Klaus Nomi

[bluerain202]

Pioneer of a opera/synth pop mix (and only person to combine opera and modern music sucessfully in my opinion). I only recently discovered him.
He reminds me of Joy Division because of the space-influence (and thus Bowie of course as well). He had a highly stylized "automaton" fashion that made him seem like he came from another world...
His stage performances have a clear influence from the Space Age as well as the art school Bauhaus (not the band, but the school from which the band rendered it's name).
Many of his songs are "dark", and definatly remind me of some of the ballads ala Cinema Strange.


Klaus and Bowie performing on SNL
Excellent website that features Nomi songs on many of it's page:
http://perso.orange.fr/klaus.nomi/home_ve.html  

[osirisgoauldgoddess]

Never heard of that man before. Thx for the hint will try to listen to some of his works and then see if I like them.  

[Cockroach Waltz]

Klaus Nomi is great, its too bad that he died so young.

I love Total Eclipse, Lightening Strikes and The Cold Song.

 

[osirisgoauldgoddess]

He is dead? I´ve listened to Total Eclipse and a few other songs out of curiousity and have to say that the man is good, however I don´t think I could listen to him for too long. I like the music, but his singing is not that much for me. Nevertheless he is a good artist.