Klaus Nomi

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 the look of a disembodied alien 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 before almost everyone else, as was his habit, the emerging phenomenon. Klaus Nomi was undoubtedly the first “famous” victim of AIDS in the world of music. What was then called the “gay cancer,” an unfortunate term reflecting the lack of understanding of this disease that had just appeared, 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 passing, Sony Music is reissuing his entire official discography.