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Onetwo at the Electronic Revue, Vintage festival London

2011-06-14T23:23:00.003Z

Onetwo will be part of the impressive line-up of the Electronic Phuture Revue at the already much celebrated Vintage festival on Friday July 29 2011, Southbank Centre, Royal Festival Hall, London.

The Electronic Revue is curated by Mark Jones and BEF's and Heaven 17's Martyn Ware and features 'cameos from new artists and legends from the day'.

> Onetwo - Claudia Brücken (Propaganda) & Paul Humphreys (OMD)
> Heaven 17 & Guests
> Mirrors
> Recoil - Alan Wilder (Depeche Mode) & Paul Kendall
> Thomas Dolby

More info on the festival and all ticket information at the Vintage website!

Claudia Brücken and Rockstar's new game L.A. Noire

2011-05-22T15:00:00.004Z

Claudia has been asked to sing three jazzy songs on the (soundtrack of the) game L.A. Noire: Torched Song, Guilty and I Always Kill The Things I Love! Released May 17-20...

One of the first reviews at thisislondon.co.uk: '...Three new songs, written by Stephen Coates of London band The Real Tuesday Weld and sung breathily by Claudia Brücken of Eighties German synthpop group Propaganda, are tense and beautiful...'

The official soundtrack is available at an Amazon or an iTunes store near you...!

Claudia Brücken, facebook

2011-05-21T15:00:00.002Z

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11 May 11 Claudia, Ralf and Susanne part of the Eurovision Song Contest festivities in Düsseldorf

2011-05-12T11:00:00.000Z

Never thought I would ever attend a Eurovision Song Contest festivity....! Rumours were Propaganda will completely reunite with all four protagonists on stage to have a teutonic party in their (old) hometown. Center TV was on top of the news...:

Officially, from the Onetwo and Propaganda FB and MS:

'Stars of the electronic scene to bring 80s vibe to Stadtwerke turbine hall'

Together with Kraftwerk's Wolfgang Flür, Claudia, Susanne and Ralf (and Paul!) will be the stars of a very special electro night at the Turbinenhalle of Dusseldorf's Stadtwerke on Wednesday May 11 as part of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 festivities.

Rüdiger Esch (Die Krupps), Claudia Brücken and Wolfgang Flür

'Back in the 80s, bands like Kraftwerk, the Krupps, and Propaganda planted the roots of electronic music in Düsseldorf, and the musical style has grown from here, with branches reaching far beyond the German borders. The British band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), for example, was heavily influenced by Kraftwerk. Düsseldorf's municipal utility company (Stadtwerke) will host an event dedicated to the music of the 80s on 11 May at 7 p.m., not only to give 'Lena fever' a boost, but also to show that the old 80s heroes continue to thrill fans of all ages.'

'In the Stadtwerke's turbine hall in Flingern, at the very roots of the Düsseldorf energy company, former Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür will read from his book 'I was a Robot', with musical accompaniment from Thilo Schölpen, who will interpret some of the most famous Kraftwerk songs on the piano. Next, Claudia Brücken, singer of the band Propaganda, and Paul Humphreys, OMD keyboardist, will take the stage to present hits from both bands' repertoires with their electronic quartet 'Onetwo'. Special guests Susanne Freytag and Ralf Dörper from Propaganda will also make an appearance, performing chart successes, 'Dr. Mabuse' and 'P-Machinery', and Andy McCluskey from OMD will also join on stage for a couple of numbers!'

Claudia Brücken's ComBined :: review, interview

2011-04-08T11:11:00.002Z

interviews
thequietus.com, published 08.04.11 ...'Oh that’s kind of an unfair question!'...

pennyblackmusic.com, published 21.01.11 ...'I love song writing and I really, really like singing, so I will just keep on doing as I have been doing.'...

reviews
Record Collector mag #386 March 2011 ...'But what’s most exciting about Combined is that it showcases four new cuts by Brücken, including the brilliant forthcoming single Thank You. Helmed by Stephen Hague, it oozes the mystique, aural magic and existential drama that Brücken is famed for – undoubtedly a potent combination.'...

MOJO mag #209 April 2011

weird-at-my-school-blog ...'one of the most impressive résumés in electronic pop music'...'what’s impressive is how consistently compelling her work has been'...

holymoly.com ...'she has most certainly still got it'...

CB-tee, Claudia Brücken's unique Scala t-shirt

2011-03-16T20:20:00.006Z

From Onetwo's myspace and facebook...:

'Buy this t-shirt, the Claudia Brücken t-shirt with the flame emblem on it, the Claudia Brücken t-shirt that celebrates one night at The Scala, London. The Claudia Brücken t-shirt that's black and orange all over. Wear it so that your friends can all say, cool, that's such a great t-shirt!

Limited edition, for sale only and only for you, at our there(there) shop.'

Oh, what a night: Claudia Brücken, Live at the Scala, reviewed

2011-03-08T20:00:00.017Z

Oh, what a night: pictures

with Glenn Gregory and Martyn Ware, Heaven 17

with Susanne Freytag and Ralf Dörper, Propaganda

with Andrew Poppy

stage set before

a decent queue (sold out!)

waiting

set list (with a little flaw...)

Pictures taken by Martine Lanting, Glenn Gregory (more backstage fun at his facebook Glenn Martyn Gregory Ware) and Roger Goodgroves.

Oh, what a night: reviews, so far

i-D magazine online 15.03.11 ...'She's not resting on her laurels though - dressed in a Westwood number, Brücken has grown into herself. At 47 she's quite a lady but still retains an endearing self-consciousness about her demeanor.'...

Record Collector April 2011

electricity-club.co.uk 13.03.11 ...'In fine voice throughout, she captured the hearts of all who were present and was humbly appreciative in return. It was an outstanding evening, delightfully performed and presented... .almost perfect in fact.'...

NME mag 08.03.11

remembertheeighties.com (reviews) ...'Claudia sounded convincing and faultless throughout the night with the enthusiastic audience hanging onto every word'...'The band sounded tight and totally on the same page on every single track, one of the best I have heard live with such a set-up'...'Essential'...

this time: it's Claudia Brücken, Live at the Scala, London

2011-01-23T12:00:00.001Z

From Onetwo's myspace and facebook ...!
Excatly 20 years after the little Love: and a million other things tour.
But this time... I'm around! :D

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this time : it's Claudia Brücken, Live at the Scala, London Wednesday 2nd March

plus very special guests

Andy Bell (Erasure)
Glenn Gregory and Martyn Ware (Heaven 17)
Paul Humphreys (OMD)
Susanne Freytag (Propaganda)
Andrew Poppy

Wednesday 19th January 2011 -
“Before there was Ellie Goulding there was Goldfrapp...
Before there was Goldfrapp there was Claudia Brücken...
Claudia is Europe's diva of electronic music whose records mark critical points of 80s, 90s and 00s art pop.”

Zang Tuum Tumb (ZTT) / SALVO present ‘Combined’ the story so far of Claudia Brücken’s life in pop, from 1984 to the present day. From the cinematic electronica of Propaganda to the dark showbiz fantasies of Act. Claudia solo, Claudia in combination with Andy Bell (Erasure), Chrome Seduction, Martin L. Gore, Andrew Poppy, Stephen Hague, Thomas Leer, Trevor Horn, Paul Humphreys (OMD), Paul Rutherford (Frankie Goes To Hollywood), and… Claudia as herself.

‘Combined’ presents eight of Claudia's classic recordings... Propaganda's hit singles (Dr Mabuse, p:Machinery, Duel), her two singles as Act (Absolutely Immune, Snobbery & Decay), her 90s solo singles (Kiss Like Ether, Absolut(e)) both produced by Pascal Gabriel (Kylie, Goldfrapp, Ladyhawke), her 2005 duet with Andy Bell (Delicious)......combined with five brand new works: Night School and Thank You – two brand new solo tracks co-written with and produced by Stephen Hague (Pet Shop Boys, New Order); This is Not America – duetting the David Bowie classic with Paul Rutherford (Frankie Goes To Hollywood); In Dreams – Roy Orbison's Blue Velvet soundtrack gem in collaboration with Andrew Poppy. On the album two tracks are included from Claudia's current band Onetwo: Sequentia (previously unreleased) and Cloud 9ine (a co-write with Depeche Mode's Martin L. Gore).

Coming to prominence as the lead vocalist in ZTT’s influential hit-making Düsseldorf combo Propaganda, Claudia Brücken was one of the more distinctive female voices of the mid-1980s (and one of the few females to front a synth-pop group). Following the implosion of Propaganda in 1986, Claudia has enjoyed a distinguished career in the arena of electronic pop and dance music, alongside a series of highly talented collaborators, including Thomas Leer (with whom she formed the cult duo Act after leaving Propaganda), Martin Gore (Depeche Mode), Paul Humphreys (OMD, Onetwo), Paul Rutherford (Frankie Goes To Hollywood) and Andy Bell (Erasure). This stylishly-packaged collection and very special LIVE show draws together the very best of Claudia’s work over the last 25 years.

this time: it's Claudia Brücken

WEDNESDAY 2ND MARCH 2011 LONDON SCALA

Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday 21st January 2011 and are priced £20.00 (subject to a booking fee) and are available from livenation.co.uk

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Claudia Brücken and friends live on stage

2011-01-01T16:12:00.004Z

TwoThousandAndEleven is already getting better and better !!!

From Onetwo's myspace and Onetwo's facebook:

'We start this immaculate new year with the exciting announcement that Claudia will promote the release of her brand new album ComBined with a very special performance with very special guests at Scala, London. This show will take place on Wednesday the 2nd of March. Look out for a full announcement on January the 17th. Tickets will go on sale on the 20th of January (Live Nation)'

See you there! :D

Claudia Brücken's brand new video Thank You

2010-12-22T11:00:00.009Z

Claudia Brücken's brand new video by director Martin Gooch for her brand new single co-written with and produced by Stephen Hague (New Order, Blur, Pet Shop Boys). Taken from the brand new album Claudia Brücken - Combined.

It's brand new!

Available to pre-order now at ZTT's shop.
More info at ZTT's site.

Thank You!
for this incredible beautiful X-mas gift !!!

Claudia's best of: Claudia Brücken Combined

2010-12-19T21:00:00.032Z

It's out there!

To be released on February 7th 2011,
on Salvo/ZTT 'Element Series' #13, SALVOCD046.
With a great video for 'Thank You' (soon!), written with Stephen Hague, like 'Night School'. With finally the release of This is not America with Frankie's Paul Rutherford. And a new reinterpretation with Andrew Poppy, Blue Velvet's In Dreams. And a cover to completely die for, thank you, Rebels in Control!

A great way to start the new year! :D

'Coming to prominence as the lead vocalist in ZTT's influential hit-making Düsseldorf combo Propaganda, Claudia Brücken was one of the more distinctive female voices of the mid-1980s (and one of the few females to front a synth-pop group). Following the implosion of Propaganda in 1986, Claudia has enjoyed a distinguished career in the arena of electronic pop and dance music, alongside a series of highly talented collaborators, including Thomas Leer (with whom she formed the cult duo Act after leaving Propaganda), Martin Gore (Depeche Mode), Paul Humphreys (OMD, Onetwo), Paul Rutherford (Frankie Goes To Hollywood) and Andy Bell (Erasure). This stylishly-packaged collection draws together the very best of Claudia's work over the last 25 years (in ComBination with the artists mentioned above); beginning with a trio of Propaganda hits and bringing us right up to date with a couple of superb new songs written and produced by Claudia and super-producer Stephen Hague, which are released here for the very first time. An unusual artist with a distinctive voice and a perennially stylish approach, Claudia has never been one to follow trends and commands a loyal following among devotees of electronic music. Following our highly successful deluxe reissue of the Propaganda album A Secret Wish, ComBined is a timely reminder of her often understated talents; a release that oozes class, much like the lady herself.'

Tracklist

1. Dr.Mabuse (A Paranoid Fantasy) - Propaganda
2. Duel - Propaganda
3. (The Beta Wrap Around Of) P:Machinery - Propaganda
4. Absolutely Immune - ACT
5. Snobbery And Decay - ACT
6. Kiss Like Ether - Claudia Brücken
7. Absolut(E) - Claudia Brücken
8. Delicious - Andy Bell And Claudia Brücken
9. Cloud 9ine - Onetwo
10. Thank You - Claudia Brücken
11. Sequentia - Onetwo
12. Light The Way (Radio Seduction Edit) - Chrome Seduction Feat. Claudia Brücken
13. This Is Not America - Claudia Brücken And Paul Rutherford
14. Night School - Claudia Brücken
(...encore...)
15. In Dreams - Claudia Brücken And Andrew Poppy

'Timing: Propaganda songs (1-3) written and recorded between 1983 and 1985. Act songs (4, 5) written and recorded between 1985 and 1987. «Love: and a Million Other Things» (6, 7) was released in 1991. «Delicious» (8) released on the Andy Bell album «Electric Blue» in 2005. «Cloud 9» (9) from the Onetwo album «Instead» released in 2007. «Sequentia» (11) remixed in 2010. «Thank You» and «Night School» (10, 14) written in 2009/10. «Light the Way» (12) released in 1993 «This is Not America» (13) recorded in 2001. «In Dreams» (15) recorded in 2010.'

All the little details at discogs.com
To be preordered fi at play.com or amazon.co.uk
With some interesting extra mp3's at an iTunes store near you or here

Claudia Brücken, (re)released

2010-08-29T18:00:00.004Z

Interviews accompagning the release of Propaganda's A Secret Wish 2CD deluxe edition and Claudia's solo album Love: and a million other things (2CD as well) are revealing it all: ...there's even more on its way from the Queen of Synthpop...!

Like a 'best of' retrospective album called 'ComBined' with new material (Onetwo, Stephen Hague..) in February 2011, 'maaaybe' a new Onetwo album in April 2011 (Claudia, BBC Radio Kent).... and touring A Secret Wish maybe...?...with new material, in the original line up...? dream within a dream...?

At The Electricity Club
interview with Claudia Brücken, 'Another Hope Feeds Another Dream'
Published date: 29 August 2010
By Chi Ming Lai

At Der Spiegel
interview with Ralf Dörper, Propaganda
Published date: 30 July 2010
By Christoph Dallach

At Electronically Yours
interview with Ralf Dörper, Propaganda
Published date: 24 July 2010
By Orac

At BBC Radio Kent, on iPlayer for 7 days only
interview with Claudia Brücken, Propaganda
Broadcasted date: 20 July 2010
By Roger Day

At RememberTheEighties.com
interview with Claudia Brücken, Propaganda
Published date: 17 July 2010
By Richard Evans

At the Yorkshire Evening Post
interview with Claudia Brücken, Propaganda

Published date: 07 July 2010
By Duncan Seaman

'A minute into our conversation Claudia Brücken's mobile phone rings. She answers it in German. It's Suzanne Freytag, her former bandmate in 80s synth pop group Propaganda.

"I told her we were talking about the past," she says in soft tones a few moments later, apologising for the interruption.

Coincidentally it's their former group that we're due to discuss, and their classic debut album A Secret Wish, which is this month reissued in a deluxe edition to mark its 25th anniversary.

Claudia joined the group in 1982, shortly after they were founded in Düsseldorf, Germany by Ralf Dörper, Suzanne Freytag and Andreas Thein. Suzanne "had a great speaking voice" and the trio had already recorded a demo but found they needed "another voice to do all the melodies". Suzanne thought of her then 18-year-old friend.

"The Düsseldorf crowd, they all knew each other," remembers Claudia. "It's a small town atmosphere; everybody is in bands and knows the other one who's in bands."

She jumped at the chance to "join the club".

The first track Claudia sang on was Dr Mabuse, a tribute to the 1920s film villain who was a master of disguise. At the time it was "very hardcore" and "very German", she recalls, but in the hands of English record producer Trevor Horn, who signed the fledgling Propaganda to his new record label ZTT, it was to become a sizable European hit.

"It had all the elements so when Trevor met us everything was in it," says Claudia. "But he's a great producer and he managed to accentuate those things. We translated it into English because we wanted to be internationally recognised."

That was in March 1984. The problem the band faced was following it up. Britain was in the grip of 'Frankie-mania' and Trevor Horn was committed to producing Frankie Goes to Hollywood's debut album, Welcome to the Pleasuredome.

With the option on their record contract running out, Propaganda had to find another producer and crack on with their LP. In stepped Stephen Lipson, a musician and engineer who'd previously worked with Horn.

He proved a good choice, says Claudia, doing "a wonderful job" in nurturing his inexperienced protégés, who by then had gone through a line-up change with Michael Mertens replacing Thein.

At SARM West studios this "German band from an arty background" blossomed, thanks to "a limitless budget" and the willingness of Paul Morley, ZTT's co-founder and for a time Claudia's husband, to let the band experiment.

Claudia recalls "having access to incredible musicians and machinery".
"Stewart Copeland one day walking in playing drums – how cool was that? It was all fun. From an experience point of view I thought it was amazing."

At the end of each day, Horn, who was A Secret Wish's executive producer, would drop by and "demoralise us or inspire us" with his opinions on their work.

Claudia evidently looks back on this creative period with fondness. "For me it was like winning a lottery," she says. "All these serious bands that I've known would have given their right hand to be produced by Trevor Horn. It fell in my lap. It was amazing."

A Secret Wish was eventually released in July 1985, three months after the band's second hit single Duel. It reached No.16 in the UK and charted across Europe. Claudia remembers "Duel did really well in Italy and it captured the imagination of the Dutch people". Propaganda were also popular in France, Spain and their homeland – but not so popular that they were mega-stars.

A Secret Wish's greatest legacy has been its consistent sales over 25 years.

"What was special about this album was not that it came out and charted and everybody knew about it. It was very different. Years later people would say, 'Have you heard that album?' It kept selling well over the years."

Sadly the band's time in the sun was rather more short-lived. Tensions began to mount over the "terrible deal" they had signed with ZTT. Efforts to renegotiate it were not helped, Claudia says, by "a manager who would just split us up all the time". In 1986 the rest of the band decided to leave the label; Claudia opted to stay because "I enjoyed working with them so much".

Band-less, however, she felt lost, "even though I left them". ZTT encouraged her to form the duo Act with Thomas Leer but their debut album, Laughter, Tears and Rage, flopped. The great shame, she says, was that their single Snobbery and Decay was not a hit.

"It was quite critical toward Thatcher. It was such a strong record. I was surprised how it was not received at all. I wonder whether my nationality had something to do with it – that they did not want a German to tell them about English decline."

Claudia made a lovely but equally unsuccessful solo album, Love and a Million Other Things, in 1991 then disappeared from public view. "I became a single mum," she explains. "It was really hard to bring up a child on your own."

She continued to dabble in music, however, recording with Barry Adamson and the Bristol band Startled Insects ("they make music for animal programmes") but sadly neither was released. In 2005 she made covers album with the pianist Andrew Poppy and also appeared on albums by Erasure singer Andy Bell and Depeche Mode's Martin Gore.

In 2007 she paired up with Paul Humphreys of Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark on the album Instead. Their band, Onetwo, had been instigated by "a lovely A&R guy" at the German label Logic and continues to last. In between Humphreys' work with OMD, they're currently writing a follow-up.

Its release, though, has been temporarily put on hold while Paul helps work on Claudia's 'best of' album, due out next February. "Paul is remixing some Onetwo tracks for it," she says. "I'm also working with Stephen Hague on some new songs which are going to appear on the album as well."

Despite the difficult climate in the recording industry, the 46-year-old singer is enjoying working once more.

"We were very spoilt in the 80s, we had everything," she notes. "Now it's so different. Especially for bands from the 80s it's a big shock... From unlimited budgets that I had, to finance it yourselves it's testing, but I love what I'm doing."

The re-release of A Secret Wish may at least help financially.

"I've a feeling that it was something special for people," she says of the album's lasting impression. "I still get lovely letters and emails. I know it has been an album that's influenced people. I did not know it at that time, but Suzanne and I were quite tough. There were all these smiling girls and we were the dark side. Our first rule was 'never smile'.

"What I love about A Secret Wish," she adds, "is it's a journey. It's not just 12 songs in a particular order. Some things sound dated now but it's a nice fantasy. It still carries that weight. It would be nice if it could reach a younger audience."

A Secret Wish: deluxe edition is released on July 19.'

A Secret Wish re-enters the UK charts at its 25th anniversary

2010-07-27T21:00:00.004Z

Propaganda's A Secret wish just re-entered the UK charts at #92, at the exact same position it left 25 years ago. Amazing, in times like these...! You can keep an eye on the charts here.

- excited like it's 1985! -

Claudia Brücken's Love: and a million other things rereleased as a 2CD

2010-07-08T19:00:00.005Z

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Yes, after almost 20 years the rerelease is finally there!
As a double CD, with a lot of extra's.
Or, as Cherry Red Records states it:

'Expanded 2CD reissue of the only solo album to date from Claudia Brücken, electronic pop siren and lead singer of Propaganda, the band NME described as the 'Duel' in ZTT Records' crown.
* Originally released in 1991, the album includes the singles 'Absolut[e]', 'Kiss Like Ether' and 'Fanatic', cowritten with godfather of electronic music Thomas Leer, with whom Claudia formed the cult ZTT band Act in the late 80s.
* Cherry Red's expanded reissue includes the original album plus 10 bonus tracks covering all the singles, B-sides and remixes of the era.
* 'Love...' was produced by Pascal Gabriel who at the time was on the wave of massive success producing and cowriting Bomb The Bass' Beat Dis and S'Express' Theme from S'Express. But it was this album with Claudia Brücken that set the standard for every electronic diva that has followed in her wake all of which have been produced by Pascal Gabriel (Goldfrapp, Kylie, Dido, Little Boots, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Ladyhawke).
* Other artists featured on the album include Glenn Gregory (Heaven 17), Steve Jansen (Japan), John Uriel (ABC, Thomas Lang), Steve Nye (Penguin Cafe Orchestra), and singers Claudia Fontaine and Carol Kenyon.
* Three tracks are released on CD for the first time, including Pascal Gabriel's promo-only 12" Bastille Mix of 'Absolut [e]' and the Earth Mood Magic in a Present Tense 12" mix of 'Kiss Like Ether' by John Waddell, whose remix credits range from Kylie to De La Soul.'

Tracklist

Disc 1
1. Kiss Like Ether
2. Baby Sigh
3. Absolut[E]
4. Suicide - A Song For A Ghost
5. Unforgivable
6. Moments Of Joy
7. Fanatic (The Nail In My Soul)
8. Love In Another World
9. Always...
10. Surprise

Disc 2
1. Absolut[E] (Shooting Star)
2. Absolut[E] (Bastille Mix)
3. Whisper
4. Kiss Like Ether (As Pure)
5. I, Dream
6. Kiss Like Ether (Electrical Embrace)
7. I, Dream (Recurring)
8. Kiss Like Ether (Earth Mood Magic)
9. Kiss Like Ether (Earth Mood Magic In A Present Tense)

Audio CD (16 Aug 2010)
Number of Discs: 2
Label: Cherry Red
ASIN: B003UN58VU

Already ready for preorder at amazon.co.uk or play.com

Love the deja vu feelings all these rereleases provoke, oh! :D

Propaganda's A Secret Wish 2CD deluxe edition - full tracklisting

2010-06-18T07:00:00.010Z

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As the releasedate approaches things are getting more and more detailed...

2xCD: SALVOMDCD14 / Element 11

Disc One the dark religions depart...

Dream Within A Dream 09:08
The Murder Of Love 05:13
Jewel 06:23
Duel 04:43
Frozen Faces 04:25
p:Machinery 03:50
Sorry For Laughing 03:27
The Chase 04:05
Dr. Mabuse 10:42

the analogue variations: Dream Within a Dream (08:03)*, Jewel (03:08)*, Duel (04:43)*, p:Machinery (03:50)*, Dr. Mabuse (First Life) (04:57)*, The Last Word (Strength to Dream) (02:59)*

Disc Two ...and sweet science reigns:

Do Well: (i) The First Cut, (ii) Duel, (iii) Jewel (Cut Rough),
(iv) Wonder, (v) Bejewelled 19:55 *
Testament One 01:20 **
die Tausend Augen des Mabuse (Ridge Farm 12" Remix of Mabuse, May 1984) 10:08 **
Sorry for Laughing (Unapologetic 12” Remix, September 1985) 10:00 **
Thought (part i) 02:05
Thought (part ii) 00:30
p:Machinery (out-take 26.04.85, Goodnight 32) 04:11 **
The Chase (out-take 26.04.85, the Goodnight Mix) 03:58 **
(Echo of…) Frozen Faces 10:19
p:Machinery (p:Polish) 09:26
Testament Three 00:20 **

** previously unreleased
* previously unreleased on CD

CD1 total running time: 74:36
CD2 total running time: 72:12

You are wishing upon part eleven in ZTT's 2010 Element Series, previously 13 in the Action Series “through the eternal recurrence of all things.”

A product of Zang Tuum Tumb, the organisation of pop.
Coming next: a phenomenon of megabytes.

...and official!

and ZTT adds some extra butterflies by:

'Announcing... the definitive, deluxe edition of one of the 80s most inspiring albums, Propaganda's A Secret Wish, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.

Featuring the hit singles Duel, Dr. Mabuse and p:Machinery and produced by Trevor Horn and Steve Lipson, this is the album that inspired a generation of synthpop, dance and electronica.

This deluxe edition includes the original album plus all of the cassette/vinyl-only mixes on Disc One, complete with guest appearances from David Sylvian, Steve Howe and Glenn Gregory. Disc Two adds a wealth of bonus material including the complete, unexpurgated 20-minute cassette mix of Duel, Trevor Horn's previously unreleased Thousand Eyes... remix of Dr. Mabuse, a works-in-progress version of The Chase, and a previously unreleased 12” remix of Sorry For Laughing by Paul Morley.

Cited as a major inspiration by Depeche Mode's Martin Gore, Propaganda's A Secret Wish continues to send ripples through pop music. Some might know Dr. Mabuse as the first ever video by Anton Corbijn. Others the classic film soundtracks like Luc Besson's Subway (Murder of Love) and John Hughes' Some Kind of Wonderful (Dr. Mabuse). Pop fans might know Duel from the recent cover by Sophie Ellis-Bextor...

However you know it, get to know it again. A Secret Wish is catalogued at 11 in the element series, and is available to pre-order now.'

*HaPpY!*

A new Onetwo gig! Blitz Remixed featuring Onetwo

2010-05-30T12:00:00.003Z

Woohoo!! :)

Onetwo are playing their first gig in more than one and a half year to, as they say, 'get back in the swing of things'! Soooo, when you're in or near Windsor two weeks from now... (you're a very lucky b*st*rd!)

Blitz Remixed featuring Onetwo
Saturday June 12th 2010

The Firestation
St Leonards Road
Windsor SL4 3BL

More info here, at the site of the venue!

Propaganda's A Secret Wish 2CD deluxe edition this summer

2010-05-27T12:00:00.005Z

Never look back - Schau nicht zurück ?

After years and years (25 in total) of re-releasing the same old good-good stuff in little variations, Ian Peel (and Union Square Music) finally managed to clear up the ZTT vaults a bit and will give us Propaganda's highly acclaimed '85 album A Secret Wish in a 2CD deluxe edition this summer...

ooooh, heaven is waiting...

The album consists of rare and previously unreleased remixes, studio outtakes, Trevor Horn 12"s and the 20-minute cassette mix of Duel (!)

CD1
01 Dream Within A Dream
02 The Murder Of Love
03 Jewel
04 Duel
05 Frozen Faces
06 p:Machinery
07 Sorry For Laughing
08 The Chase
09 Dr. Mabuse
10 Dream Within A Dream (analogue variation)
11 Jewel (analogue variation)
12 Duel (analogue variation)
13 p:Machinery (analogue variation)
14 Dr. Mabuse (First Life)
15 The Last Word (Strength to Dream)

CD2
01 Do Well (The First Cut / Duel / Jewel (Cut Rough)/Wonder/Bejewelled
02 Testament One
03 Die Tausend Augen Des Mabuse
04 Sorry For Laughing (Unapolagetic 12")
05 Thought Part I
06 Thought Part II
07 p:Machinery (Goodnight 32)
08 The Chase (the Goodnight Mix)
09 (Echo of) Frozen Faces
10 p:Machinery (p:Polish)
11 Testament Three

Indietective is one of the first online sellers which listed it, you can preorder it here for it's release on 16.07.2010.

Come on Claudia, Susanne, Ralf und Michael:
Let's Add Some Gigs!!!
so I can fall in love all over and over and over again :D

Claudia Brücken is special guest at Heaven 17’s Penthouse and Pavement!

2010-02-03T08:00:00.015Z

Claudia will be joining BEF's Glenn Gregory and Martyn Ware on stage next month, at Leamington Spa's The Assembly on Tuesday March 2nd and at Sheffield’s Magna on Saturday March 6. Penthouse and Pavement will be played in its entirety, but that’s not all at all…!

Info at Heaven17
Info at Magna
Info at The Assembly

So if you're in for a nice surprise...

And the results are:

These boots are made for walking, March 2010 @ Magna Sheffield

These boots are made for walking, March 2010 @ Leamington Assembly

Earlier, Temptation at the Billy MacKenzie tribute, March 2007

list 2009

2010-01-01T22:00:00.004Z

always near a cdplayer and on my iPhone
fever ray - fever ray
hell - teufelswerk
jon hopkins - insides
the whitest boy alive - rules
simian mobile disco - temporary pleasure
kompakt - total 10 (va)
blank&jones and mark reeder - reordered
wild beasts - two dances
depeche mode - sounds of the universe
delsin - II compilation (va)
mew - no more stories are told today
basement jaxx - basement jaxx
zoot woman - things are what they used to be
fryars - dark young hearts
royksopp - junior
gossip - music for men
luomo - convivial
major lazor - guns don't kill people...lazers do
tiga - ciao

played a few times
phoenix - wolfgang amadeus
vive la fete - disque d'or
peaches - i feel cream
antony and the johnsons - the crying light
white lies - to lose my life...
miss kittin and the hacker - two
metric - fantasies
kyteman - the hermit sessions
hanne hukkelberg - blood from a stone
laurent garnier - tales of a kelptomaniac
la roux - la roux
lindstrom & prins thomas - II
amanda blank - i love you
tim exile - listening tree

played only once, but giving it another chance in 2010
telepathe - telepathe
paolo nutini - sunny side up
pet shop boys - yes

to give away!!!
simple minds - graffiti soul
revolting cocks - sex-o-olympic-o
discovery - lp
shitmat - one foot in the rave
let me know if you're interested :)

Extra Claudia Brücken remix by Mark Reeder

2009-09-10T12:00:00.003Z

Extra Track to Mark Reeder's Reordered album!
Turns out that 'Don't Stop' is added to the digital album as well. It's prereleased at Beatport.

Claudia Brücken mashed-up by New Order ;)

Claudia Brücken by Stuart Mentiply

2009-09-07T08:00:00.000Z

One of the portraits in Stuart Mentiply's new book 'Portraits'

Stunning!

New Claudia Brücken remix by Mark Reeder

2009-08-19T12:00:00.002Z

Mark Reeder did loads of remixes of Blank and Jones tracks in the past years, and some of the best ended up on his forthcoming album 'Reordered'. One's the you-shall-be-free-mix of Claudia's Unknown Treasure... Wir sind gespannt! Release date September 18th, fi at Amazon.de

Claudia Brücken on Germany's Next Topmodel

2009-04-23T12:00:00.002Z

Claudia Brücken on Germany's Next Topmodel
with a strong connection to an old P-member

promises-promises... ;)

discohoek 2008

2008-12-31T20:00:00.009Z

discocorner 2008

4-d mode1 - rekonnekted ***
alice rose - 21 days *
andrew poppy - ...and the shuffle of things ***
anja schneider - beyond the valley **
anne clark - the smallest acts of kindness **
apparat - things to be frickled *
barbara morgenstern - bm **
blank and jones - the logic of pleasure, ft claudia brücken **
blood red shoes - box of secrets **
chilltronica - a definition (va) **
emiliana torrini - me and armini **
goldfrapp - seventh tree *
gorki - voor rijpere jeugd **
grace jones - hurricane **
hercules and love affair - idem **
joan as policewoman - to survive *
junkie xl - booming back at you **
kraak&smaak - plastic people **
ladytron - velocifero *
les rita mitsouko - variety *
midnight juggernauts - dystopia ***
morgan geist - double night time **
polder - poldermodel **
polysics - we ate the machine *
poni hoax - images of sigrid **
popnoname - surrounded by weather ***
portishead - p3 **
rainer von vielen - kauz *
ratatat -lp3 **
santogold - idem ***
scarlett johansson - anywhere i lay my head *
shameboy - heartcore **
silence is sexy - this ain't hollywood **
syclops - i've got my eye on you **
the opiates - anatomy of a plastic girl (ep) ***
the ting tings - we started nothing ***
the whip - x marks destination **
unkle - end titles...stories for film **
* good ** better ***best

Promises 2009...
Claudia Brücken boxed by ZTT,
working title Let's take Manhattan,
with new tracks
Wishful Thinking 2009...
Onetwo's Second
oh, please...?

Chilltronica by Soundcolours with Claudia Brücken and Paul Morley

2008-11-09T11:11:00.001Z

Chilltronica - a definition - no1
presented by Soundcolours
with Claudia Brücken's Onetwo and Paul Morley's Infantjoy
cd released on October 24 2008

For full tracklisting check the Soundcolours site
To buy -fi- at Amazon.de

Click to enlarge! ::

Onetwo, and a beautiful night in Paris

2008-11-09T11:10:00.002Z

Me and my Parisian friends had a wonderful night at Le Bataclan in Paris, Electro Night Live, September 20!
Put on your red shoes, and...!!!

-hou me vast-

Reviews
by concertandco.com
by yaew.com

Interviews
by concertandco.com
by yaew.com

Onetwo, backstage

2008-11-09T11:09:00.003Z

Onetwo spring tour 2008; good reviews and all that!

2008-05-31T12:00:00.002Z

A first selection, more to follow!

27.04.08 Tochka Moscow - RU
review? and pics Metal Library
pics Musica

08.05.08 Nachtleben Frankfurt - DE
review and pics Medienkonverter

09.05.08 Het Paard Den Haag - NL
review and pics VPRO radio
review and pics CultuurPodium
pics by Neal McClimon

setlist
1. The Theory of Everything pt 1 / pt 2
2. Signals
3. Sequential
4. Messages
5. Dr Mabuse
6. Cloud nine
7. Kein Anschluss
8. The Weakness in Me
9. Souvenir
10. P:Machinery
11. Club Country
12. Have a Cigar
13. Home Tonight / band introduction
14. So in Love
15. Duel
---
16. Electricity
17. A Vision in the Sky

10.05.08 Meier Music Hall Braunschweig - DE
interview Klangwelt

11.05.08 Wave Gotik Treffen Leipzig - DE
pics and review Reflections of Darkness
pics by Daniela -immer- Vorndran
pics Wave of Darkness

13.05.08 Markthalle Hamburg - DE
pics by jmsphoto.de :: fill in Onetwo in the 'suchen' box and go!!

Plus two really good youtube-vids!

Dr Mabuse

Messages

xxx

Onetwo and Blank + Jones = collaborate! again

2008-03-13T21:21:00.004Z

Exciting news on the Blank + Jones myspace in Morleyesc terms...!

A new album, The Logic of Pleasure, with a brand new Onetwo track:

'Their latest collection “The Logic of Pleasure” continues their tradition of teaming up with unique singers and temperaments and features some tantalising collaborations. (...) blank+jones continue their relationship with Dusseldorf and London's Claudia Brücken. As always she fits perfectly into the blank+jones human-machine scheme of things, her dramatic voice and their dramatic dynamic totally in psychic synchronicity.'

A new single, a collaboration with Joy Division's/New Order's/Electronic's Bernard Sumner, Miracle Cure, with a brand new Onetwo remix:

'Miracle Cure will appear as the song it is and also as a brilliantly arranged series of energising/lounging uptown, down town and across town mixes from the blank+jones studio, and also from Manchester born Berlin based hypno-trance pioneer Mark Reeder, the currently on fire electro-obsessive Canadian Glenn Morrison, the prolific trancefrenzied German master Martin Roth, the Anglo-German electro-adventurers Onetwo and Scandinavian chilltronica club kings Lulu Rouge.'

For more news and details keep an eye on the Blank + Jones myspace!

:D :D :D

Onetwo live in het paard the hague | den haag

2008-03-08T22:22:00.005Z

The promotional flyer (front+back) for the dutch gig by the lalaland record store, The Hague. More info on tix etc at http://www.lalalandmusic.nl/onetwo/ !!!

Hmmmm...! :D

Onetwo, live dates spring 2008

2008-02-14T20:00:00.002Z

27.04.08 Tochka, Moscow -RU
08.05.08 Nachtleben, Frankfurt -GER
09.05.08 Paard van Troje, The Hague|Den Haag -NL
10.05.08 Meier Music Hall, Braunschweig -GER
11.05.08 Kohlrabizirkus - Wave Gotik Treffen, Leipzig -GER
13.05.08 Markthalle, Hamburg -GER
07.06.08 Le Trabendo - Electro Night Live, Paris -F

...with maybe more to follow...!!!

Onetwo, tour t-shirt

2008-02-01T11:11:00.000Z

A new and highly collectable Onetwo tour souvenir at their there(there) shop with some highly entertaining Morley-esc lines to go with it (click to enlarge):

Onetwo, dare! on tour with The Human League!

2008-01-16T00:00:00.001Z

After their very successful tour with Erasure this September-October, Paul and Claudia were very special guests on The Human League's Dare! tour as well... a combination made in heaven!!!

(nb. a few German headlining Onetwo gigs had to be canceled and will be rescheduled early next year)

Onetwo at Berns, Stockholm, Sweden

Onetwo's One at the Alban Arena

* = links to reviews, pics etc

November
25 Sun Alban Arena, St. Albans -UK
26 Mon Academy, Bristol -UK
27 Tues Royal Concert Hall, Nottingham -UK
29 Thu Engine Shed, Lincoln -UK
30 Fri Apollo, Manchester -UK

December
01 Sat Grand Cru Club, Szczecin -Poland (Onetwo headline show)
03 Mon Hard Rock Café, Warsaw -Poland (Onetwo headline show)
04 Tues Civic Hall, Wolverhampton -UK
05 Wed UEA, Norwich -UK
06 Thu Kulturfabrik,* Krefeld* -Germany* (Onetwo headline show)
07 Fri City Hall, Sheffield -UK
09 Sun Academy, Glasgow -UK
10 Mon Concert Hall, Perth -UK
11 Tues The Sage, Gateshead, near Newcastle -UK
13 Thu Hof Ter Lo, Antwerp -Belgium
14 Fri Casino Kursaal, Ostend -Belgium*
15 Sat ElectriXmas Festival, Malmo, Sweden (festival, not with THL)
16 Sun 013, Tilburg -Holland*
17 Mon Live Music Hall,* Cologne -Germany*
18 Tues Vega, Copenhagen -Denmark
19 Wed Rockefellar, Oslo -Norway
20 Thu Berns, Stockholm -Sweden*

Onetwo captured by Pim Geerts at 013, Tilburg, the Netherlands

Onetwo, live Kein Anschluss, P-Machinery and Electricity
at the Hard Rock Cafe in Warsaw

Onetwo's One, Two, Three and Four (in no particular order ;)
at the Kulturfabrik in Krefeld

XXX!!!

highs and lows of 2007

2008-01-01T01:01:00.000Z

*highs*
onetwo - instead [.co.uk]
siouxsie - mantaray [.co.uk]
justice - + [.fr]
roisin murphey - overpowered [.co.uk]
arcade fire - neon bible [.com]
lcd soundsystem - sound of silver [.com]
lindstrom & prins thomas - reinterpretations [.no]
trentemoller - chronicles [.dk]
digitalism - idealism [.de]
new young pony club - fantastic playroom [.co.uk]
radiohead - in rainbows [.co.uk]
simian mobile disco - attack decay sustain release [.co.uk]
turin brakes - dark on fire + something out of nothing ep [.co.uk]
burial - untrue [.co.uk]
the chemical brothers - we are the night [.co.uk]
alex gopher - alex gopher [.fr]
hanne hukkelberg - rykestrasse 68 [.se]
vive la fete - jour de chance [.be]
!!! - myth takes [.com]
tracey thorn - out of the woods [.co.uk]
bright eyes - cassadaga [.co.uk]
amy whinehouse - back to black [.co.uk]
popnoname - white [.de]
bjork - volta [.is]
robyn - robyn [.se]
moke - shorland [.nl]
the may bees - drop little boy [.nl]
pj harvey - white chalk [.co.uk]
marsheaux - peek-a-boo [.gr]
von sudenfeld - tromatic reflexxions [.co.uk]
melomanics - thegreylight [.nl]
fridge - the sun [.co.uk]
klaxons - myths of the near future [.co.uk]
silence is sexy - everything you should know [.nl]

*lows*
the white stripes - icky thump [.com]
rufus wainwright - release the stars [.com]
client - heartland [.co.uk]
editors - an end has a start [.co.uk]
bloc party - a weekend in the city [.co.uk]
marilyn manson - eat me, drink me [.com]

Onetwo in Poland...

2007-11-21T19:19:00.000Z

...or how we love to photoshop

Claudia Brücken, propaganda

2007-10-29T19:50:00.000Z

I just turned 15 again...!

Onetwo + Erasure = a lot of live dates!

2007-10-28T17:00:00.000Z

Onetwo have just announced at their MySpace site that they will be Special Guests on Erasure's "Light At The End Of The World" tour! Dates in the UK, Germany and Danmark:

03 Sep 2007 19:00 New Theatre Oxford
04 Sep 2007 19:00 Royal Concert Hall Nottingham
05 Sep 2007 19:00 Grand Opera House York
07 Sep 2007 19:00 Grimsby Auditorium Grimsby
08 Sep 2007 19:00 Carling Academy Glasgow
09 Sep 2007 19:00 Corn Exchange Edinburgh
11 Sep 2007 19:00 Carling Academy Newcastle Upon Tyne
12 Sep 2007 19:00 Preston Guildhall Preston

Duel live in Preston

13 Sep 2007 19:00 Apollo Manchester
15 Sep 2007 19:00 UEA Norwich
16 Sep 2007 19:00 Civic Hall Wolverhampton
17 Sep 2007 19:00 De Montfort Hall Leicester
19 Sep 2007 19:00 Colston Hall Bristol
20 Sep 2007 19:00 City Hall Sheffield
22 Sep 2007 19:00 St Davids Cardiff
23 Sep 2007 19:00 Corn Exchange Cambridge
25 Sep 2007 19:00 Royal Albert Hall London
28 Sep 2007 19:00 Vega Copenhagen
29 Sep 2007 19:00 Vega Copenhagen

Theory pt2, Sequential and Home tonight live in Copenhagen

01 Oct 2007 20:00 Ringlokschuppen Bielefeld
02 Oct 2007 20:00 CCH3 Hamburg
03 Oct 2007 20:00 Stadthalle Chemnitz
05 Oct 2007 20:00 Columbiahalle Berlin
06 Oct 2007 20:00 E-Werk Köln :D !!
07 Oct 2007 20:00 Muffathalle München

Signals live in Munich

Messages live in Munich

Tickets for the UK dates are on sale from ticketmaster.co.uk, more ticket information at the official Erasure site!

See you in Köln! :D :D :D

More Onetwo (headlining) tourdates

2007-10-13T20:00:00.000Z

Onetwo announced another date for December '07:
15 Dec 2007 SE Malmo Inkonst - ElectriXmas festival

More dates on the pluswelt site:

30 Nov 2007 D Berlin Magnet
01 Dec 2007 PL Szczecin Grand Cru Club
03 Dec 2007 PL Warszawa Hard Rock Café
05 Dec 2007 D Frankfurt Nachtleben
06 Dec 2007 D Krefeld Kulturfabrik
07 Dec 2007 D Hannover Capitol
09 Dec 2007 D Hamburg Markthalle

Things keep on happening! :D

Onetwo, instead : interviews

2007-10-13T19:59:00.000Z

Interviews related to Instead, it's release and promotion (Onetwo, live!),
so far:

September 2007
Claudia talking to BORlife, das Internetmagazin, during Onetwo's Erasure tour in Germany.

April 2007
Interview 29.04.07 with phtwo and cbone at the Knaack Berlin, TV Berlin, Yagaloo - Das Musikmagazin. Just try to sit out the intro, and enjoy the first item ;)

YAGALOO – Das Musikmagazin - kewego

[yagaloo]

Paul und Claudia im Gespräch mit discover.de

March 2007
Interview with Paul and Claudia at elektrauma.de

February 2007
Interview with Claudia at darkmoments.de

Interview in thelondonpaper 06.02.07
with Claudia.
No, not virtual, but on genuine paper again. Click to actually read :)

Interview in The Word magazine
with Claudia.
With The Theory of Everything on the accompanying CD! February issue! Very very glossy! Out in the shops now all over Europe, or order a copy at The Word site!

>>> >>> >>>
Due to a mastering error not The Theory of Everything - Part II ended on The Word cover mount CD, but Part I: beautiful, but totally instrumental, only a minute and a half, and worst of all -ARGHL!!!- no Claudia singing! The Word's going to make up for this mistake: The Theory of Everything - Part II will be on the cover mount CD of their May issue. Out in the UK on the 12th of April!

January 2007
chaindlk.org
with Paul and Claudia.
easyjetinflight.com
with Claudia.
... and not a word about Duesseldorf!! ;-)

December 2006
gothic-online.de
with Paul.
Translated in German, the original recorded interview is up there as well.

C40!

2007-08-16T08:16:00.000Z

-x- gefeliciteerd liefje! -x-

Onetwo : live, facts and rumours...and reviews

2007-05-10T11:11:00.000Z

Note
Not all info is confirmed by Onetwo (yet, on the net), please keep checking for updates here, at the Onetwo sites, or at the venue sites. The dates with a [c] are.

Passed shows in purple, please check them for reviews and pics...

30.04.07 [c]
venue Mau Club Rostock (D)
Monday 8:00 pm doors
tickets tba
more info at http://www.mauclub.de
---

29.04.07 [c]
venue Knaack Club Berlin (D)
Sunday 8:00 pm doors
tickets tba
more info at http://www.knaack-berlin.de
---

28.04.07 [c]
venue MuK Gießen (D)
Saturday 8:00 pm doors
tickets 16-19 euro
more info at http://www.muk-giessen.de

Good review auf Deutsch by Ralf at medienkonverter.de!
---

27.04.07 [c]
venue Kulturfabrik Krefeld (D)
Friday 8 pm doors
presale: 16 euro + fees, tickets at the venue itself: 19 euro
more info and ticket links at http://www.kulturfabrik-krefeld.de

Oh my god what a night!
Onetwo really blasted the audience away, and -oh- what great fun was that! The gig turned into a big party after the first few songs, and Claudia, obviously very confident, constantly interacted with the audience. And the girl can sing, pfffff!!! I'm not only loving your shoes ;D

Here's a first review plus some good pics from Daniela Vorndran, check her own site ('what's new') as well. Other Krefeld-review-plus-pics-links:
- review @ nocturnalhall.de and pics @ nocturnalhall.de
- under the Konzerte button @ soundmag.de

Pictures taken by Pim Geerts, ta dude ;) !

Setlist
01. The Theory of Everything (1 & 2)
02. Signals
03. Sequential
04. Messages
05. Dr. Mabuse
06. Kein Anschluss
07. Element of Truth
08. Forever (Live & Die)
09. P-Machinery
10. Have a Cigar
11. Home (Tonight) (MHC mix)
12. Club Country (Billy Mackenzie tribute)
13. Souvenir (Moby mix)
14. Cloud Nine
15. Snobbery and Decay
16. Duel

Zugabe!!_1
17. If you leave
18. A Vision in the Sky

Zugabe!!_2
19. Electricity

Short live snippets of a few tracks at YouTube and darker vids with a better sound quality here, just to give you a tiny impression of what we went through...!

Thank Youtwo for a brilliant night!

:D :D :D
---

28.03.07 [c]
venue Shepherds Bush Empire London
Wednesday 7 pm doors

Claudia -Zelig- Brücken
-including review links-

plus the one in The Times 02.04.07,
please click review to enlarge:

Oh!_1: Onetwo performing Club Country

Oh!!_2: Andrew and Claudia performing Breakfast

Oh!!!_3: H17/BEF and Claudia performing Thhhempthhhation

UPDATE +++ UPDATE +++ UPDATE
Onetwo will be performing as well at the Tribute to Billy MacKenzie!
Check ticketweb.co.uk for more details.

Not only the Othertwo at There(there), Claudia and Andrew, but also Onetwo, Claudia and Paul will be performing at:
'A Tribute to Billy MacKenzie - a fundraising concert!
Onetwo, Claudia Brücken and Paul Humphreys, and 'Another Language', Claudia Brücken and Andrew Poppy, will be performing on 28th March at Shepherds Bush Empire at a wonderful fundraising concert in aid of Sound Seekers' work with deaf children in the developing world. Also joining on stage: Apollo 440, Electric Soft Parade, British Electric Foundation (BEF), Paul Haig with Subterraneans and Mower, and more. The Concert, 'A Tribute to Billy MacKenzie' will see each band/performer pay musical tribute to the late, great Associates frontman, as well as performing songs from their own catalogue.'

Claudia and Andrew will be performing three songs....Breakfast, Running Up That Hill, and a brand new interpretation of Roy Orbison's In Dreams....
Onetwo will also be performing three songs, including one Associates cover.
Next to that, Claudia will join Glen Gregory on stage... 'When your heart runs out of time'.....???

Oh, what a set and what a bore I live nowhere near to London....

Tickets £19.75 are on sale now from ticketweb.co.uk
More info on Sound Seekers and the latest updates on the concert can be found here http://www.myspace.com/soundseekers and here http://www.myspace.com/billymackenzietributeconcert
---

01.03.07 [c]
Sister Ray Record Store, Soho London
Thursday 6pm

'Onetwo - Claudia Brücken (PROPAGANDA!!!) & Paul Humphreys will be performing songs from their new album 'Instead' at 6pm on 1st March 2007. They will also be signing copies of the CD and an exclusive DJ 12" of remixes. Both will be available to buy in the store.'

Onetwo will be playing a 25 minute set, expect 5 tracks....Cloud Nine, Home (Tonight), Kein Anschluß...

Get yourself signed!
And remember: one in - one out, so be on time!

Sister Ray Ltd
www.sisterray.co.uk
34-35 Berwick Street, Soho London
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Onetwo, instead : album reviews

2007-03-27T20:20:00.000Z

The ones worth a read,
so far:

March 2007
releasemagazine.net
medienkonverter.de
gothic-online.de
raveline.de

February 2007
Daily Telegraph 10.02.07

Channel 4 teletext [thanks JimmyM!]

mindbreed.de
cd-aktuell.de
darkmoments.de

January 2007
powermetal.de
musicnonstop.co.uk
dasfachblatt.de
edel.at
side-line.com
musicman75.de
musik.terrorverlag.de
schwarzeseiten.de

December 2006
gothtronic.com ..band
gothtronic.com ..review
chaindlk.com
hechta.de
gothic-family.com
beatmag.net

November 2006
bloom.de

Another Language, Claudia Brücken & Andrew Poppy, on myspace

2007-03-10T14:14:00.000Z

Claudia Brücken and Andrew Poppy got their own space at myspace now at http://www.myspace.com/bruckenandpoppy Let's become friends!

They both released their Another Language album early '05, are still working with eachother on and off and will be performing live March 28th at 'A Tribute to Billy MacKenzie'! See my post Onetwo : live, facts and rumours for more details.

Onetwo : releases, updated

2007-03-01T00:00:00.000Z

The hard copies are there and existing and breathing and vibrating and looking very very gorgeous and waiting for you here!

---
Instead
full length album
TTCDX004

release date UK, also on iTunes, Monday 26.02.07

tracklisting
01 The Theory Of Everything (Part I)
02 The Theory Of Everything (Part II) *listen*
03 Sequential
04 Home (Tonight) *listen*
05 Signals
06 Have A Cigar
07 I Don't Blame You
08 Cloud Nine *listen*
09 Anonymous
10 Heaven
11 Kein Anschluss *listen*
12 The Weakness In Me
13 A Vision In The Sky
+
14 Home (Tonight) (Paul Freegard remix)
15 One and Only (Sister)
---

Cloud Nine
cdsingle
TTCDX003

release date UK, also on iTunes, Monday 19.02.07

tracklisting
01 Cloud Nine (Blank & Jones Radio Edit)
02 Cloud Nine (Album Version) *listen*
03 Kein Anschluss (S.I.T.D. Remix)
04 Home (Tonight) (Manhattan Clique Remix)
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Cloud Nine
cdsingle deluxe version on iTunes

release date Monday 19.02.07

tracklisting as the hard copy cdsingle, plus:
- Home (Tonight) (Paul Freegard remix)
- One and Only (Sister)
the same tracks as the Instead deluxe version
---

Onetwo, remixed
12" club vinyl ltd edition
TTVNL001

release date Monday 19.02.07

tracklisting
A. Kein Anschluss (Blank & Jones Rhythmus Raum Remix)
AA. Home (Tonight) (Manhattan Clique Remix)

more info at promotion company Music HouseRenegade
---

I'll update this post with extra additional info... Again, and again!

:D :Dreams become true :D :D

Onetwo, instead released 26.02.07!

2007-02-25T16:16:00.000Z

and i'm all ablaze

Claudia Brücken Love : and a million other things

2007-02-25T16:15:00.000Z

Claudia's solo album ('91), rare and hard to find as a hard copy (LP/CD), has finally found its digital ways to iTunes!

But, Oh, where did all that beautiful artwork go....?!

Onetwo, cloud nine released 19.02.07!

2007-02-19T09:09:00.000Z

Onetwo, instead :: Onetwo, cloud nine

Onetwo : Cloud Nine #9 in the DAC

2007-02-17T20:20:00.000Z

Two weeks (wk5) ago chart entry at #30, last week at #18 and this week at the #9 spot already in the Deutsche Alternative Charts!

Onetwo, remixed by DJ MacDevila

2007-02-09T17:17:00.000Z

A short update...

Have a look

Have a listen
Oneside: MacDevila's Out of the Blue Remix
Twoside: MacDevila's Into the Dark Mix

Have it in your already rather extensive Claudia Brücken collection:
indietective.de or musicnonstop.co.uk

the There,there pages of Onetwo

2007-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

are UPdated!

Check the shop at theremusic.com!
And don't miss the texts that accompany the new (and altered) releases ...
(click sleeve cover) Mr Morley is at it again... phone and cbtwo ;)

Don't forget to check the new layout at myspace 'Onetwo, officially' too...!

Things are happening!!!

Onetwo, instead : preorders album and single

2007-01-26T11:10:00.000Z

feb '07 : presales of the album and single @ Onetwo's website

other preorders for the album Instead are taken here, fi:
digitally at 7digital.com note: the iTunes release will feature 2 tracks extra
musicnonstop.co.uk
eil.com
play.com
idealcopy.american-data.net
amazon.de
bol.com
bol.de
indietective.de
poponaut.de

other preorders for the single Cloud Nine are taken here, fi:
digitally at 7digital.com note: the iTunes release will feature 2 tracks extra
musicnonstop.co.uk
eil.com
amazon.com / cdnow
amazon.ca
indietective.de

preorders for the 'Onetwo, remixed' club vinyl 12" (also called Kein Anschluss) are taken here:
indietective.de

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distributor and stuff
rough trade / pinnacle international

Onetwo : collector's Item

2007-01-16T16:17:00.000Z

Only meant for the completists among us.
(you know who you are)

There's a new colour variant added to the infamous Item colour scheme series: #7 as in 2007

No panic,
there weren't 6 different colour variants before this 007 one,
just 2:

The first copy, limited edition

The second copy, colour variant 5

Onetwo, instead : live reviews

2007-01-09T07:47:00.000Z

November 2006
13.11.06 TOO2MUCH London http://www.dso.co.uk/gig150.htm

Juni 2006
03.06.06 WTG Leipzig http://www.darkmoments.de/15wgtber.htm

Onetwo : promo pictures

2006-12-30T21:12:00.000Z

pictures taken by hege saebjornsen
presented here in very lo-res

a little gift

2006-12-23T12:12:00.000Z

A free low fat (64kbps) snippet (1'34) of MacDevila's Into The Blue remix of Onetwo's Cloud 9 is given to me by Inversion Recordings as a little Xmas present. I'm allowed to share this sneak prehear with you. Just to get an idea. (See my earlier posts on the sleeve design etc.)

For the next 7 days or a maximum of 100 downloads:
(copy-paste in browser)

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=72B96D75599BB9D0

(op=op!)

Cloud 9 transformed into Club 9 ;-)

Merry Christmas and Silent Nights everyone!

-x-

sending little instead signs for x-mas

2006-12-20T10:02:00.000Z

Onetwo, instead : cover design

2006-12-17T12:12:00.001Z

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the first little signs!
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Onetwo, instead : tracklist and trackrating

2006-12-17T11:11:00.000Z

01 The Theory Of Everything (Part I) ****
02 The Theory Of Everything (Part II) ****
03 Sequential ****
04 Home (Tonight) *****!
05 Signals *****
06 Have A Cigar (Pink Floyd cover) *****!
07 I Don't Blame You (Cat Power cover) ****
08 Cloud 9 (co-written by Martin Gore) *****
09 Anonymous (co-written by Andy McCluskey) **
10 Heaven (with The Startled Insects) *****
11 Kein Anschluss *****!
12 The Weakness In Me (with Gary Lucas) *****
13 A Vision In The Sky *****

*****! = brilliant favourites
***** = brilliant
**** = almost brilliant
** = sorry..

the 2006 list

2006-12-17T10:10:00.000Z

It's been a year!

anka - cocoon time
barbara morgenstern - the grass is always greener_10
brian eno + david byrne - my life in the bush of ghosts [remastered + extras] _5
cassius - 15 again
clinic - visitations
css - cansei de ser sexy_4
datafreq - fun for the whole family
dfa - the dfa remixes
electronic - get the message the best of [remastered + extras]
ensemble - ensemble
goose - bring it on_7
iamx - the alternative
i love you but i've chosen darkness - fear is on our side
infantjoy - with_8
junkie xl - today
lo-fi-fnk - boylife_9
mekon - some thing came up
morrissey - ringleader of the tormentor
nouvelle vague - bande a part
onetwo - instead [promo]_1
pieter nooten - ourspace
placebo - meds
poni hoax - poni hoax_6
prince - 3121
ratatat - classics
scritti politti - white bread black beer_3
sophie zeyl - two ways of running
the big chill - va
the dresden dolls - yes, virginia
the freelance hellraiser - waiting for clearance_11
the gathering - home
the glove - blue sunshine [remastered + extras]
the infadels - we are not the infadels
the may bees - blame it on the other ones_14
the rapture - pieces of the people we love
thom yorke - the eraser_2
tiga - sexor_13
trentemoller - the last resort_12
stijn - the world is happy now
yeah yeah yeahs - show your bones_15

- top 15 -

Onetwo @ Mexico CityHall vid + pics

2006-12-13T16:04:00.000Z

[copyright antillano ron 21.11.06]

Onetwo Cloud 9 remixes by DJ MacDevila :: final artwork

2006-12-12T13:02:00.000Z

First Online Onetwo Instead Review

2006-12-05T00:12:00.000Z

First Online Onetwo Instead Review

4.5 out of 5!

> and that's no lie <
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...just curious what the sleeve will look like...
*

:D :D :D

Onetwo Cloud 9 remixes by DJ MacDevila

2006-11-28T12:12:00.000Z

A sneak preview of the upcoming (soon!) promo and regular releases in good old vinyl... I'll keep you posted...!

Onetwo @ Mexico City Hall poster / flyer

2006-11-21T11:22:00.000Z

Onetwo @ TOO2MUCH pics

2006-11-13T12:12:00.000Z

Blondes have more fun ;-)

pics by Jimmy Messerschmitt @ http://www.omd.uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3058&start=0

Onetwo @ TOO2MUCH flyer

2006-10-28T23:11:00.000Z

Onetwo @ South America

2006-10-26T08:00:00.000Z

(next to the gig at TOO2MUCH in London November the 13th, see below)
Onetwo's gigs in Middle and South Amerca are being confirmed :D

> Tuesday 21st November - Mexico City (venue Mexico City Hall, more info @ www.noiselab.com )
> Friday 24th November - Lima, Peru (venue Niza, Avenida Arequipa 1501 - 9pm)
> Saturday 25th November - Santiago de Chile (venue Ex Teatro Italia, Bilbao 465)

Keep an eye on http://www.theremusic.com/ or www.myspace.com/weareonetwo ; more details for these shows will follow soon.

Next to that Claudia and Paul are also finalizing their release schedules so there will be an announcement regarding this soon also :D

Onetwo @ Too 2 Much - London

2006-09-18T22:10:00.000Z

From the latest Manhattan Clique newsletter
and confirmed by Onetwo at www.theremusic.com :

'STOP PRESS - We will be playing with Onetwo (Claudia Brucken & Paul Humphreys) at a special gig at London's Too 2 Much venue on Mon 13th November. This will be there only live show in the UK this year - tickets at flag promotions'

that is if you dare ;-)

Keep your eyes on the Onetwo site for more details soon on their little Middle-South-American tour at the end of November as well. Mexico, Peru and Chile, get ready!

Onetwo Leicester poster and poster live

2006-09-04T12:12:00.000Z

***

a bit belated, for the ones who can't get enough
[thank you to Shaun Knapp, Leicester City Council]

Onetwo @ Leicester Cathedral - pics #1

2006-08-30T12:10:00.000Z

28.08.06 bank holiday in the afternoon

claudia all over leicester!

soundchecking the cathedral...

...with the sun in your eyes

Onetwo @ Leicester Cathedral - pics #2

2006-08-30T12:09:00.000Z

28.08.06 bank holiday in the evening

claudia singing - paul synthesizing

paul singing

claudia synthesizing

Onetwo @ Leicester Cathedral - setlist & short review

2006-08-30T12:08:00.000Z

28.08.06
a ravishing beautiful night with Onetwo
they took my heart away,
again

the theory of everything - part 1*
teutonic beginnings...

the theory of everything - part 2*
...of a gentle popsong
best of both Onetwo worlds!

signals

sequential*
a darker synthpop past love song

messages
[omd]

dr mabuse
[propaganda]
no beginnings without endings

'sell him your soul'

with the vicar attending

sister

kein anschluss*
in german, hauntingly desperately beautiful
-you know the feeling-
experimental and a bit of depeche there

element of truth

forever live and die
[omd]

have a cigar*
[pink floyd cover]
a ztt kick in the eye + a tribute to syd + a dancefloor filler = an instant hit!
try to mix this with frankie's relax and dead or alive's you spin me round...
_scissor sisters eat your heart out_

home*
breathtakingly beautiful song on love and pain and hate

and a bit of revenge
i cried through that one

anonymous*
up to you to review ;-)

souvenir
[omd]

cloud 9

snobbery and decay
[act]
those were the days - wow!

duel
[propaganda]
a classic say no more

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p-machinery
[propaganda]
paul: 'propaganda!'

electricity
[omd]

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a vision in the sky*
hopeful endings of a night which promises so much more

'we love you, claudia!'
'what's that?'

* new songs from the Instead album
to be released early 2007 after a single release!

This August: Onetwo @ Leicester Cathedral

2006-08-02T12:12:00.000Z

*** Just a little reminder ***

At the end of this month, on the 28th of August, Onetwo will be performing at the Leicester Cathedral. There are still tickets available, so come on, don't be shy.
Check http://www.leicester.gov.uk/your-council--services/lc/arts-services/festivals-and-events/castle-park-festival/festival-concerts for all the details.

And let us meet in church for a change.

*** This October: Onetwo's LongPlayer Instead will see the light of day, more details very sooooon @ www.theremusic.com ***

Onetwo @ Wave Gothic Treffen Leipzig

2006-06-07T14:12:00.000Z

June 3rd http://www.gothics-nature.biz/de/foto/galerie/ > Wave Gothic Treffen > 2006 > Onetwo

Onetwo @ JoJo's

2006-06-03T12:12:00.000Z

A neat selection of the pics taken by Mark C of the warming up gig @ Madame JoJo's June 1st! Check out the OMD forum http://www.omd.uk.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=2 and the Blueboard http://frankie-say.dyndns.org/cgibin/ultimatebb.cgi for the excited reviews of the night...

Onetwo's debut album Instead

2006-05-28T12:12:00.000Z

will contain 12 (onetwo, 1:2) songs and will be released this August,
accompaning Onetwo's gig at the Leicester Cathedral the 28th of that month.

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

Instead, London and Leipzig - Onetwo live in June plus the album has been christened

2006-05-24T08:00:00.000Z

Things are happening!

Excerpt from the latest Manhattan Clique newsletter:

'On another subject, 'Onetwo' (aka OMD's Paul Humphries & Propaganda/Act's Claudia Brücken) will be performing a very special show at London's Madame JoJo's in Soho on Thursday 1st June as part of London's premier electro club night 'Electrogogo'. They will be showcasing some of their upcoming long-player 'Instead', as well as playing versions of some classic OMD, Propaganda & Act songs. Philip and Chris will also be assisting the duo on stage on additional keyboards. Tickets are just £5 in advance, £6 at the door. Doors open at 9pm and the quartet will be on stage at 11pm.

Onetwo will also be headlining the Wave Gotik Treffen Festival in Leipzig, Germany on Sat 3rd June, again with Philip and Chris. More info at http://www.wave-gotik-treffen.de/ - the legendary Nitzer Ebb are also playing their first reunion gig at the festival.'

:-D :-D :-D :-D :-D

1-2 press shot

2006-03-31T23:58:00.000Z

More on Onetwo @ Leicester Cathedral

2006-03-23T17:49:00.000Z

Tickets for Onetwo's performance @ the Castle Park Festival 2006 @ the Leicester Cathedral will go on sale on the 3rd of April for the fan base of Onetwo (Propaganda/OMD) only, the festival's manager told me. The general public will get their chance from the 17th and onwards, two weeks later. The Cathedral holds 350 people, so tickets could be scarce come August...

More info on the concert here and on the Festival's box office here.

See you around! ;-)

Onetwo @ Leicester Cathedral

2006-02-22T16:59:00.000Z

Onetwo's first gig date for 2006 has been confirmed on August the 28th at the Leicester Cathedral
Ticketsale will start on the 17th of April, more info shortly on www.theremusic.com

gigging the leicester cathedral

Today

2006-01-03T08:00:00.000Z

some people die, some people don't

20.08.44 - 03.01.92

To the future >>>

2005-12-28T23:59:00.000Z

Onetwo album release and tour planned for spring 2006

Onetwo = 1[Claudia Brücken] + 2[Paul Humphreys]

Nine Horses

2005-12-24T23:59:00.000Z

Snow Borne Sorrow

Interview with David Sylvian over the phone

Lists are contagious

2005-12-22T09:00:00.000Z

Oogst 2005

A Frames - Black Forest
Annie - Anniemal
Antony and the Johnsons - I Am a Bird Now
Basement Jaxx - The Singles (special edition)
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
Boards of Canada - The Campfire Headphase
Chemical Brothers - Push the Button
Claudia Brücken and Andrew Poppy - Another Language
Clor - Clor
Colder - Heat
Daft Punk - Human After All
Editors - The Back Room
Goldfrapp - Supernature
Ian Brown - The Greatest
Infantjoy - Where the Night Goes
Jackson and his Computer Band - Smash
LCD Soundsystem - LCD Soundsystem
Leftfield - A Final Hit
Mew - and the Glass Handed Kites
New Order - Waiting for the Sirens’ Call
Nine Horses [sylvian jansen ao] - Snow Borne Sorrow
Roisin Murphy - Ruby Blue
Soulwax - Nite Versions
Tiefschwarz - Eat Books
Turin Brakes - JackInABox

Infantjoy's Xmas Wishes

2005-12-19T20:30:00.000Z

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***available now in an iTunes Music Store near you***

Infantjoy at Crossing Border..

2005-11-20T17:01:00.000Z

Just last night

Infantjoy at the Crossing Border Festival

showing The Hague The Netherlands

Where The Night Goes

preparing

waiting

just departing

bright lighting

big mouth striking

..continues

2005-11-20T17:00:00.000Z

white tracksuiting

gazing

close to arriving, too soon

Infantjoy

2005-11-16T08:00:00.000Z

Infantjoy =
Paul Morley (NME, ZTT, Art of Noise) and James Banbury (The Auteurs)

Infantjoy has just released their debut album Where The Night Goes on Sony BMG. A mini-tour accompanies the release at this very moment.
More info at www.serviceav.com and www.infantjoy.com

Been listening to Infantjoy's Where The Night Goes for lots of times now, and how beautiful their musical frame for a night is!!

It's a journey from dusk till dawn, translated in one hour of music, divided in 12 pieces.There are electronic sounds, sampled voices and breaks, and there's a classical piano.The sounds are almost like atmospheric disturbances, like the unidentified noises late at night on the radio after all broadcasts have ended, accompanied by a warm and soothing piano. A bit melancholic at first, reminiscing the past day, then hopeful, awaking to a new tomorrow and a fresh new day. Erik Satie is heavily involved. And there’s this beautiful cover of David Sylvian’s Ghosts, although a bit too clearly sung -for my taste- by Sarah Nixey.

It’s rougher, it’s more experimental and it got so much more soul, if you want me to compare it with AoN. Imho Paul Morley has taken himself quite a few steps further from the Debussy album, and that’s exactly why I like Where The Night Goes so much. A breathtaking journey!!