<div id=":10r" class="ii gt"><div id=":10q"><span style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;border-collapse:collapse"><b>"Deutsche Kassettentäter. The rise of the German homerecording tape scene, part #1", a podcast by Felix Kubin</b><br>
<br>Audio: <a href="http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial?id_capsula=790" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 204)" target="_blank">http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial?id_capsula=790</a><br>Translated lyrics: <a href="http://bit.ly/nPZwWp">http://bit.ly/nPZwWp</a><br>
<br>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. <br>
<br>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.<br>
<br>Link: <a href="http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial?id_capsula=790" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 204)" target="_blank">http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial?id_capsula=790</a><br>MP3: <a href="http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/interruptions/03_deutschekassetentaeter_part1.mp3" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 204)" target="_blank">http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/interruptions/03_deutschekassetentaeter_part1.mp3</a><br>
Related info: <span></span><span><a href="http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20110204/03Interruptions_eng_PDF.pdf" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 204)" target="_blank">http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20110204/03Interruptions_eng_PDF.pdf </a></span><br>
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