Nope, no idea either Rads but I see they have a fascinating history, not least as their creator/leader Georg Kajanuswas the bloke who was in 70s outfit Sailor, as in "Glass of Champagne"!
http://www.kajanus.com/kajanusbiog.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DATA_(band)
..maybe they were big in Norway? (which is in Europe, but not the EC, or the euro..)
I think Data was rather unknown in Norway - as well as in my country. In Sweden they had the largest audience? At least followers (like Swedish band Elegant Machinery).
I got hooked on Data in the eighties, and later found Sailor, resulting that in the nineties I several years listened their "The third step" over & again.
Few years ago Kajanus sung a Norwegian song (for the first time?).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC-YMELZeH8had NO idea about this guys heritage!!
"He is the son of Prince Paul Tchegodaieff of Russia and J. Kajanus, the award-winning Finnish/Norwegian sculptress. He is the great-grandson of Robert Kajanus: composer, conductor, confidant of Sibelius
Jean Sibelius' childhood home sits in the middle of my neighbouring town. Next year it is 150 years since his birth.
http://www.hameenlinna.fi/Kaupunki-info/...in-Hameenlinna/About other obscure synthpop: Last week I found Gina X Performance's "Nice mover" lp, after twenty years searching. Got now all Gina's albums!
