BURNING THE GROUND EXCLUSIVE 1989
“Das Omen” (The Omen) was the first single released by German electronic dance music group Mysterious Art. The single saw its first release on May 13th, 1989. The song quickly reached the #1 position of the official German Media Control singles charts, where it remained for nine weeks straight. The song sold over 490,000 singles in Germany alone and has since remained the most successful published work under CBS Publishing GmbH.
SIDE A:
Das Omen (Extended Version) 5:46
Das Omen (Radio Version) 4:00
SIDE B:
The Omen (Vogue Mix) 9:02
The Omen (Hiphouse-Skamix Instrumental) 6:17
VINYL GRADE:
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: Near Mint
RELEASE INFORMATION:
Label: Columbia – 44 73158
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 ⅓ RPM
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Hip-House, Synth-pop
CREDITS:
Mastered By – Vlado*
Producer [Post-Production], Remix – Ben Liebrand
Producer, Arranged By – Mike Staab
Written-By – M. Krautter*
Find the 12″ at DISCOGS
VINYL RESTORATION BY:
-DjPaulT
burningtheground.net
EQUIPMENT USED:
Turntable: Pro-Ject Debut Carbon (DC)
Cartridge: Ortofon 2M
Stylus: Ortofon 2M Bronze
Isolation: Auralex Acoustics ISO-Tone Turntable Isolation Platform
Platter: Pro-Ject Acryl-It platter
Stabilizer: Pro-Ject Record Puck
DAC/Phono Pre-amp: Alpha Design Labs GT40a USB DAC
Record Cleaning: VPI HW 16.5 Record Cleaning Machine
Artwork Scans: Epson Workforce WF-7610 Professional Printer/Scanner
SOFTWARE USED:
Recording/Editing: Adobe Audition 3.0 (Recording)
Down Sampling/Dither: iZotope RX Advanced 2, ocenaudio
Artwork Editor: Adobe Photoshop CS5
Click Removal: Manual
FLAC/MP3 Conversion: dBpoweramp
M3U Playlist: Playlist Creator
RESTORATION NOTES:
All vinyl rips are recorded @ 32bit/float
FLAC (Level Eight)
Artwork scanned at 600dpi
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Password: burningtheground
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HUGE track!!!, in the same record are very amazing maxi singles….like the part II Carma, and requiem
many thanx Paul!
KILLER SONG … and such a CLASSIC!!!
Even if it sounds dated to some ears now, at the time the sound was very progressive!
I love all their stuff!
GREAT UPLOAD!!! And PERFECT TIMING for HELLOWEEN!
Thanks for the upload! Never heard this one before to be honest. Really hoping to see Omen III here in the future 🙂
I´ve never been a fan of that song but I love the hiphouse skamix from the flipside. And thank God it´s almost instrumental. 😉
Great to have your opinion Song And Dance. I really liked this band because they sung about subjects I find interesting. Joseph Watt from Razormaid! Productions was a huge fan of them and the mixes his company did were pretty interesting. I loved their “Requiem” and “Karma” with the opera samples. “Humunkulus” was a favorite as well. His voice isn’t that great, but I love the production of the songs. A band that I loved as well was E Nomine. They are like a horror film you could dance too. I love the whole German techno scene and Razormaid! was… Read more »
one of the greatest techno eurotrash songs! 😅thank you
The Goosebumps are in full effect!! Wow Paul, I am thrilled that you posted “The Omen” by Mysterious Art. As you know, Halloween is an obsession of mine and I get all excited to find records that scream of the scary and wicked! I also have a keen interest with the occult and magick and the supernatural. This band fits those descriptions well. It’s such a perfect song for the black and orange season. I especially love the “Vogue Mix” by Ben Liebrand with the samples of Alfred Hitchcock and the song, “O Fortuna” and the thunder bolts!! Very cool… Read more »
You’re welcome Jeff it is a very cool song I was happy to work on it. 🙂