Orange Sector

Orange Sector is a German EBM band from Hannover, Germany formed in 1992.

Orange Sector
Orange Sector perform at Nocturnal Culture Night 2018
Background information
OriginHannover, Germany
GenresEBM
Years active1992–present
Labels
Websiteorange-sector.de
Members

History

Martin Bodewell and Lars Felker met in 1992 at an underground club named "Index" in Hannover, Germany. The pair discovered that they had similar tastes in music and decided to work together in their musical efforts. Influenced by fellow German acts DAF and Extrabreit, as well as EBM stalwarts Nitzer Ebb, the pair produced a demo tape as Orange Sector and sent it to the German electronic music label Zoth Ommog.[1] Zoth Ommog label head, Andreas Tomalla (aka Talla 2XLC), liked the demo and offered a record deal to Bodewell and Felker.[2]

Over the next two years, the band released two albums on Zoth Ommog: Faith in 1993 and Flashback in 1994.[3] Both were produced by André Schmechta (aka Sevren Ni-Arb) of X Marks the Pedwalk in his T.G.I.F. Studio,[2] which was a production nexus for many EBM bands in the early 1990s.

By 1997, Felker left the band to attend to personal and professional affairs, leaving Bodewell to continue the project alone. Orange Sector released several more albums as a solo venture of Bodewell's: Love It! which was released by Synthetic Symfony, and Scars of Love and Masquerade which were released on Zoth Ommog. The style of these albums differed from the initial, EBM heavy output during Felker's involvement and turned away some fans of the earlier work. By the end of the nineties, Bodewell ceased activities as Orange Sector.[3]

In 2004, Torben Schmidt of Lights of Euphoria and founder of Infacted Recordings contacted Felker with interest in releasing a compendium of early Orange Sector work. This led to the compilation release Here We Are [Back Again] and a regenerated Orange Sector under the Infacted label.[2]

After numerous new releases on Infacted Recordings, the band brought on René Nowotny as a third member in 2018. Nowotny had previously provided live support for the band after Felker's initial departure.[3]

Discography

Albums
  • The War Comes Home (1992, self-released)
  • Faith (1993, Zoth Ommog)
  • Flashback (1994, Zoth Ommog)
  • Love It! (1997, Synthetic Symfony, Animalized)
  • Scars of Love (1998, Zoth Ommog)
  • Masquerade (1998, Zoth Ommog)
  • Here We Are (Back Again) (2005, Infacted)
  • Bassprodukt (2006, Infacted)
  • Profound (2007, Infacted)
  • Mindfuck (2009, Infacted, Machineries of Joy)
  • Krieg & Frieden (2010, Infacted, Metropolis)
  • Vorwärts Nach Weit (2013, Infacted)
  • Night.Terrors (2015, Infacted)
  • Alarm (2019, Infacted)

Singles and EPs
  • Kids in America (1994, Zoth Ommog)
  • Für Immer Kalt Wie Stahl (2006, Infacted)
  • Undertage (2008, Infacted)
  • Der Maschinist (2012, Infacted)
  • Gelle Zeit (2013, Infacted)
  • Monoton (2015, Infacted)
  • Glasmensch (2015, Infacted)
  • Farben (2016, Infacted)
  • Stahlwerk (2016, Infacted)
  • Die Fahne (2018, Infacted)
  • Zerstörer (2020, Infacted)

References
  1. Dolphen, Peter (22 Aug 2013). "Orange Sector: Für immer... kalt wie Stahl!". Peek-a-boo Music Magazine. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  2. "Profile: Orange Sector". Alternation Dark Culture Magazine. ISSN 1897-595X. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  3. Inferno Sound Diaries (17 March 2019). "'Click Interview' with Orange Sector: 'We Don't Like Bands That Behave Like The Next Big Superstars'". Side-Line. Retrieved 19 January 2021.


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