Bigod 20 was a German

Germany

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 EBM

Electronic body music

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 and electro-industrial

Electro-industrial

Electro-industrial is a music genre drawing on EBM and post-industrial that developed in the mid-1980s. While EBM has a minimal structure and clean production, electro-industrial has a deep, complex and layered sound. The style was pioneered by Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, and other groups,...

 band

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 which was formed in 1988 by music producers Andreas Tomalla (aka Talla 2XLC

Talla 2XLC

Talla 2XLC, real name Andreas Tomalla, is an electronic music producer and DJ whose work has spanned from industrial music to trance music.-History:In 1979, Talla 2XLC began DJing with the sounds of Kraftwerk, YMO, and Depeche Mode....

 and formerly of the band Moskwa TV) and Markus Nikolai (aka Jallokin).

History

In the late 1980s, Talla and Jallokin formed the band Pluuto under Talla's own Technodrome Records (TDI Records) label. At the time, Talla was also involved in the production of several other projects such as Robotiko Rejekto, Tribantura, and Microchip League.

In 1988

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, the duo released the single

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 "'Body to Body" under the name Bigod 20 as part of Talla's newly founded Music Research label, which eventually evolved into Zoth Ommog Records

Zoth Ommog Records

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.

In 1990

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, Bigod 20 signed with Sire Records

Sire Records

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 and released the hit single "The Bog," which became a dancefloor

Nightclub

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 favorite around the world. The single featured a strong Front 242

Front 242

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 influence, with the title track having the guest vocal work of Front 242 lead man Jean-Luc De Meyer

Jean-Luc De Meyer

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.

In 1991

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 Talla and Jallokin joined up with musician Thomas Franzmann (aka Zip Campisi). The group's first full-length album, Steel Works! was released by Sire Records

Sire Records

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 in 1992

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. The album included the single "On the Run," which contained the electropop-influenced cover of Madonna

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's "Like a Prayer

Like a Prayer

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." A second single, "It's Up To You," followed soon afterward.

In 1994

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, its second full-length album, Supercute, was released along with the single "One".

In 1997, Zip and Jallokin (Markus Nikolai) launched Perlon Records.

Albums

• Steel Works! (LP/CD Zoth Ommog - Sire/Reprise/Warner Bros. 1992)
• Supercute (CD Zoth Ommog - Sire/Reprise/Warner Bros. 1994)

Singles

• Body & Energize (12"/MCD TDI/ZYX Records 1988)
• America (12"/MCD TDI/ZYX Records 1988)
• Acid to Body (12"/CDS TDI/ZYX Records 1988)
• The Bog (12"/CDS Zoth Ommog - Sire/Reprise/Warner Bros. 1990)
• Carpe Diem (12"/MCD Sire/Reprise/Warner Bros. 1991)
• On the Run (12"/CDS Zoth Ommog Records - Sire/Reprise/Warner Bros. 1992)
• It's Up To You (CDS Zoth Ommog/Semaphore 1993)
• Like a Prayer (CDS Zoth Ommog/Semaphore 1993)
• One (MCD Zoth Ommog - Sire/Reprise/Warner Bros. 1994)

External links

• [ Allmusic]
• Bigod 20 at Discogs
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