Into the Groovy #69 - "Das Omen"
@teamfreak16 (43421)
Denver, Colorado
June 9, 2016 8:13pm CST
Tonight's Into the Groovy (#69) takes us to Germany, home of Mysterious Art.
Mysterious Art were a German synth-pop group formed in 1988 by keyboardist Michael Krautter, and featuring vocalist Nicole Boeuf.
The band scored big in Germany with their 1989 #1 single, "Das Omen." In fact, it was in a German nightclub that I first heard and fell in love with it. Had I not spaced it out, it would have ranked highly on my recent Favorite Synth-Pop series.
Why I didn't buy it while I was in Germany, I have no idea, but when I got back to the States, I made getting the album, Omen- The Story, a priority. Took me two years, but I finally was able to get it after several unsuccessful attempts at special ordering it.
"Das Omen" is an all-time synth-pop dance tune. It's even got a "spooky" opening, which is actually a great lead-in to the group's infectious dance groove.
Call it the great synth-pop tune that you may never have heard.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
10 Jun 16
For a moment I thought I had stumbled into a black mass. I can visualize a huge dance floor rave with strobelights over masses of people moving to this electronica
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
10 Jun 16
It was big in the clubs when I was over there. Dance floor was always packed.
@FourWalls (62096)
• United States
10 Jun 16
I think MTV didn't think that synth pop existed outside of England, because I don't ever remember them playing this or any band from anywhere other than the US or the UK with a synth feel. And that's weird, because who more or less invented synth? Kraftwerk!!
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
10 Jun 16
A bit ironic, to say the least. Pretty much any keyboard-oriented band cites Kraftwerk as a major influence, so why they overlooked bands like this or Camouflage, I have no idea. Especially since Camouflage sounded a lot like Depeche Mode. You'd think they would have been all over that.
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@crossbones27 (48417)
• Mojave, California
10 Jun 16
That did feel like an 80's song. Deep vocals with high keyboards was a pretty interesting contrast.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
10 Jun 16
It's totally obvious that it was recorded in the 80's. The keyboards from that decade are so instantly recognized as 80's keyboards.
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