Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) complete recordings new album
The English electronic music band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) is almost ready with the follow-up to 2013 album “English Electric” which was their twelfth studio album since they officially formed in 1978.
The band posted the above picture on Facebook with the sentence: “Late nights in the studio finishing the new album!” No other details have been revealed so far.
For those who can’t wait to hear / see Andy McCluskey, you can hear him talking with Rudi Esch at the Cavern Club on the 9th November. He’ll be discussing the book “Electri_City: The Dusseldorf School of Electronic Music”.
On the 12th later on that month he will be giving a presentation at the Electronic Music Convention in Birmingham entitled “Electronic Music; What will the future sound like?”
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