Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
March 10, 2011
Washington D.C., U.S. @ 930 Club

Review By: Limin Li

For those who have been living under an 80’s synth-pop/new wave rock, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark or OMD for short has been a band with chart topping hits all through the 80’s and early 90’s For me personally, it was an eargasm in the making. Everything I have been listening to and DJing all has some sort of melodic sounds, which is very similar to all of the OMD’s hits. There was no way that I was not going to this show.

Keep in mind, this was my first time stepping into 9:30 Club. I went in, located my friend and grabbed a drink. As I was crowd scanning, I noticed a lot of the fans were more mature than me and very diverse. It make sense because the fact that this is an 80’s group.

First, the warm up band, Oh Land, came on. Oh Land is a New York City based band that plays a similar genre of music as compare to OMD. To my personal beliefs, they sounded more towards inde-electronica versus new wave. Lead singer, Nanna Øland Fabricius came to the mic and said, “Hey everyone, we are Oh Land, and we are here to support OMD!” As the crowd getting bigger and bigger, Nanna introduce a song called “White Night”. Nanna said, this next song is for those times when you can’t go to sleep in the nighttime. Nanna wipe out her instrumental stick and beating to a synthesizer machine and crowd went wild. (more…)