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 ...

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, ...

UK synthpop greats Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark have been around since the very earliest days of their genre, and they've just announced plans for their first new album in six years. The new ...

There are so many times where OMD could’ve just put it on cruise control and coasted into the golden sunset of history with their laurels. First, their spots in the pantheons of electronic and ...

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 ...

Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin, Composer Simon Rattle, Conductor City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Wayne Marshall, Piano Holidays, Movements: Decoration Day (1912) Charles Ives, Composer Simon ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by British fans gathered to enjoy an overnight program of alternative classical music — a loose, soothing genre that many have discovered during the ...

From Nazi collaboration to closed ranks and uneasy reforms, the Vienna Philharmonic has long resisted scrutiny ...