This entirely obscure Neue Deutsche Welle unit augment their penchant for doleful Einsturzende Neubauten-like ponderousness with interventions of synth, tapes and sax to increasingly compelling ends as this tape unfurls, with filtered vocals, queasy synth swoops and hollowed-out electronic surges adhering to these skeletal song forms in engagingly helter skelter fashion. Very much textbook NDW in a certain respect, but I for one ain't carping...
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ReplyDeletestrangely, no one commented one this one so far - messehalle are a precursor of P.D. (later P16.D4), which was basically a jazzrock liveband. some other live tracks can be found on samplers from Wahrnehmungen, the P16.D4-Label.
ReplyDeletethis is the first time i see a lineup-list, Ewald should be Ewald Eber and Gerd is Gerd Poppe (both later P16.D4). unfortunately, i don't know about the other names.
In my opinion, Gerd stands for Gerd Neumann (a.k.a. Sea wanton), who formed Non Toxique Lost. Steffen should be Steffen Shütze (also of NTL) They covered Vorverstarker from Messehalle as well.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing this!