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Data was an English synthpop trio behind the 1981–83 Illuminated albums Opera Electronica and 2-Time, followed by the 1985 Sire release Elegant Machinery. Former Sailor frontman Georg Kajanus headed the trio with two sibling vocalists.

Members: Georg Kajanus (keyboards, vocals, guitar), Frankie Boulter (vocals), Phil Boulter (vocals)

Background

DATA formed in 1980 in London when singer-composer Georg Kajanus teamed with singers Francesca “Frankie” Boulter and Philippa “Phil” Boulter.

Kajanus was born on Feb. 9, 1946, in Trondheim, Norway, to Russian Prince Paul Tchegodaieff and Finnish-Norwegian sculptor Johanna Kajanus. He moved to Paris at age thirteen and studied music and classical guitar. Kajanus relocated to Canada and worked in folk music, then settled in London in 1967. He joined Eclection, a multi-national folk-psych act that recorded a 1968 self-titled album for Elektra. Kajanus established Sailor in 1973 and wrote the UK hits “A Glass of Champagne” and “Girls, Girls, Girls.” He left Sailor after the 1978 album Hideaway.

Frankie and Phil Boulter came from a musical family. Their father, tenor John Boulter, sang on the BBC variety series The Black and White Minstrel Show, while their mother, Lorna St Clair, worked as an opera singer.

Kajanus conceived DATA as an electronic project with lyrics based on contemporary events. Bellaphon issued the debut single “Fallout” (b/w “Politics”) in October 1980, preceding the first DATA album, Opera Electronica.

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