Public record

Animotion

Electronic | Los Angeles, CA | since 1983

dance-pop
new wave
pop
pop rock
Rock/Pop
synth pop
synth-pop
synthpop

Shows, releases and artist details collected from 10 credited sources. This public record does not confirm booking availability. Source links accompany the published facts.

Shows on record

Rooms played

2026

On record since

Releases

Show history

2026 · 1

Aug 29, 2026Fox Tucson Theatre· Tucsonheadliner

Photos, art and posters

Logo — TheAudioDB

Lineup

Paul Antonelli
Jim Blair
Don Kirkpatrick
Frenchy O'Brien
Charles Ottavio
Astrid Plane
Cynthia Rhodes
Greg Smith
Bill Wadhams

Releases

O(
Obsession (Butch le Butch Honcho Disko Rework)
2018 · single
RY
Raise Your Expectations
2017 · album
RA
Raise
2016
OB
Obsession
2009
OB
Obsession
1998 · compilation
OB
Obsession
1998
OT
Obsession: The Best of Animotion
1996 · compilation
O-
Obsession - The Best Of Animotion
1996
O/
Obsession / Room To Move
1992
O/
Obsession / Soul Train
1992
AN
Animotion
1989 · album
CI
Calling It Love
1989 · single
AN
Animotion
1989
RT
Room To Move
1988 · single
RT
Room To Move
1988
CI
Calling It Love
1988
IE
I Engineer
1986 · single
IW
I Want You
1986 · single
SB
Strange Behavior
1986 · album
CT
Close To Me / I Engineer
1986
AN
Animotion
1984 · album
LH
Let Him Go
1984 · single
LH
Let Him Go
1984 · single
OB
Obsession
1984 · single
TL
The Language of Attraction
1984 · album

Airplay

KEXP airplay: 18 plays, 2012-05-11–2026-03-12 — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'The Morning Show' (John Richards, Morgan) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Variety Mix' (Larry Rose) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Drive Time' (Troy Nelson) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'The Afternoon Show' (Troy Nelson) — KEXP

Artist background

Animotion formed in 1983 — MusicBrainz
Paul Antonelli: member — MusicBrainz
Jim Blair: member — MusicBrainz
Don Kirkpatrick: member — MusicBrainz
Frenchy O'Brien: member — MusicBrainz
Charles Ottavio: member — MusicBrainz
Astrid Plane: member — MusicBrainz
Cynthia Rhodes: member — MusicBrainz
Greg Smith: member — MusicBrainz
Bill Wadhams: member — MusicBrainz
Animotion has 15 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 1984–2018 — MusicBrainz
Animotion is from Los Angeles , California , U.S. — Wikipedia
Animotion has 6 members: Astrid Plane, Bill Wadhams, Don Kirkpatrick, Greg Smith, Jim Blair, Chris Wadhams — Wikipedia
Animotion plays New wave — Wikipedia
Animotion plays synth-pop — Wikipedia
Animotion has 261214 listeners on Last.fm — Animotion on Last.fm
Animotion has released 10 recordings between 1986 and 2016 — Animotion on Discogs
Animotion has 3 followers on Genius — Animotion on Genius
Twitter/X handle (per Genius): @AnimotionLive — Animotion on Genius
Google Knowledge Graph descriptor: Pop band — Animotion — Google Knowledge Graph
Canonical Wikipedia article (per Google KG): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animotion — Animotion on Wikipedia (per Google KG)
Wikipedia article length (per Google KG, characters): 156 — Animotion — entity-richness signal
Google Knowledge Graph entity id: kg:/m/01l0y03 — Animotion — KG entity
Country (per TheAudioDB): Los Angeles, US — Animotion on TheAudioDB
Formed 1983 (Wikidata inception) — Wikidata
Origin: Los Angeles (Wikidata) — Wikidata
Genres per Wikidata: synth-pop, new wave — Wikidata
Members per Wikidata: Paul Antonelli — Wikidata
Labels per Wikidata: Mercury Records — Wikidata
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animotion — Wikidata

Venues played

Rooms played most, from the shows on record
Room	Shows
Fox Tucson Theatre · Tucson	1

By year: 2026 1

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Sources & corrections

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. Use the credited links to check the source.

Last updated: 2026-09-19
Sources: Discogs, Genius, google kg, KEXP, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, TheAudioDB, Twitch, Wikidata, Wikipedia

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