Camera Obscura are a
new wave/
synth-pop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a music genre that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s b ...
band formed in 1982 in
York
York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...
, England, by Peter Oldroyd and Nigel James. They signed to
Small Wonder Records
Small Wonder Records was a British independent record label owned and managed by Pete and Mari Stennett, that specialised in releasing records by punk rock and post-punk bands. It operated out of a record shop of the same name at 162 Hoe Stree ...
in 1983 and reached no. 32 on the
UK Indie Chart
The UK Independent Singles Chart and UK Independent Albums Chart are charts of the best-selling independent singles and albums, respectively, in the United Kingdom. Originally published in January 1980, and widely known as the indie chart, the ...
with the single "Destitution".
[Lazell, Barry (1997) "Indie Hits 1980-1989", Cherry Red Books, ] In 1986 the band split, but reformed for a tour of Germany in 2005 after signing to German label Anna Logue Records. They have since released an album of recordings from 1983, ''Horizons of Suburbia'', two singles "Strange Faces" and "Strange Faces 2006" and a live EP from a show in
Hannover
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, Germany.
Discography
Albums
*''Horizons of Suburbia'' (2005), Anna Logue
*''Live in Hannover'' (8-10-2005) (2007), Anna Logue (with "Strange Faces 2006" 7-inch single)
Singles
*"Destitution" (1983), Small Wonder
*"Village of Stars" (1983) (unreleased)
*"Strange Faces" (2006), Anna Logue
References
External links
Anna Logue RecordsCamera Obscura at Last.fmCamera Obscura at discogs.com
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English new wave musical groups
English pop music duos
English male musical duos
New wave duos
Musical groups established in 1982
1982 establishments in England
Musical groups disestablished in 1986
Musical groups reestablished in 2005
Musical groups from North Yorkshire