:: NEWS ::
26th January, 2010 The Oppenheimer Analysis song Radiance is included on the Stones Throw/Minimal Wave compilation, The Minimal Wave Tapes vol.1, released on 26 January 2010. Radiance also appears on an accompanying promotional split 7" single, together with the Mark Lane song, Who's Really Listening. |
5th October, 2009 On Saturday 17 October 2009 Andy and Martin will be making their first-ever appearance in the North of England at the Star and Shadow, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, at the invitation of Road to Rimini - a brotherhood of visionary DJ's committed to four decades of electronic dance music, with a focus on classic innovations originating in Italy, Germany and the UK during the 70's and 80's. The night starts at 10pm - Oppenheimer Analysis will be onstage around midnight. |
9th August, 2009 Great news! Matthias Schuster and Trautonia Capra will be making their first-ever UK appearance at the Old Blue Last, Shoreditch, London, on 31 August 2009 (Bank Holiday Monday). Doors open at 8pm - admission is free. Support acts will be Katja Von Kassel and Oppenheimer Analysis. The event has been organised by Brave Exhibitions - the London- and Berlin-based club with a reputation for the unconventional, the eccentric and the extraordinary. Matthias has been an integral part of the German electronic scene since the late 1970's, and became well-known as a member of Geisterfahrer and Bal Pare. Together with his muse, partner and theremin-specialist Trautonia, he will be performing music from the Das Institut and Im Namen Des Volkes projects. Please spread the word - it would be great to see you there! |
8th August, 2009 Thanks to James (DJ Casionova), Ali Renault and all the Magic Waves crew for their friendship and support, and their great organisation of the Magic Waves festival. The audience could not have been more enthusiastic. We made so many fantastic new friends, including Fred Ventura, the Revolving Eyes and the Road to Rimini crew. The Entertainist organisation has posted an interview with Andy and Martin at their site. Additional interviews with Fred Ventura, Legowelt, David Vunk, the Revolving Eyes, Andy Oppenheimer and Alden Tyrell are posted here |
30th May, 2009 Andy and Martin will be apearing at the Magic Waves Summer Festival on Friday 10 July 2009. This will take place at Corsica Studios near the Elephant and Castle in London over the weekend of 10-11 July, with a wide range of fascinating electronic musicians and DJ's from the 80's, 90's and 00's. Oppenheimer Analysis will be performing on the same bill as their Clone CLassic Cuts label-mates Fred Ventura, Fockewulf 190 and Alden Tyrell. |
30th May, 2009 Andy and Martin have been interviewed by Jean Marc Bouaziz for his internet radio show H2H4U, to be broadcast on www.beradio.net on Tuesday 2 June 2009 between 8 and 10pm CEST. The interview will be accompanied by several OA tracks from the early 80's and the late 00's. |
12th April, 2009 Photos from the Brighton Electrofest can be viewed at the Oppenheimer Analysis myspace page, both in the pictures folder and also as part of a new slideshow. Thanks to Stu Avis of Speak and Spell and the Komedia Theatre for their efficient organisation of the event, to all the musicians for their friendship and support, and to Gary Lornie (see above photo), Nigel Jepson and DJ Plastikmann for their great pictures. |
15th March, 2009 The first Brighton Electrofest will be held at the Komedia Theatre, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton BN1 1UN, on Saturday 4 April 2009. The event runs from 3.30pm to midnight and features one of the UK's best-known Depeche Mode tribute bands, Speak and Spell, the electro-chanteuse Katja von Kassel, Oppenheimer Analysis, 80s synth-revivalists This Mono Galaxy and electro-goth evangelists, Digitalis. Other acts are to be confirmed. DJ Plastikmann (Mike Wehmeier) from Neon Welt in Bochum will be providing deep minimal 80s electro dance sounds between bands and at the aftershow party. Tickets are £8.00 from the Komedia and at the door. |
23rd September, 2008 On Wednesday 8 October 2008 Oppenheimer Analysis will be playing at Brave Exhibitions in London, supported by Jonteknik. The club is held at The Macbeth, 70 Hoxton Street, Shoreditch, London N1 (nearest tube: Old Street) Entry £3. 8pm-late. Also appearing at this minimal electronic night will be DJ Speakmarauder and DJ Blix. |
22nd September, 2008 Here is a review of the Neon Welt show published by Soundmag.de |
21st September, 2008 Sadly Jonteknik was unable to support us at Neon Welt due to uncertainty caused by the Channel tunnel fire. However Hertzinfarkt and AWOL both gave great performances, including a wonderful joint version of The Devil's Dancers! Diana of Hertzinfarkt joined Andy on stage for a fantastic rendition of Subterranean Desire. Thanks again to Plastikmann, Andreas Sippel and Martin for all their hard work and expertise in setting up the sound system and lighting.
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23rd August, 2008 On Thursday 25 September 2008 Andy and Martin will be playing live in the UK for the first time in 24 years - at Synthetic, a great new electronic club at the Cavendish Arms, Hartington Road, Stockwell, London SW8 (a friendly, spacious pub with easy parking). Also playing will be the Brighton-based Digitalis, Looptron and Cosmic Intent from Switzerland. The evening starts at 8pm - tickets are £6 on the door or £5 with flyer. Andy and Martin will be giving away twenty copies of a limited cd-r single containing their two most recent recordings, Washington and One Minute To Midnight. Copies of the Atomic Age and Wissenschaftler cd-r's will be available for sale. |
22nd August, 2008 Andy and Martin will be playing live at Neon Welt, Zwischenfall, Bochum, on Saturday 13 September 2008, supported by Hertzinfarkt (new 7" single Stell Lauter out soon on Kernkrach Records) and Jonteknik (a synthesist from Brighton, England, and collaborator with Claudia Brucken and Paul Humphreys on their Onetwo album and EP). DJ Plastikmann will be providing a wide-ranging playlist of rare eighties electronic minimalism, accompanied by the guest DJ, Frank Hentshcke of Absent Without Leave. |
1st March, 2008 The extended version of "The Devil's Dancer's" also features as the first track on side A of a 12" vinyl four-track EP (C#CC12) released by Clone Records to coincide with the "Clone Classic Cuts" cd compilation. |
22nd February, 2008 An extended version of "The Devil's Dancers" is included on the cd compilation "Clone Classic Cuts" released by Clone Records of Rotterdam on 22 February 2008 (catalogue no. C#cd010). Thanks to Veronica Vasicka of Minimal Wave and Serge of Clone for making this possible. Other tracks include "I Am A Vocoder" by Gay Cat Park, "Body Heat" by Fockewulf 190 and "I'm Strong" by Fingers Inc with Robert Owens. "The Devil's Dancers" also appears on the free limited promo mix cd accompanying initial copies of the compilation. |
10th November, 2007 Minimal Wave has recently released the second pressing of the Oppenheimer Analaysis 12" EP. Contains "The Devil's Dancers", "Cold War", "Men in White Coats" and "Radiance". This is a further limited edition of 500 copies in a numbered picture sleeve with a fold-out poster of Andy performing live in 1983. This can be obtained from Minimal Wave at http://www.minimal-wave.org. |
20th October, 2007 satosato1 has added a YouTube video of the Devil's Dancers at OJC Kompas, Sint Niklaas - this is different to the clip posted by Vulcanoid, and has good quality sound. |
30th September, 2007 Martin Lloyd will be the guest DJ at Zwischenfall, Bochum, near Dortmund, on 6 October 2007. The 6th Neon Welt Festival will include live performances by SAAL2, AWoL and Dr Doomsday & His Nuclear Wisemen. |
8th September, 2007 Oppenheimer Analysis now has a mySpace page. We will be posting photos and our most recent songs, together with some early material from the 80s. We hope you will pay us a visit and join our friends list. Martin Lloyd has his own mySpace site, featuring his early 80s solo work and collaborations with David Rome of Drinking Electricity and Paul Ashley. |
4th July, 2007 On 4 July 2007 Martin Lloyd appeared as a guest DJ at Wierd, Home Sweet Home, 131 Chrystie St. @ Delancy, NYC. Thanks to Pieter, Glenn and Veronica Vasicka for their support and for making this unforgettable night possible. |
1st July, 2007 On 1 July 2007 Martin Lloyd was interviewed by Veronica Vasicka of East Village Radio for her live Minimal Electronik Plus programme. Thanks to Veronica, her family, friends and colleagues at EVR for making this visit to New York such an enjoyable and memorable occasion. |
19th May, 2007 Not content with the success of the recent "Sky Full of Stitches" party at Jena, East Germany, DJ Mike Klein has organised a further Weird Science party at Loch Ness, Wiesloch, near Heidelberg, on Saturday 19 May 2007. This promises a serious exploration of the minimal electronic vinyl legacy, with the accent on dark moods, decadence and dance. We love the flyer, which shows a psychologist bearing a strong resemblance to someone we know very well! |
12th May, 2007 Uniqlo is a Japanese clothing company with outlets around the world. The latest Spring/Summer edition of the Uniqlo paper includes a double page spread containing Andy's lyrics to the chorus of Devil's Dancers - you can find it at pages 5 and 6 of section 4. Click on the image to enlarge the page to full size.
Uniqlo Paper No.2 is available on the net or as a free giveaway magazine at your local branch of Uniqlo. |
21st April, 2007 Together with DJ Jana, DJ Mike Klein co-organised a great show at the Cafe Wagner in Jena, near Leipzig, East Germany. This featured three fascinating bands: Solitude FX and A.W.O.L from Germany, and Sista Mannen Pa Jorden from Sweden. Martin reports that this was a tremendously satisfying show, highlighting a huge level of enthusiasm and involvement in minimal electronics by all those involved. The three bands received a great reception, and the PA sound quality was excellent. The aftershow party was a success and continued until 6am! |
16th December, 2006 DJ Echo Frau (ErszebetX) of Oraisonfunebre, based in Nancy, France, now broadcasts a minimal electronic synth/cold wave radio show from 2000 to 2100 (French time) on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. Radio Stranger is also available as a webcast and podcast. |
15th October, 2006 Andy and Martin with DJ Aime le Chevalier, DJ Echo Frau and friends in Hamme, Belgium. (photo by Mike Klein, Weird Science) |
14th October, 2006 Thanks to DJ Aime le Chevalier (seen left with Andy) and the management of OJC Kompas, Sint Niklaas, for their hospitality and generosity during our visit to Belgium. Thanks also to the audience and our many friends and fans (including Mike Klein, Plastikmann, Andreas Sippel, Martin Kleefeld, DJ Echo Frau, Mark and Paul of Sudeten Creche) for making the journey to Sint Niklaas. We enjoyed meeting the other acts, Twilight Ritual and Martial Canterel, and, as always, were impressed by the huge level of support for early 80s electronic music. Three video tracks are currently available on YouTube: Devil's Dancers, Cold War and Men in White Coats. Any photos from the show would be welcome - please send them as attachments to Martin Lloyd at martinlh@aol.com. |
14th October, 2006 Andy and Martin perform live at OJC Kompas, Sint Niklaas, Belgium. (Thanks to Mark Warner of Sudeten Creche for the photo) |
30th August, 2006 On Saturday 14 October 2006 Oppenheimer Analysis will be playing live for the third time this year. They will be performing at the Minimal Synth night at OJC Kompas, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium. Also appearing will be the cult 80s Belgian band, Twilight Ritual. In addition, DJ Cerrone and DJ Aime le Chevalier , both from Belgium, will be playing a wide range of rare and unusual minimal electronic sounds. Tickets cost 10 Euros and the doors will be open at 2030. Oppenheimer Analysis will be onstage at 2130. |
23rd July, 2006 "Science" is one of nine tracks included on the 10" vinyl compilation "Hamburg Hit News 2006", just released by NLW. The first edition comprises 300 copies in grey-marbled vinyl. The album can be obtained at the Back Again shop or by mail order. Thanks to Alexander Pohle and all at NLW for their support and for including Oppenheimer Analysis together with so many well-respected German artists. |
1st July, 2006 DJ Echo Angelica of East Village Radio was interviewed by Hardware Media & Radio on 23 June 2006. The interview contains inspirational insights into the history and significance of 70s/80s music and (sub)culture. |
8th June, 2006 DJ Ryan played "Men In White Coats" on his East Village Radio show "This Side of Nowhere" - thanks for your support, Ryan! The playlist included a great selection of avant-punk, new wave, minimal electronics, proto-goth and pop nostalgia. |
5th June, 2006 The recent track "Science" will be included on the 10" vinyl compilation "Hamburg Hit News 2006" to be released soon by NLW. Meanwhile we could not resist adding this atmospheric photo of Andy live at Loch Ness, Wiesloch - is that a laser in his pocket? Great work, Ray! |
1st June, 2006 On Thursday 1 June DJ Echo Angelica played a great electronic set on her East Village Radio show "Dead Beat". The playlist included "The Devil's Dancers" along with many of our own favourite bands and tracks. |
21st May, 2006 A three-page interview with Oppenheimer Analysis is included in the current issue of Black magazine, number 43, published in Germany on 21 April 2006. The interview was carried out by Michael Wehmeier (aka Plastikmann), and contains much detailed information concerning Andy and Martin's musical influences and ideas. The full interview can be read here on the Schwarzes-NRW website. |
21st May, 2006 Interview with Oppenheimer Analysis by Michael Wehmeier, published in Black magazine issue 43, April 2006. |
20th May, 2006 Our thanks to Raymond Kriha from the goth listings site Gothsick.de who has kindly provided a link to his photos of DJ Mike Klein's birthday party at Weird Science, Loch Ness, Wiesloch. There are some great pictures of the audience and band, together with some fascinating images of the locality near Heidelberg. The site's news, calendar and galerie pages include links to an amazing range of goth-related events with a vast amount of photographic archive material. |
20th May, 2006 Oppenheimer Analysis at Loch Ness, Wiesloch. Photo by Ray of Gothsick.de. |
22nd April, 2006 We are indebted to DJ Mike Klein of Modern Angels for inviting us to perform at his 35th birthday event at Weird Science, Loch Ness, Wiesloch near Heidelberg. Thanks to Mike, his family, DJ Lieven (Aime le Chevalier) and the club organisers for making our first visit to Southern Germany such an incredible experience. Special thanks must also go to Veronica Vasicka and Marc Houle of Minimal Wave, DJ Plastikmann of Neon-Welt and Martin Kleefeld of Minimal-Elektronik for making such a great effort to be there. The audience were amazing in every way, and it was wonderful to be among so many enthusiastic lovers of early 80s music! These were truly the things that dreams are made of! Thanks again, Mike, for making all of this possible! |
24th March, 2006 Thanks to DJ Plastikmann, Andreas Sippel of Second Decay, Martin (sound and lighting engineer) and DJ Dirk Rathner for making our first German appearance such an enjoyable experience. It was great to play at Zwischenfall on the same stage as so many pioneering bands. The sound and lighting could not have been better, and it was fantastic to play for such an appreciative audience. Thanks also to DJ Echo Frau of Oraison Funebre and Martin Kleefeld of Minimal-Elektronik for travelling so far to see us! Photos of the the show can be seen on the Galerie page of the Neon-Welt website and the Galeries page of the Oraison Funebre webzine. |
24th March, 2006 Oppenheimer Analysis at Neon-Welt, Zwischenfall, Bochum. Photo by DJ Plastikmann (Mike Wehmeier). |
26th February, 2006 On Saturday 22 April 2006 Oppenheimer Analysis will be playing live for the second time in over 20 years at Weird Science, IM Loch Ness, Wiesloch, Germany. This will be a special evening to celebrate DJ Mike's birthday. DJ Aime le Chevalier from Belgium will also be playing. The event runs from 9pm till 3am. See the Modern Angels website for directions. |
8th February, 2006 On Friday 24 March 2006 Oppenheimer Analysis will be performing live for the first time in 22 years at the Neon-Welt Systems of Romance event at Zwischenfall, Bochum, near Dortmund, Germany - a John Foxx-Ultravox night. More news later. |
26th January, 2006 "The Devil's Dancers" and "Cold War" were played on Echo Angelica's Dead Beat Radio show on East Village Radio. Click here to listen to the full programme. |
21st January, 2006 Andy now has his own personal website relating to his work as a Defence Consultant, with information concerning his services, articles and contact details. There is also a comprehensive links page. |
1st January, 2006 "Men In White Coats" was played on Veronica Vasicka's Minimal-Electronik Plus show on East Village Radio. Happy New Year to Veronica, DJ Mike, DJ Echo, DJ Ryan, all at East Village Radio, Minimal Wave and our many friends around the world! We hope 2006 will be an exciting and fulfilling year for everyone! Look out for more new recordings, archive releases and some surprises in store! |
27th December, 2005 "The Devil's Dancers" was played on DJ Ryan M's "This Side of Nowhere" show on East Village Radio. |
22nd December, 2005 "The Devil's Dancers" and "Cold War" (twice!) were played on Echo Angelica's Dead Beat show on East Village Radio. |
18th December, 2005 "Impotent and Obsolete" was played on Veronica Vasicka's Minimal-Electronik Plus show on East Village Radio. |
15th December, 2005 "The Devil's Dancers" was played on Echo Angelica's Dead Beat show on East Village Radio. |
12th December, 2005 Two CD-R releases of our non-EP early eighties' material and our recent recordings are now available. See discography for titles and track listings. The CD-R's are in high-quality, uncompressed sound, with printed labels and inserts, and cost £10.00 and £5.00 respectively, plus postage and packing at cost. You can order the CD-R's through our contact page, and we will be in touch by e-mail as soon as possible. Payments by PayPal only. |
7th December, 2005 "Under Surveillance (Club Version)" is included on the Dancefloor Tragedy v.a. compilation CD - "The Finest Underground Tunes Vol.1". This limited-edition collection was a competition prize at the club's fifth birthday event in Vienna on 7 December. See discography for track listing. |
5th December, 2005 Kraftwerk, the godfathers of minimal electronic pop, have issued their first-ever official video - the 2 DVD set, Minimum - Maximum. |
4th December, 2005 The Minimal Wave website is now online - a major comprehensive overview and extensive resource encompassing the history of early eighties' minimal electronic and coldwave music, with details of artists and recordings from 1979 to the present day. The site includes band histories, interviews, photos, sound links and news. The available merchandise includes archival recordings, clothing and badges. |
3rd December, 2005 The Oppenheimer Analysis website goes live. Andy and Martin would like to thank Rob Brannigan (right) for his invaluable work in designing and setting up the site during the past few weeks. Mp3 downloads of the non-EP tracks are now available, and CD-R's of our old and new recordings will be on sale in the near future. (Photo taken at Los Alamos Studio by Julia Howell) |
2nd December, 2005 A twelve-inch four-track EP of early material, comprising "Cold War", "The Devil’s Dancers", "Men In White Coats" and "Radiance", is scheduled to be the first release (MW001) on the New York-based Minimal Wave label. The EP will be available directly from Minimal Wave from 7 December 2005. (Photo and artwork by Veronica Vasicka) |
1st December, 2005 The new track "Under Surveillance (Club Version)" is included on the limited-edition compilation CD to be raffled at the Dancefloor Tragedy Fifth Anniversary Party on 7 December. Go to http://www.dancefloor-tragedy.at.lv/ for further information. |
13th November, 2005"Subterranean Desire" was played on Veronica Vasicka's Minimal-Electronik Plus show on East Village Radio. |
29th October, 2005 DJ Mike included three songs by Oppenheimer Analysis in his Weird Science sets at Loch Ness, Wiesloch - "Men In White Coats", "Science" and "The Devil's Dancers". |
