When Henry, Klaus, Hans and Faithless Went Clubbing

Klaus Nomi was genius. Having accidentally discovered him during the pandemic, I went down the rabbit hole on this legendary, German pop-countertenor who left us in August 1983, succumbing to AIDS. Exploring his catalogue on Apple Music (recommended), we began listening to “The Cold Song,” immediately realizing we were hearing notes originally written by English Baroque composer Henry Purcell…