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Die Frechheit – Der Flieder brennt

The band Die Frechheit (lit. “the cheekiness”) went about from 1988 to 1990. It was the successor to two East Berlin bands: Kein Talent (“no talent”) and Keine Ahnung (“no idea”). In the GDR scene from the mid- to late-1980s, Die Frechheit took up a rare position: surrounded by greyscale post-punk and experimental sampler compositions, winsome guitar pop and angular hip-hop, the band chose to play psychedelic prog wave. Its music was marked by a love for breaks, tempo changes and an attention to detail. The songs of Die Frechheit are highly sensual if always…
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L’Ambassadeur des Ombres – Star of Evil

The name L’Ambassadeur des Ombres goes back to the French science fiction comic Valérian et Laureline. The series’ sixth episode in particular had an inspiring effect on Jörg ‘Joggy’ Müller, who founded the band together with René Glofke: L’Ambassadeur des Ombres, Ambassador of the Shadows. This title heralded darkness and morbidity and would serve as the name for a band project branching out from the East Berlin post-punk…
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Neuntage Alt – Waif

Neuntage Alt were founded in 1986. The core members Taymur Streng, René Glofke and Mike Sauer, who had been friends since 1982, were graduates of the hard school of early GDR punk, through which, unlike many of their comrades-in-arms, they had passed without major damage. Taymur Streng in particular had begun to look beyond punk early on, towards the electric-dystopian industrial of Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire…
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Aufruhr zur Liebe – 3×3 = NEIN

Starting in 1983, Aufruhr zur Liebe consisted of musicians from bands such as Rosa Extra, Feeling B, Antifaschistischer Schutzwall (later Planlos) or Ornament & Verbrechen. The band’s sound and lyrics contextualized the reality of the GDR and left behind idiosyncratic signatures: melodic arcs of failure merged into an alloy of post punk, art rock, T. Rex, Virgin Prunes, industrials shamanism, and a refusal to conform…
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Planlos – Smog & Ruß

The songs of Planlos are classics of GDR punk rock. Their lyrics were politically explicit and steeped in an oppressive poetry. Hardly any other band embodied the charisma of the East Berlin punks to such a degree. The band only ever played illegal shows. In 1983, Planlos had a highly secret gig with the Toten Hosen. The end of Planlos resulted mainly from the constant surveillance and call-ups to the…
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