Claudia Brücken
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Claudia Brücken |
| Born | 7 December 1963 |
| Origin | Berching, Germany |
| Genres | Synthpop, new wave |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1984–present |
| Labels | ZTT, Island, There(There) |
| Associated acts |
Propaganda Act Onetwo |
Claudia Brücken (born 7 December 1963, Berching, Bavaria) is a German singer who fronted the synthpop groups Propaganda and Act. In 1996 she started working with OMD co-founder Paul Humphreys, first without a name, and since 2004 as Onetwo. Together they also founded the independent record label There(There). In March 2013, Claudia and Paul ceased working and living together, and she has subsequently returned to pursuing her solo career.
In 1983, Brücken joined the German band Propaganda and relocated to London when they signed with ZTT Records. Propaganda had two UK top 30 hit singles with "Dr Mabuse" (1984) and "Duel" (1985). On 14 February 1985, Brücken married British music journalist Paul Morley, who was one of the founders of the ZTT label. In July 1985, the first Propaganda album A Secret Wish was released. While promoting their first album and writing songs for a new album, internal tensions rose within the group. This was mainly attributed to the relationship between Brücken and Morley, and the profitless contract the band had signed with ZTT. In 1986, Propaganda left ZTT, and Brücken left Propaganda to stay with ZTT.
She joined Thomas Leer to form Act, who in 1988 released their only album Laughter, Tears and Rage. In 1991 she released a solo album Love: And a Million Other Things for Island Records. In the United Kingdom two singles were released from this album "Absolut(e)" in 1990, and "Kiss Like Ether" in 1991. Throughout the rest of the 90s, Brücken concentrated mainly on motherhood (she has a daughter, Maddy, with Paul Morley) and made some guest performances on albums of other artists. She had met Paul Humphreys (of OMD) in the early 1980s but it was in 1996 when the pair became close, as she was working on songs for a possible second solo album.
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