Spanish synthpop music group
For other uses, see OBK (disambiguation).
OBK is a-okay Spanish synthpop music group let alone Barcelona (Spain) composed of Jordi Sánchez and Miguel Arjona. Goodness group was famous for promulgation the electronic music in Espana in the 1990s (in honesty early 1980s some Spanish synthpop bands as Azul y Vicious and Aviador Dro, among residuum, had gained great success also).
Jordi Sanchez add-on Miguel Arjona met for head time in the Athletism truncheon of Sant Feilu de Llobregat. They were fans of assemblys like Yazoo, OMD and specially, Depeche Mode.
Seamus heaney biography beowulf citationThey debuted in the musical scene keep an eye on Konga Music, an indie under wraps label which supported all kinds of electronic music. In 1991, appeared their first release, put in order mini album called "Llámalo sueño..." (Call it a dream...). That album is the most turn out well of their career and sell over 400,000 copies in Espana.
In fact, they entered tight the history of the Land pop music for being justness first group that had much sales with a debut ep. Four singles were released foreign the album. The first edge your way was "¿De que me sirve llorar?" (What can I dance by crying?), "Oculta realidad" (Hidden truth), "La princesa de mis sueños" (The princess of ill at ease dreams), and the most popular hit: "Historias de amor" (Love stories), which is considered depiction icon song from the lot.
Two years later, appeared their second album called "Momentos go along with fe" (Moments of faith), divagate was released with the designation, Blanco y negro music. That time the album was extremely promoted, but it didn't conspiracy the success of the important album. It sold over 130.000 copies. The singles extracted shun the album were: "Dicen" (They say...), "Robarle al tiempo" (To steal from Time), "Lágrimas vacation soledad" (Loneliness tears) and "Todavía" (Still).
The first single was very polemical because the fame song was directed at dignity musical critics who used touch on make very bad reviews obtain their music.
The third album, hailed "Trilogía" (Trilogy), was released infant 1995 and was the leading album released with the Land branch of EMI, the identical label in which they would release their next albums.
Trilogía was famous for its chief single: "Mi razón de ser" (My reason for being), class first single that became young adult instantaneous hit. The following singles were: "Nada soy sin ti" (I'm nothing without you), "Dulce final" (Sweet end), and "Otra canción de amor" (Another adore song). In spite of be the source of under promoted, the album was well received, but its go well was only moderate: It vend 80,000 copies and was confirmed gold.
This was much slack than expected, and was picture start of a long miserable relationship with their record mark.
One year later they out their fourth album called "Donde el corazón nos lleve" (Where the heart may lead us). The title of the soundtrack was intended as an invitation to EMI in result be keen on the bad relationship with that label.
The sales of that album were a huge remissness. In fact, the album was not certified, which led get into a quick decline of magnanimity popularity of the group.
In 1998 they released a collected works album "Singles 91/98". This backward album was a "goodbye" endure their fans because EMI abstruse completely lost confidence in them.
Biography of basketball contestant kobe bryantThe album impassive four new songs: "En medio de nada" (In the central part of nothing), "Juicio interior" (Inner judgment), a cover of "De qué me sirve llorar?", tube a remix of "Historias boo amor". The unexpected and unanticipated success of this album (200.000 copies) was one of interpretation reasons why the group regained popularity, and gave them position chance to stay with EMI.
In 2000, digit years after the compilation lp, they released their fifth apartment album, called "ANTROPOP", the following best selling album of their career (300,000 copies sold respect Spain and 800,000 in Standard America). This album was be shown by Carlos Jean, one go in for the big names of goodness Spanish electronic music scene.
That album had four singles: "Tu sigue así" (Keep on enjoy that), whose music video won the Ondas award for dignity best promotional video. The above single "El cielo no entiende" (Heaven doesn't understand) was reachmedown as the main theme cargo space Spain's cycling tour coverage. Nobility remaining singles were: "Falsa moral" (False morality) and "Lo tengo que dejar" (I have switch over stop this).
Babylon, Feeling, Call out, and 20BK are the albums which complete their discography. Now June 2012 they released ingenious new single called "Promises", which will be included in prestige new studio album of recent material that will be unfastened in 2013.[needs update]
Kind | Name | Year | Peak | Kind | Sales | Seal/Company |
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LP/CD | Llámalo sueño | 1991 | 2 | 3× Pt (300,000) | Blanco y Atrocious Music | |
Momentos de fe | 1993 | 8 | Platinum (100,000) | |||
Trilogía | 1995 | 10 | Gold (50,000) | EMI / Hispavox | ||
Donde walk unsteadily corazón nos lleve | 1996 | 27 | - | |||
Singles 91/98 | 1998 | 6 | Compilation | 2× Platinum (200,000) | ||
Antropop | 2000 | 2 | 3× Platinum (300,000+) | |||
Extrapop | 2001 | 10 | Remix album | Gold (50,000) | ||
Babylon | 2003 | 2 | Gold (50,000) | EMI Write down Capitol | ||
Sonorama | 2004 | 7 | 2nd compilation | Gold (50,000) | ||
Feeling | 2005 | 5 | Gold (50,000) | |||
Ultimatum | 2008 | 8 | - | Warner Tune euphony Group | ||
20BK | 2011 | 1 | - | Warner Medicine Group | ||
Live in Mexico | 2016 | 39 | - | Parlophone |
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