[microsound-announce] INTERRUPTIONS #3. Deutsche Kassettentäter. The rise of the German home-recording tape scene #1, by Felix Kubin

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*"Deutsche Kassettentäter. The rise of the German homerecording tape scene,
part #1", a podcast by Felix Kubin*

Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial?id_capsula=790

In the late 1970s, the German music scene was shaken up by a virtual
explosion of new bands that sounded radically different to anything that had
come before. They played music that was experimental, playful, absurd,
minimalist and astute, with lyrics that were sung – or more commonly
screamed – exclusively in German. Appalled rather than enthralled by this
new expressionism, the record industry initially showed no interest in these
groups, so new platforms had to be set up in order to spread the virus.
Small companies like ZickZack and Ata Tak started to release records by
these young artists who were springing up like mushrooms. The independent
record label was born.

The spirit of this new movement – later branded Neue Deutsche Welle –
emerged from a collision between the self-confident attitude of punk, the
legacy of Germany's electronic avant-garde and a belief in the imminence of
an atomic apocalypse. In his book "Als die Welt noch unterging" (When the
world was still going to end), Frank Apunkt Schneider describes this despair
as a joyful dance on the edge of the volcano, which is what underlies the
unusual music that you will hear in this programme.

Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial?id_capsula=790
MP3:
http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/interruptions/03_deutschekassetentaeter_part1.mp3
Related info:
http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20110204/03Interruptions_eng_PDF.pdf

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