10 Facts About Paul Humphreys

Paul Humphreys is best known as the keyboardist and secondary vocalist of the electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, which he founded alongside lead singer and bassist Andy McCluskey in 1978.

Paul Humphreys played with OMD until 1989, seven years before the band's dissolution, and returned for their 2006 reformation.

Paul Humphreys was influenced by the work of Brian Eno and early ambient styles of music.

Paul Humphreys joined a variety of bands in the mid-1970s but this was mostly defined by progressive rock and it wasn't until he met Andy McCluskey that they began their own musical experiments which culminated in a one-off gig as Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark at Eric's Club in Liverpool.

In 2005, McCluskey and Paul Humphreys reunited OMD for a gig on German TV.

Paul Humphreys sang lead on the single "What Have We Done", taken from the studio album The Punishment of Luxury.

Paul Humphreys continued to write and record with Holmes and Cooper under the name the Listening Pool.

In 1996, Paul Humphreys began a songwriting collaboration with German musician Claudia Brucken, who was formerly lead vocalist of the band Propaganda.

Paul Humphreys is a self-taught musician and in the first years of OMD he built his own electronic sound making equipment.

Paul Humphreys later had a relationship with Claudia Brucken, with whom he performed in Onetwo; the pair lived together in London.