darkwave

There are several artists with the name "Manuskript" #1 Manuskript is a British synth pop band, with a dark, gothic undertone. Gloriously hooky melodies and a great live show. The band consists of Michael Uwins, Paul Morris, Tom Quick, Tim Chandler, and Christian Tonkin. #2 A danish trio who mixes melodic electronica, noise, field recordings and live sampling with read poetry. Members:
Mirian Due Steffensen - Poetry, synths
Martin Luckmann - Laptop, rhodes, samplers and more
Jakob Brixen - Laptop, synths, live-sampling and more

Michael Cretu, also known as Curly M.C. (born May 18, 1957 in a suburb of Bucharest, Romania), is a Romanian musician best known as the creator of the Enigma project. His original name, Cre?u, means "the curly-haired". He has worked with many producers, musicians, and artists in his long career. These include Sandra Cretu, Frank Farian, Boney M, Goombay Dance Band, Peter Cornelius, Manfred "Tissy" Thiers and Mike Oldfield in his pre-Enigma days, and Jens Gad, Frank Peterson, David Fairstein, ATB, Jam & Spoon, Peter Ries, Ruth-Ann Boyle and Andru Donalds during the course of the project.

There are two bands by the name of Maven: One from LA, United States
Maven are: Bon Harris (Nitzer Ebb)
Andy Troy (Polarbear)
Biff Sanders (Ethyl Meatplow) Bon Harris, co-frontman of cult electronic act Nitzer Ebb, has reemerged with his new band Maven. The group features Harris on vocals / keyboards, Ethyl Meatplow's Biff Sanders on drums and guitarist Andy Troy (Polarbear).

Leæther Strip is a Danish musical project by Claus Larsen, whose influence has been most felt in the electronic body music (EBM), elektro industrial music, and futurepop music genres. It was one of the earliest and most prominent acts on Germany's now defunct Zoth Ommog record label, and has also released music on the American Cleopatra Records and Metropolis Records labels, as well as Germany's Bloodline Records. Leæther Strip is currently signed with the Alfa Matrix label.