Encore (Nomi's best)

Description

A singer with an exceptional vocal range (from bass-baritone to countertenor), equally at ease on stage surrounded by a New Wave band or singing a Purcell aria, with an alien-like, disembodied look that fascinated crowds, European but living in New York, Klaus Nomi was a complex and talented being. In 1979, David Bowie, then in the midst of his Berlin period, had sensed the emerging phenomenon before almost everyone else, as was his habit. Klaus Nomi was without doubt the first “famous” victim of AIDS in the music world. What was then called the “gay cancer,” an unfortunate term reflecting the lack of understanding of this newly appeared disease, had cut down this atypical artist at the height of his fame: gold records, ecstatic concert halls, a fascinated fashion world: Klaus, between 79 and 82, experienced a meteoric rise. Then he returned to his planet, wherever it may be.... On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Klaus Nomi’s death, Sony Music is reissuing his entire official discography.