On 20 February 2026, the second anniversary of the great Kiev Stingl’s death, Klangbad – the label of Hans-Joachim Irmler, founding member of the legendary Krautrock band Faust – released Stingl’s swansong and musical legacy, Meine Sterne fallen (My Stars Are Falling). All titles by Kiev Stingl, arrangements by Niklas David. The beautiful and moving album Meine Sterne fallen is now available on CD, released by Moloko Plus…
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…
Oliver Harris’s latest Burroughs study scrutinises the background and publication history of the obscene pamphlet Roosevelt after Inauguration that William Burroughs wrote in 1953. Harris’s meticulous research and expertise makes this book another fine edition in Moloko’s steadily growing Burroughs series. Elegantly written as usual, the book is a pleasure to read and provides the reader with an abundance of interesting details…
