Author: Anneke

Herbst In Peking – Nachtflug

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Herbst In Peking, named after Boris Vian’s novel, was formed by Rex Joswig in East Berlin in 1987. The anti-authoritarian stance and fierce criticism of the GDR regime of this punk band led to an official ban in 1989. While Rex Joswig ran his Grenzpunkt Null radio show from East Berlin after the GDR had collapsed, his band steadily assimilated influences from Dub, Industrial and Electronic…
€ 15.00

L’Ambassadeur des Ombres – Strike Me If I Shriek

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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…
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Mahlsdorfer Wohnstuben Orchester – M.W.O. 1987-1989

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The year 1982 brought the encounter of René Glofke and Taymur Streng, also known as “Glofke” and “Strangler” in the local district chapter of the East Berlin punk scene. In Mahlsdorf, a suburb between Berlin and Strausberg, Taymur converted his large living room into an improvised recording studio; devices were modified, machines optimized. Many things he assembled himself by following wiring…
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Kiev Jaguar Stingl – Die besoffene Schlägerei

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Kiev Stingl was born in 1943 in Aussig a.d. Elbe in Sudetenland, from which he and his mother had to flee after the end of World War II. After having first having found refuge in Mannheim he was relocated to Hamburg in 1949, where he attended secondary school and unsuccessfully studied Politicology and Ethnology. Since 1975 he has been active as a composer, lyricist, singer, actor and performer and…
€ 30.00

William Levy – Jeremiad Chants (An Absolute Polemic)

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Jeremiad Chants, subtitled An Absolute Polemic, was published independently by William Levy and illustrator Peter Pontiac in 1979. With a print run of only 500 copies and Fluxus artist Willem de Ridder as a designer, this little book is a true countercultural gem. Levy’s seductively packaged but caustic chapters would…
€ 40.00

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