Paul Humphreys

Quick Facts

Full Name	Paul Humphreys
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Feb 27, 1960(1960-02-27)
Age	64
Birthplace	London
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Aquarius

Paul Humphreys Biography

Paul Humphreys is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on February 27, 1960 in London, England, United Kingdom. Paul David Humphreys (born 27 February 1960 in London) is a famous English musician, singer, and musician, most well-known for his contributions to Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD) which is a brand new wave band that he co-founded with Andy McCluskey in 1978. John Doran in The Quietus said: “If, roughly speaking, McCluskey is the intellect and inquisitive nature in the group, then Humphreys is the heart.”

While McCluskey was the singer in charge of OMD, Humphreys did sing on several singles throughout the 1980s. He also sang leading and prominent singing on songs on the album “Promise”, “Georgia” and “ABC Auto Industry”, and also for two B-sides “4-Neu” and “Gravity Never Failed”. Humphreys was an edgier person than McCluskey when it came to their collaboration McCluskey stated: “We always had this joke that two Pauls wouldn’t get anything done and two Andys would kill each other”. Humphreys was let go of OMD at the end of 1989 however he continued to write songs for the group. He was the co-writer of 1993’s track “Everyday” (from Liberator) and was the primary creator of two tracks on Universal (1996): “Very Close to Far Away” and “If You’re Still in Love with Me”. The Sugar Tax (1991) is the one album from the OMD catalog to not feature the songwriting contributions of Humphreys.

Humphreys’ main instruments are electronic keyboards. With OMD, he made use of a wide range of these including the Korg M-500 Micro Preset monophonic analog synthesizer, polyphonic analogue synthesizers such as the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 and the Korg Trident, the electromechanical tape-sampling instrument known as the mellotron, electronic organs such as the Vox Jaguar, and digital sampling keyboards such as the E-mu Emulator and Fairlight CMI. Due to the restrictive nature of the equipment available to Humphreys and McCluskey they resorted to invention and innovation, which often defined their early sound. On the track “Souvenir” (1981) Humphreys used recordings of a choir tuning up to create the ethereal and fluttery choral effects which gave the song its original sound.

By the late 1990s, Humphreys was performing OMD setlists once more. “Paul Humphreys from OMD”, in which Humphreys performed McCluskey-sung material as well as his own songs, was still active as of 2001.

Recently, he’s been using Pro Tools software and a set of soft synths for recording and writing, as well as an Roland Fantom keyboard for live work. The majority of the time, it is used as a sampling keyboard in order to accurately reproduce the original sound. In order to recreate the original OMD sound of the 1980s the musician had to resort to buying synthesizers off eBay.

Paul Humphreys Net Worth

Paul Humphreys is one of the richest Singer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Paul Humphreys 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Humphreys was raised in his home on the Wirral peninsula in North West England, during the time he began to develop an fascination with German electronic music, influenced by groups like Kraftwerk, Neu!, Can and La Dusseldorf. He also was influenced music by Brian Eno and early ambient styles of music. Humphreys participated in a variety of groups in the late 1970s however, his musical style was heavily influenced by progrock. It was not until he got to know Andy McCluskey that they began their own musical explorations that culminated in a single gig known as Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark at the Eric’s Club in Liverpool.

Humphreys played keyboards, synthesizers and also sang from the time the band was formed between 1978 and 1989. He then took a leaving, which was seven years prior to the dissolution of the group, before returning to the band in 2006 for their re-formation. Despite his absence the songwriting work he contributed to is featured on the entire group’s studio albums, except for the album released in 1991, Sugar Tax. Humphreys was the lead singer on numerous OMD songs that include songs “Electricity”, “Souvenir”, “Never Turn Away”, “Secret”, “(Forever) Live and Die” and “What Have We Done”. He was the lead singer of spin-off group The Listening Pool from 1989 to 1996. He also recorded with the former Propaganda Claudia Brucken, who sang as Onetwo from 2000 to 2013. Onetwo between 2000 and 2013.

OMD became one of the leading bands in the synthpop movement, though they developed largely independently of others such as The Human League. OMD enjoyed considerable commercial success internationally during the 1980s.

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Paul Ranked on the list of most popular Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Paul Humphreys celebrates birthday on February 27 of every year.