OBK
| OBK | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Sant Feliu de Llobregat (Barcelona), Spain |
| Genres | Synthpop, trance |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Warner Music Group |
| Website | www |
| Members | Jordi Sanchez Miguel Arjona |
OBK is a Spanish synthpop music group from Barcelona (Spain) composed of Jordi Sánchez and Miguel Arjona. The group was famous for introducing the electronic music in Spain in the 1990s (in the early 1980s some Spanish synthpop bands as Azul y Negro and Aviador Dro, among others, had gained great success also).
Jordi Sanchez and Miguel Arjona met for first time in the Athletism club of Sant Feilu de Llobregat. They were fans of groups like Yazoo, OMD and specially, Depeche Mode. They debuted in the musical scene with Konga Music, an indie record label which supported all kinds of electronic music. In 1991, appeared their first release, a mini album called "Llámalo sueño..." (Call it a dream...). This album is the most successful of their career and sold over 400.000 copies in Spain. In fact, they entered in the history of the Spanish pop music for being the first group that had such sales with a debut album. Four singles were released from the album. The first one was "¿De que me sirve llorar?" (What can I do by crying?), "Oculta realidad" (Hidden truth), "La princesa de mis sueños" (The princess of my dreams), and the most famous hit: "Historias de amor" (Love stories), which is considered the icon song from the group.
Two years later, appeared their second album called "Momentos de fe" (Moments of faith), that was released with the label, Blanco y negro music. This time the album was highly promoted, but it didn't have the success of the first album. It sold over 130.000 copies. The singles extracted from the album were: "Dicen" (They say...), "Robarle al tiempo" (To steal from Time), "Lágrimas de soledad" (Loneliness tears) and "Todavía" (Still). The first single was very polemical because the tital song was directed to the musical critics who used to make very bad reviews about their music.
The third album, called "Trilogía" (Trilogy), was released in 1995 and was the first album released with the Spanish branch of EMI, the same label in which they would release their next albums. Trilogía was famous for its first single : "Mi razón de ser" (My reason for being), the first single that became an 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 love song). In spite of being under promoted, the album was well received, but its success was only moderate: It sold 80.000 copies and was certified gold. This was much lower than expected, and was the start of a long bad relationship with their record label.
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