When the group Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) released their first single “Electricity” in 1979, they were seen as Britain's synthpop answer to the popular and influential German collective ...

British music stars often struggle when it comes to getting American audiences to embrace their songs. It often takes some compromise, which can cause a lot of stress on an act used to doing something ...

When you hear the swirling synths and clattering beat that open “If You Leave” by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD, for short), you just might be transported to some long-ago theater, or maybe ...

“Slow Train” is not your usual OMD song, a glammy stomper explores a new corner of the synthpop universe for them. “‘Slow Train’ is a bonkers song and the video is stunningly crazy!” says Andy ...

“He took me by surprise that he actually did it!" ...

Over the past four decades — give or take a decade break — the illustrious and critically acclaimed Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark (OMD) have sold over 40 million records worldwide, establishing ...

Apple Music is celebrating its 10th anniversary, my streaming app tells me. For the occasion, they’ve made a playlist of the 100 songs I’ve listened to the most in my decade-plus as a subscriber. Near ...

Famed sociologist Sherry Turkle once said, “Boredom is your imagination calling to you.” And while it’s unclear if Andrew McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) ever heard this quote, ...

They sound also like they’re having fun. There’s a looseness and eclecticism, a willingness to wander off the WE-HEART-KRAFTWERK path, perhaps encouraged and assisted by co-producer David Watts (the ...