayCall My NameStand Above MeDream of MeEverydayWalking on the Milky WayUniversalIf You Want ItSister Marie SaysHistory of Modern (part 1)MetrolandDresdenNight CaféIsotypeThe Punishment Of LuxuryWhat Have We DoneDon't GoDisc 3 - Unreleased Archive Vol I.Brand New Science (06.1981)Dumbomb (01.1986)Violin Piece (09.1982)Untitled 2 (06.1981)Cut Me Down (03.1986)Radio Swiss International (09.1982)Untitled 3 (09.1982)Weekend (04.1985)Organ Ditty (05.1980)Unreleased Idea (06.1981)Cajun Moon (05.1986)Guitar Thrash (09.1982)SMPTE (12.1982)American Venus (04.1990)Liberator (02.1985)Ambient 1 (04.1980)Unused 1 (12.1980)Flamenco (04.1990)Andy’s Song (04.1985)Dynamo Children (01.1985)Flutey (03.1984)Nice Ending (06.1981)Disc 4 - Live at the Mermaid Theatre, London (03/02/2011)MessagesTesla GirlsNew Babies New ToysHistory of Modern (Part 1)(Forever) Live and DieSouvenirJoan of ArcMaid of OrleansNew Holy GroundGreenWalking on the Milky WaySister Marie SaysLocomotionSailing on the Seven SeasEnola GayElectricityDisc 5 - Live at the Hammersmith Odeon (10/05/1983)Dazzle Ships - Parts II,III & VIIABC Auto IndustryMessagesShe’s LeavingGeorgiaAlmostJulia’s SongJoan of ArcMaid of OrleansStatuesThe Romance of the TelescopeSouvenirTelegraphRadio WavesBunker SoldiersEnola GaySilent RunningElectricityPretending to See the FutureStanlowDVD1 - BBC TV PerformancesMessages (The Old Grey Whistle Test 15/04/1980)Messages (Top Of The Pops 08/05/1980)Messages (Top Of The Pops 29/05/1980)Enola Gay (Top Of The Pops 09/10/1980)Souvenir (Top Of The Pops 03/09/1981)Joan of Arc (Top Of The Pops 29/10/1981)Maid Of Orleans (Top Of The Pops 14/01/1982)Genetic Engineering (Top Of The Pops 03/03/1983)Locomotion (Top Of The Pops 19/04/1984)Locomotion (Top Of The Pops 03/05/1984)Talking Loud and Clear (Top Of The Pops 05/07/1984)Tesla Girls (Top Of The Pops 13/09/1984)So in Love (Top Of The Pops 30/05/1985)La Femme Accident (The Old Grey Whistle Test 22/10/1985)(Forever) Live and Die (Top Of The Pops 18/09/1986)Dreaming (Wogan 27/06/1988)Sailing on the Seven Seas (Top Of The Pops 02/05/1991)Pandora's Box (It's a Long, Long Way) (Top Of The Pops 11/07/1991)Pandora's Box (It's a Long, Long Way) (Top Of The Pops 25/07/1991)Call My Name (Pebble Mill 11/12/1991)Stand Above Me (Top Of The Pops 13/05/1993)Walking on the Milky Way (Top Of The Pops 16/08/1996)Enola Gay (Later With Jools Holland 31/05/2013)DVD2 - Live at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (04/12/1981), Live at Sheffield City Hall (14/06/1985) and Crush - The MovieLive at Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (04/12/1981)AlmostMysterealityJoan Of ArcMotion and HeartMaid Of OrleansStatuesSouvenirNew Stone AgeEnola GayBunker SoldiersElectricityShe's LeavingJulia's SongStanlowLive at Sheffield City Hall (14/06/1985)The Romance Of The Telescope (intro)CrushMessagesSecretTesla GirlsWhite TrashTalking Loud and ClearMaid Of OrleansTelegraphEnola GayElectricityThe Romance Of The TelescopeCrush - The MovieBloc Bloc BlocThe Native Daughters Of The Golden WestSo In Love88 Seconds In GreensboroHold YouWomen IIICrushLa Femme AccidentSecretThe Lights Are Going OutFormat: 5xCD/2xDVD Super Deluxe BoxsetCatalog Number: 7732451Bar Code 0602577324512Label: UMC/VirginRelease Date: Friday, 4th October 2019
― MaresNest, Monday, 26 August 2019 13:09 (four years ago) link
I like OMD but that is too much OMD for me.
― akm, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 12:48 (four years ago) link
Maybe in list form, but listened to? I bet it's just right!
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 27 August 2019 13:20 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDDxpKJv8Qc
― Maresn3st, Thursday, 22 April 2021 18:27 (three years ago) link
This is an odd beast, but kinda interesting - https://store.omd.uk.com/products/architecture-morality-singles-40th-anniversary-cd
I wonder why nothing from it ended up on the box set?
There's a very weird, faster, almost disco-y version of Souvenier and the demo of Georgia is really sweet, missing the radio clips and the sample from 'I Wish You Love' but really poppy and simple.
― Maresn3st, Friday, 15 October 2021 23:08 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5NDXBf1zGY
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 1 February 2023 18:32 (one year ago) link
New album out today?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 27 October 2023 18:44 (six months ago) link
listening to it now and I'm surprised there's been no discussion of it on ILX so far. it's really good! reminds me of Electric by the Pet Shop Boys - sounds surprisingly youthful (has McClusky's voice changed at all the last 40+ years?) and modern, in fact most of these probably could be modern PSB tunes
― frogbs, Friday, 1 December 2023 14:31 (five months ago) link