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Georg Kajanus: Rhythm and melodic programmes, Keyboards and FX vocals
Frankie Boulter: lead and FX vocals
Phil Boulter: vocals
+ Henry Marsh: additional keyboards
+ Simon Boswell: additional keyboards


Albums:

Opera Electronica
1981
(Germany) 2302111 - Polydor
DATA Opera Electronica

Cuckooland
I Want To Know
Fallout
Fever Of Love
Star
Left Right Centre
Live On Video
Armageddon
Boys Will Be Boys
Opera Electronica

Physical Asylum
Living Inside Me
A-O (No Bungalow)
Plastic Money
Data Plata
Bilbao
Musique Electronique
Romy Haag
Cool Passion
Silver Tonqued Heroes

2-Time
1983
(UK) JAMS 26 - Illuminated
DATA 2-Time

Elegant Machinery
1985
(Germany) 925297-1 - WEA
DATA Elegant Machinery

Stop
Ricocheted Love
Burning
Over 21
Hooked Up*
Playing
In Blue*
Cubismo
D.J.**
Blow

Fallout
Physical Asylum
Living Inside Me
A-O (No Bungalow)
Plastic Money
Data Plata
Bilbao
Musique Electronique
Romy Haag
Cool Passion
Silver Tonqued Heroes
Stop
Ricocheted Love
Burning
Over 21
Hooked Up*
Playing
In Blue*
Cubismo
D.J.**
Blow

Accumulator
1995
(Sweden) ETER 002 - Eternity Records
DATA Accumulator

All songs by Georg Kajanus except: *Kajanus-Marsh; **Kajanus-Frankie. Additional keyboards by Henry Marsh ("Hooked-up", "In Blue") and Simon Boswell ("Ricocheted Love", "Blow")


DATA Singles & Maxi singles:


Fever Of Love / Talk
1980
DATA 1 - DATA


Fallout / Politics
1980 (Germany)
1007039 - Belaphon


Cuckooland / Talk
1981 (UK)
BPS 009 - Bellaphon


Fallout / Politics
1981 (Germany)
2002076 - Polydor


Star / Talk
1981 (Germany)
2002114 - Polydor


Living Inside Me / A-O
(No Bungalow)
1983 (Germany)
105934 - Virgin


Living Inside Me / A-O
(No Bungalow) / Data Plata
1983 (Germany)
601048 - Virgin


Over 21 / Living Inside Me


Stop / Blow
1985 (UK)
ENA 129- Proto WEA


Promotion Single:
Data - Ricocheted Love /
David Lee Roth - Just A Gigoló
1985 (Italy)
PROMO 233- Warner Bros. Records


Ricocheted Love / D.J.
1985 (Italy)
SIRE 928945-7 / WEA


Ricocheted Love / In Blue / D.J.
1986 (UK)
ENA 133 - Proto WEA


Blow (1986)


Blow / Blow / D.J.


DATA videos:

Click on the links to watch the videos of:

or have a look at:
www.youtube.com/kajanusmusic

Special thanks to GK for the videos!!


DATA promotion material:

Former SAILOR Kajanus rocks electronically

With the band "SAILOR" ("Glass Of Champagne", "Girls Girls Girls") Georg Kajanus was on the high positions of the charts in the 70s.
Then he left the band and travelled around the world.
Now he has returned on the stage in order to make music. Together with Phil and Frankie Boulter he has formed the band "DATA" that uses electronic pop-sound and interesting lyrics.
Their new single "Fallout" can be seen on 28 September in the ZDF-programme "Musicbox".


DATA are marvellous!
(BRAVO-readers tell BRAVO what they think)
"In BRAVO number 40 I have read your short article about DATA and then I have seen the former SAILOR and his new band in the "Musicbox". I have to say: marvellous!"
(Roger D., Duisburg)

 

Translation of a text about DATA fom 1984:

SOUND STORY 1 : DATA
Facts about DATA
The last year brought the revenge of the old pop stars. Elton John, Rod Stewart and all the other old rock-fossils could enjoy a chart-comeback because of a steady lack of ideas of the newer groups. Another survivor of the last decade - ex SAILOR Georg Kajanus - now tries to leave the shaddows of the big stars in order to get back into the peoples´ memories. -

When the band SAILOR stopped to exist in the year 1975, Georg Kajanus turned to electronic music and released the LP "Opera Electronica", which, only published in Germany, is not known by a larger part of the listeners, with the help of the sisters Phil and Frankie Boulter. In spite of this a related song became the soundtrack of the movie "The Towers Of Babel" and won a price at the "Berliner Filmfestspiele". Further tries lead to the single "Fallout" and to a second album named "2 Tone", which was released by the band that had meanwhile become a duo.
Although Georg and Frankie are not well-known in the English- speaking areas yet, they believe in their break-through in 1984. The first indication for this is the single "Living Inside Me" that has already been accepted by the spoiled audiences of the clubs in New York and that has influences the sellings of the album in a positive way.
But we want to start right at the beginning, and so I first ask Georg about the reasons for the splitting of SAILOR. Nevertheless it has been a very successful band.
"I had a feeling that we had become more a cabaret- act than a band. Most of the people came only to see our "steam-piano". Nobody had been interested in our music any more. Another reason has probably been that we had moved into one particular direction and had one specific sound. Our image had become quite restricted. That´s why I told myself to leave as fast as possible, because musical stagnation means suicide for an artist."
This answer comes without hesitation. this show that Georg Kajanus is an "oldtimer" of the music-business who already had to "bear" lots of interviews. But he will also have to cope with the reproach that his dedication to computer-music follows the latest trends. Moreover the topical line-up of DATA shows parallels to the successful concept of Yazoo or the Eurythmics. But all this cannot impress Frankie, the lively second half of the duo.
"Of course we know that many people are going to compare us with our "heroes". But this doesn´t fright us. Firstly we are very good", says Frankie with a convinced voice, "and secondly it is difficult to copy Yazoo or the Eurythmics. They made their very own music." After a short moment she starts to smile and admits: "Maybe we are similar to the Eurythmics.....but not very much."
The people who still remember SAILOR will also remeber their visual impressive live shows of the band. How does Georg want to include these elements in his new electropop-show?
"That is quite a huge problem for us", admits Georg, "which we could not solve yet. But we keep on working on the combination of acoustic and musical impressions. We are optimistic."
For the next year DATA are planning to continue their success of their electro-beat and to evoke the audience´s interest. And even if the name of the band seems to be not the best choice for the year 1984: many people like to dance, especially in bad times.

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Translation of the text promoting the "Living Inside Me" / "A-O (No Bungalow)" single:

DATA

In 1974 Georg Kajanus formed the band SAILOR that released three successful albums until their separation in 1976 and that belonged to the most famous pop-acts of this genre especially in Germany. After the split Georg Kajanus left the pop-scene for a while in order to think about new musical ways of expression. During the following time the expressive singer and guitarist started to work on modern and electronic music and finally formed a band DATA together with the female singer Frankie Boulter.
In late 1979 the first album "Opera Electronica" was released which was well-accepted by the critics. In 1981 DATA went on tour as the opening of "Kid Creole And The Coconuts", and later they recorded their second album "2-Time".
The electronic sound of DATA does not sound "cold". The music is stressed by the rhythm, it combines - like in "A-O (No Bungalow" on the B-side of the single - african elements and is then followed by the great song which makes the listeners sing: "Living Inside Me", the A-side of the 7´´ and 12´´ single, both titles of the topical LP "2-Time".

DATA promotion picture


A text about DATA from www.thefirstcut.net:

It's very possible that many of you have not heard of the band DATA. For some reason, they seemed to have flown under the radar of a lot of electronic music collectors. In may be due (at least in partial part) to the fact that they never charted a song in the top 20 either here or in the UK. Still, I can remember them getting pretty decent club play back around '85.
DATA was formed in the late 70's, when Georg Kajanus left the band Sailor to pursue releasing music that was much more innovative than he felt Sailor could produce. Added to the DATA mix were sisters Frankie and Phil (yes, they're women) Boulter, with Frankie providing the vocals for the project. They released their first LP Opera Electronica in 1981. The first single from the album, titled "Fallout" was heard on September 28th, 1981 on the music program "Musicbox".
1983 saw the release of DATA's next album "2-Time". By this point, due to their formula of electronic music with a female vocalist, they were closely associated with their then-contemporaries Yazoo and The Eurythmics. Both DATA albums had received great critical review, but failed to break into the US club scene. That would change with their next release.
Elegant Machinery was released in 1985, and spawned three singles, all of which I can remember hearing in the clubs. The first (and definitely most popular) single was "Blow" (1985), followed by "Stop" (1985) and "Richocheted Love" (1986). To be perfectly honest, the entire album is an absolute gem. If you ever have the chance to pick it up, don't hesitate.


DATA Lyrics

Fallout

What you are going to do now
Where are you going to go
You always had the answers on your phone-in show
It's never going to happen
Or so you did say
For no one really wants it
But here we are today
With a fallout - it's a fallout

You'd better run for a shelter
And put yourself in a fallout suit
You'd better get yourself used to
Just living in a fallout suit
A sattelite clockwork information is going to give you the duration
Of the fallout

So what we are going to do now
now that it's here
But listen to you talking about the after care
Living in boxes
Covered in lead
In three feet of concrete
To keep us from the dead
it's a fallout - it's a fallout

You'd better run for a shelter
And put yourself in a fallout suit
You'd better get yourself used to
Just living in a fallout suit
A sattelite clockwork information is going to give you the duration
Of the fallout


Ricocheted Love

Stay in the light so I can see you
Try, with your eyes, to make me believe you
But it's clear at a time like this
To see just what we miss
With our empty coversation
We've tried to patch it over
But it's all wrong when the feeling's gone

In love, you've made me cry
I life, you've passed me by
I've had you living in my fantasy
Lovers downfall, lovers like me
Ricocheted love

Try to make your way
For I must be leaving
It's time to say goodbye
Not just for the evening
Our love has come to this
For even in your kiss there's none of that sensation
But trials can only bruise you
And it's all wrong when the feeling's gone

In love, you've made me cry
I life, you've passed me by
I've had you living in my fantasy
Lovers downfall, lovers like me
Ricocheted love

Our love has come to this
For even in your kiss there's none of that sensation
But trials can only bruise you
And it's all wrong when the feeling's gone

In love, you've made me cry
I life, you've passed me by
I've had you living in my fantasy
Lovers downfall, lovers like me
Ricocheted love - ricocheted love


Many thanks to Norbert Lorenz for collecting and scanning the covers and to Gerd Schwonke for the DATA promotion pictures!


Last updated: 02 August 2006


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