Doing things differently is an omnipresent idea in the West German music scene of the Eighties. Starting from scratch, and owing to a straightness rooted in punk, new things and personalities get invented everywhere and all the time, resulting in an infrastructure with magazines, record labels, and venues.
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The corresponding adventurous lifestyle, its irony, artistic concepts, and some golden German humour are captured in this 53-minute mix with works by Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle, Ingrid Wiener & Chor, Martin Kippenberger, Santrra and others.
Featured cover art: Die Tödliche Doris – ” “
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Die Tödliche Doris – Fliegt schnell laut summend
Ingenious Dilletantes from West Berlin, focussing on performance art and music (1982, Zickzack)
Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle – Move Ahead
avantgarde band from Munich that refused to have a drummer for the first ten years – due to aesthetic reasons (1983, Zickzack)
Der Plan – Kennen Sie Köln?
the electronic music group from Düsseldorf was among the first to release music on their own label (1987, Ata Tak)
Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft – Goldenes Spielzeug
minimalistic superstars from Düsseldorf, inspired by living in London (1981, Virgin)
Sternhagel – King Kong
the only original song on Xao Seffcheque’s spoof concept album Sehr gut kommt sehr gut (1981, Schallmauer)
Conrad Schnitzler – Das Tier
the Joseph Beuys student and living sound cloud was a seminal figure in West Berlin’s music scene of the Seventies (1981, Sky Records)
Holger Hiller – Herzmuskel
early work, produced while studying at Hamburg’s Hochschule für bildende Künste (1980, Warning Records)
Santrra – Dao Dao
singer-songwriter solo project with accordion by the later zen nun from West Berlin (1985, Rebel Rec.)
Sentimentale Jugend & Einstürzende Neubauten – Wollt ihr die Totale Befriedigung
first collaboration between 16-year old Alexander Hacke and his later band Einstürzende Neubauten (1980, Zensor)
Die Dominas – Die Wespendomina
singer Rosi Müller and fashion designer Claudia Skoda playing with Manuel Göttsching in his studio in West Berlin (1981, Fabrikneu)
Die Zimmermänner – Ich werde in der Sonne immer dicker
new wave project from Hamburg that started in school (1981, Zickzack)
Säurekeller – Hiroshima
protest song the Hamburg way (1985, Ulan Bator)
Max Müller – Sie ist aus Holland
the A-side of this 7“ was a hit in West Berlin’s bohemian bar Kumpelnest 3000 (1989, Die Tödliche Doris Schallplatten)
Martin Kippenberger – Yuppi Du
dadaist humor meets italo-pop in West Berlin (1984, Zickzack)
Andreas Dorau – Der lachende Papst
yet another record by a teenager (1981, Zickzack)
Ingrid Wiener & Chor – Vermutlich
choir of famous artists from West Berlin reflecting about life (1985, Exil Schallplatte)