Onetwo (band)

Onetwo
Onetwo
Genres	Synth-pop
Years active	2000–2013
Labels	There(there)
Past members	Claudia Brücken; Paul Humphreys;
Website	Onetwo at There(there)

Onetwo were an English synth-pop duo formed in 2000 by singer Claudia Brücken (Propaganda) and keyboardist/singer Paul Humphreys (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark). Their collaboration had no name until 2004.

History

Brücken and Humphreys met in the early 1980s and became romantically involved in 1996. The two started working together on material for a planned Propaganda album, but when the Propaganda reunion fell through, the pair concentrated on working on their own songs. In 2000 the duo toured the United States, where they played songs by both OMD and Propaganda,^[1] along with some new material.^[2]

After four years of writing the duo finally recorded a five-track EP entitled Item, released in June 2004 via their own label, There(there). They also gave their first live performance as Onetwo at the Carling Academy Islington in London on 30 September 2004 (2004-09-30).^[3]

In 2006, they performed live at Leicester Cathedral in August and at the London venue Too2Much in November. This was followed by a three-date Central/South American tour the same month. Onetwo's debut studio album, Instead, was released in February 2007 by There(there). In April, Onetwo toured Germany. Later that year they supported Erasure and the Human League.

In March 2013, Brücken and Humphreys ceased living and working together.

Discography

Studio albums

Instead (2007)

01 - The Theory of Everything Part 1
02 - The Theory of Everything Part 2
03 - Sequential
04 - Home (Tonight)
05 - Signals
06 - Have a Cigar
07 - I Don't Blame You
08 - Cloud Nine
- Guitar – Martin L. Gore
- Guitar [Extra] – Rupert Webster
- Keyboards [Extra], Electronics – Chuck Norman
- Keyboards [Extra], Programmed By – Jon Russell
- Written-By – Gore
09 - Anonymous
10 - Heaven
11 - Kein Anschlu?
12 - The Weakness in Me
13 - A Vision in the Sky

EPs

Item (2004)

01 - Sister
02 - Cloud 9
03 - Element of Truth
04 - Signals
05 - One and Only (Sister)

Singles

"Cloud Nine" (2007)

References

^ Sutton, Michael. "Claudia Brücken: Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
^ "Onetwo (Paul Humphreys & Claudia Brucken) Interview [2004]". 18 March 2011.
^ "| dsoaudio | gig reviews - Onetwo, Islington Academy, London - 30 September 2004". Dso.co.uk. 30 September 2004. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

External links

[1] Sutton, Michael. "Claudia Brücken: Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 November 2016.

[2] "Onetwo (Paul Humphreys & Claudia Brucken) Interview [2004]". 18 March 2011.

[3] "| dsoaudio | gig reviews - Onetwo, Islington Academy, London - 30 September 2004". Dso.co.uk. 30 September 2004. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

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