Hans Grüsel's Kränkenkabinet Performs Live on WFMU

Synth-happy noisemakers Hans Grüsel's Kränkenkabinet took a detour from their recent appearance at NYC's No Fun Fest to perform live in New Jersey on Bill Zurat's show.

Here's how Bill describes the band:

Imagine a post-apocalyptic nightmare world where mutated Hans Christian Andersen characters play noisy synthesizers stretched through an assortment of brain-bleeding sound effects and oscillators and you'll be halfway to a good description to the sound of Hans Grüsel's Kränkenkabinet. This San Francisco outfit has released their new album HAPPY AS PITCH (available on the CIP label) following the two stunning albums that devastated these airwaves last year. Lucky for us, Hans has Gretel and Johan Livingston Grüsel lending a hand during the performance. Be prepared for a rare opportunity to hear these Teutonic hellions twist your unadulterated synapses.

 

Listen to the live set, archived here:  Real Audio  |  MP3

One look at this photo of HGK (top left) should indicate that a radio performance does not quite capture the unique quality of the band's performance antics in their entirety. Luckily, volunteer Phil Catalano was around with a video camera.

Download the video of "Tea For Two" (mpg, 55 MB) and see why tap dancing is the new black at WFMU.

Comments

[joel rizzo]

hi, i keep getting a password prompter when trying to download this video...did i miss something here?? keep up the great work..joel

[Elisabeth]

So this is what happened to Caroliner.............

[Bill]

Joel--

I had to correct something on the backend of our server. You should be able to view the video now.

bz