Tuesday, October 28, 2008

THE WIRTSCHAFTSWUNDER-TSCHERWONEZ, LP, 1982, GERMANY




Between us, Jim and I have posted numerous titles that Neue Deutsche Welle legend Tom Dokoupil has been involved in over the years, including Die Partei, Siluetes 61 and Radierer. The work to be found on this, the third LP from his multi-national unit Wirtschaftswunder (graciously provided by blog friend Felix Kubin, whose work in the project Spiders On Phasing I've also posted today) is every bit the equal of those iconic units, but while their impossibly clever post punk exploits may emerge from the more Ralph/Residential-indebted end of the NDW continuum, their restless muse extends well beyond the zany remit that may suggest. Tscherwonez (a soundtrack to Gabor Altorjay's film of the same name) over it's course takes in everything from Pyrolator and Andi Giorbino-like cartoonish candy coated electropop to stark Factory Records-like post punk angularity, with side-tracks into oompah and schlager kitsch, synth pop settings for horror film strings and campy carnival organ-a-go-go pop giddiness ala the L.A.F.M.S. outfit Human Hands. Sensational and essential.

Get it via Rapidshare here

10 comments:

  1. Wow! This is amazing! Thanks.

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  2. not letting me download from rpidshare

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  3. Although I've visited your site many times, I've thoughtlessly never expressed my admiration for the work all of you do. Press-on, you're magnificent, and thank you!

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  4. I talked to Arroganti ahwile back and he pointed me to tghis band, I guess one of his past collaborators had been the creator. Thanks Andi. Whereever you went to these days.

    TymexPyres

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  5. Absolutely amazing!

    Thanks a zillion for this one!

    Shabat shalom.

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  6. Super! Ich hab die Vinyl-Scheibe ja da, aber jetzt komm ich um das Digitalisieren rum. Hab den Film sogar mal gesehen und würde ihn gerne wieder sehen. Hat jemand eine Idee wo oder wie? Danke im Voraus! thomas at speedup punkt de

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  7. about 20 years ago Felix Kubin hosted a late night radio show on Canada's CBC radio. He played Girls Of The Navy from this album. The whole set was so cool I had to park the car. I emailed CBC the next day and asked how I could get some of this music. They said they didn't know, that Felix probably whipped the show up in his hotel room.
    I have been looking for "Girls Of The Navy" for 20 years. Thank you so much.

    Paul

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  8. Nah seh mal: http://uzine.posterous.com/2010-03-07-wirtschaftswunder-on-and-offscreen

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  9. could you please reupload this album?

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  10. Super Seite, aber leider ist der Rapidshare-Link tot....bitte, bitte neu woanders hochladen. Tausend Dank!

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