28-767: Nomi may refer to: People [ edit ] Nomi (name) , list of people with the name Places [ edit ] Nōmi, Hiroshima , a town in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan Nomi, Ishikawa , a city in Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan Nomi, Trentino , a municipality in Trentino, Italy Nomi District, Ishikawa North Miami, Florida Northern Michigan North Minneapolis, Minnesota Other uses [ edit ] The Nomi Song ,
56-436: A 2004 documentary about Klaus Nomi Japanese chisel Non-occlusive mesenteric ischemia Nomi (retail chain) , network of retail supermarkets See also [ edit ] Naomi (disambiguation) Nomis (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Nomi . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
84-525: A brief relationship during his furlough ; he died from influenza before Nomi's birth. At age four, he and his mother moved back to the Ruhr , first to Fröndenberg before returning to Essen. Nomi grew up listening to classical music, gaining an interest in opera from listening to soprano Maria Callas over the radio, but also became fascinated with pop rock , buying Elvis Presley records with money he stole from his mother. Inspired by Callas, he developed
112-407: A four-night event at Irving Plaza MC'd by artist David McDermott . Dressed in a skin-tight spacesuit with a clear plastic cape, Nomi sang the aria " Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix " ("My heart opens to your voice") from Camille Saint-Saëns ' opera Samson et Dalila . The performance ended with a chaotic crash of strobe lights, smoke bombs, and loud electronic sound effects as Nomi backed away into
140-478: A large prop pink poodle with a television screen in its mouth. Nomi was so impressed with the plastic quasi-tuxedo suit that Bowie wore during "The Man Who Sold the World" that he commissioned one for himself. He wore the suit on the cover of his self-titled album, as well as during a number of his music videos. Nomi wore his variant of the outfit, in monochromatic black-and-white with spandex and makeup to match, until
168-584: A six octave vocal range and in the mid-1960s, he moved to West Berlin to study at Berlin University of the Arts , but as the school did not offer countertenor courses at the time, he trained to be a baritone . As he did not believe that earning a living on a musical career alone was feasible, Nomi took an apprenticeship as a pastry chef and worked as an usher at the Deutsche Oper , where he sang for
196-809: Is a name which is used as a unisex given name and a surname. People with the name include: Given name [ edit ] Nomi Abadi , American-Egyptian Jewish pianist and actress Nomi Eve (born 1968), American fiction writer Nomi Fernandes (born 1985), Swiss model Nomi Kaplan (born 1933), Lithuanian-Canadian photographer Nomi Prins , American journalist Noomi Rapace (born 1979), Swedish actress Nomi Ruiz (born 1986), American singer, songwriter, actress, essayist and producer Nomi Stomphorst (born 1992), Dutch water polo player Nomi no Sukune (野見 宿禰), Japanese sumo wrestler Nomi Talisman (born 1966), Israeli-born American film director [REDACTED] Look up nomi in Wiktionary,
224-581: The Mudd Club . He also appeared on Manhattan Cable's TV Party . Disagreements with the management Nomi engaged led to the dissolution of this band, and Nomi continued without them. In the late 1970s, while performing at Club 57 , The Mudd Club, the Pyramid Club , and other venues, Nomi assembled various up-and-coming models, singers, artists, and musicians to perform live with him, including Joey Arias, Keith Haring , John Sex and Kenny Scharf . He
252-548: The Guild of Calamitous Intent, The Sovereign (shown to be David Bowie in the episode, or at least taking his form). The henchmen (the other being Iggy Pop ) seemingly assassinate The Sovereign (Nomi shown to have flight and a sonic scream as superpowers), only to be duped and later killed by him. He made an appearance on The Special Without Brett Davis ' TV Party homage. The Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin staged
280-603: The Rheinmaidens and the Wood Bird. In October 1978, he took the artistic name "NOMI", initially as a mononym before rendering it as "Nomi" and adopting it as a last name. It stood as an anagram for "omni" ("all" or "every"), after the then-newly released science fiction magazine Omni . Nomi came to the attention of the East Village art scene on November 2, 1978 with his performance in "New Wave Vaudeville ",
308-498: The free dictionary. Surname [ edit ] Klaus Nomi (1944–1983), German countertenor Masahiko Nomi ( 能見 正比古 , 1925–1981) , Japanese journalist Tatsuya Nōmi ( 能見達也 , 1969–2017) , Japanese actor Yuji Nomi ( 野見 祐二 , born 1958) , Japanese composer [REDACTED] Name list This page or section lists people that share the same given name or the same family name . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to
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#1732802340549336-562: The gallery for a variety of European musicians, including Ernesto Tomasini . In 2001, German pop duo Rosenstolz and English singer Marc Almond recorded a cover version of "Total Eclipse". Garbage used his "Valentine’s Day" song as the basis for their 2012 "Beloved Freak". Nomi makes an appearance in Derf Backderf 's graphic novel Punk Rock and Trailer Parks, released in 2008. Rush Limbaugh would degrade LGBTQ+ people with his Gay Community Update. During that portion of
364-462: The glitz and kitsch." In the film Suspiria (2018), Nomi singing "Total Eclipse" can be heard in the background on the radio in the room of another dancer. Nomi makes an appearance in the Adult Swim cartoon The Venture Bros. in the 2006 season 2 closing episode "Showdown at Cremation Creek. " He is portrayed as one of two bodyguard henchmen of the leader of the villainous organization
392-535: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nomi_(name)&oldid=1214056983 " Categories : Given names Surnames Unisex given names Japanese-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles containing Japanese-language text Articles with short description Short description with empty Wikidata description All set index articles Klaus Nomi Klaus Sperber (January 24, 1944 – August 6, 1983), known professionally as Klaus Nomi ,
420-482: The last few months of his life. Nomi played a supporting role as a Nazi official in Anders Grafstrom's 1980 underground film The Long Island Four . The 1981 rock documentary film Urgh! A Music War features Nomi's live performance of "Total Eclipse". His performance of "Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix" was used for the closing credits. In the liner notes of Nomi's 1981 self-titled record, 666 Fifth Avenue
448-429: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nomi&oldid=1214057010 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Nomi (name) Nomi (and its variant Noomi )
476-568: The other ushers and maintenance crew on stage in front of the fire curtain after performances. He also sang opera arias at the Berlin gay discothèque Kleist-Kasino [ de ] , under the stage name "Renata Castrata ". Nomi emigrated to New York City in 1972. He did some off-Broadway theater work and operated a pastry shop as a day job. In 1977, Nomi appeared in a satirical camp production of Richard Wagner 's Das Rheingold at Charles Ludlam 's Ridiculous Theater Company as
504-556: The outbreaks of Kaposi's sarcoma on his neck, one of the numerous AIDS-related diseases Nomi developed toward the end of his life. Za Bakdaz , a suite of home-studio recordings circa 1979 restored by Page Wood and George Elliott, was released posthumously in 2007. Nomi died at the Sloan Kettering Hospital Center in New York City on August 6, 1983, as a result of complications from AIDS . He
532-484: The second incarnation of New Wave Vaudeville and a close friend of Susan Hannaford and Tom Scully, who produced the show, and Ann Magnuson , who directed it. Anya Phillips , then manager of James Chance and the Contortions , suggested Nomi and Hoffman form a band. Hoffman became Nomi's de facto musical director, assembling a band that included Page Wood from another New Wave vaudeville act, Come On, and Joe Katz, who
560-561: The show Klaus Nomi's " You Don't Own Me " would play in the background. Timur and the Dime Museum covered Nomi on their America's Got Talent audition. In 2023, Timur and Matthew Setzer premiered a musical "Klaus from Space" curated by composer of Nomi's hits, Kristian Hoffman at O. Festival [ nl ] in Rotterdam, described by Theaterkrant critic as "This reincarnation of Klaus Nomi shows serious feelings beneath
588-540: The smoke. Joey Arias recalled: "I still get goose pimples when I think about it ... It was like he was from a different planet and his parents were calling him home. When the smoke cleared, he was gone." After that performance Nomi was invited to perform at clubs all over New York City. At the New Wave Vaudeville show Nomi met Kristian Hoffman , a songwriter for the Mumps . Hoffman was a performer and MC in
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#1732802340549616-902: The time of his death, he garnered a cult following, mainly in New York and in France. Andrew Horn's 2004 feature documentary about Nomi's life, The Nomi Song , which was released by Palm Pictures , helped spur renewed interest in the singer, including an art exhibit in San Francisco at the New Langton Arts gallery and one in Milan at the Res Pira Lab, which subsequently moved to Berlin's Strychnin Gallery, called "Do You Nomi?" New music pieces inspired by Nomi were commissioned by
644-570: Was a German countertenor noted for his wide vocal range and an unusual, otherworldly stage persona. In the 1970s Nomi immersed himself in the East Village art scene. He was known for his bizarre and visionary theatrical live performances, heavy make-up, unusual costumes, and a highly stylized signature hairdo that flaunted a receding hairline. His songs were equally unusual, ranging from synthesizer-laden interpretations of classical opera to covers of 1960s pop standards like Chubby Checker 's " The Twist " and Lou Christie 's " Lightnin' Strikes ". Nomi
672-507: Was briefly involved with Jean-Michel Basquiat , then known for his graffiti art as SAMO . Nomi and Arias were at the Mudd Club when they were introduced to David Bowie , who hired them as performers and backing singers for his appearance on Saturday Night Live on December 15, 1979. They performed " TVC 15 ", " The Man Who Sold the World ", and " Boys Keep Swinging ". During the performance of "TVC 15", Nomi and Arias dragged around
700-761: Was concurrently in The Student Teachers, the Accidents, and The Mumps. Hoffman helped Nomi choose his pop covers, including the Lou Christie song " Lightnin' Strikes ". Hoffman wrote several pop songs with which Nomi is closely identified: "The Nomi Song", "Total Eclipse", "After The Fall", and "Simple Man", the title song of Nomi's second RCA French LP. This configuration of the Klaus Nomi band performed at Manhattan clubs, including several performances at Max's Kansas City , Danceteria , Hurrah and
728-529: Was listed as the contact address. He released his second album, Simple Man , in November 1982. He also collaborated with producer Man Parrish , appearing on Parrish's 1982 album Man Parrish as a backup vocalist on the track "Six Simple Synthesizers". In the last several months of his life, Nomi changed his focus to operatic pieces and adopted a Baroque era operatic outfit complete with full collar as his typical onstage attire. The collar helped cover
756-572: Was one of David Bowie 's backing singers for a 1979 performance on Saturday Night Live . Klaus Nomi was born Klaus Sperber in Immenstadt , Bavaria , on January 24, 1944. He was raised by his single mother, Bettina Sperber, who had fled Essen , Rhine Province , for the Allgäu due to Allied bombing during World War II . His father was a soldier in the German Army with whom Bettina had
784-477: Was one of the earliest known figures from the arts community to die from the illness. Nomi's close friend Joey Arias was executor of his estate. Nomi's ashes were scattered in New York City. Filmmaker Andrew Horn and writer Jim Fouratt consider Nomi an important part of the 1980s East Village scene, which was a hotbed of development for punk rock music, the visual arts, and the avant-garde. Although Nomi's work had not yet met with national commercial success at
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