Author: Anneke
Johannes Baader – Fifi
Johannes Baader (1875-1955) grew up in Stuttgart and studied architecture in that town from 1898 to 1899. After having met Raoul Hausmann, Baader moved to Berlin in 1905, where Hausmann introduced him to a circle of artists that would germinate into Berlin Dada some ten years later…
New tapetopia: Die Frechheit – Der Flieder brenn
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…
Die Frechheit – Der Flieder brennt
New from Moloko+: William Burroughs/Oliver Harris – Roosevelt after Inauguration redux
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…







