German Cassette Underground 1979-1983 (mp3)

After posting a compilation of Berlin underground music from 1979-1983 a while back, today's offering will be an even more obscure bootleg of German minimal synth stuff from the same time period. The LP Kassettentäter (Cassette Offender) apparently first surfaced on the German eBay site, containing tracks from various rare tape releases. It was itself released in a limited edition of 100, and so it was no surprise that it sold (and continues to sell) for insane amounts of money. But let me not go into the ethics of bootlegging, since I know that you would rather listen to the music than reading moralistic rants. Here it is, as usual in MP3 format:

4172 - Steig den Luis Trenker | Der blaue Traum - Lebkuchen | Duotronic Synterror - 190 Stunden | Georgie D - Die Kunst wird mal durch Abschlachten gross | Der künftige Musikant - Stummel | Reinheit des Herzens - Paris hat 7 Brücken | Steff-GBH - Die feige Sonne | Ewig + 3 Tage - Keine Angst vor '84 | Militanz - Paul = fort | Hessen ganz gross! - Unter der Achsel | Sugalo - Heiliger Vater Staat | Co-Mix - Irrwitz | Täglich - Neue Art | Lorenz Loren - Honecker in Cambodia

I have zero information about the artists on this compilation, but you might want to know the following: Luis Trenker was a famously tacky Austrian mountain climber and filmmaker, Erich Honecker was the famously obtuse East German head of state from 1971 to 1989, and Paris is the name of two Wisconsin towns with a combined population of more than 2,000. Furthermore, the problem with the current electronic music scene is that they don't use Casio synthesizers anymore.

Comments

[M.G.]

Another german hit. Love these.

Thanks!

[Swed Simon]

Wow. I've been looking for stuff by some of these artists for ages, and suddenly this pops up! Thank you very much.

[rich]

'Honecker Im Cambodia' is legendary. Co-Mix were on Intoleranz, quite a punky label with Magi Razzo and Rhythmus Radikal releases. Der Künftige Musikant, also known as Der Mussikant and Der Lustige Musikant, is about as cult as it gets when it comes to underground German cassette groups. All the material has been reissued by Genetic Music and is still available on CD. I highly, highly recommend:
http://geneticmusic.de

Duotronic Synterror was Andi Arroganti & someone called R Sex. The duo released stuff on the Wartungsfrei Tapes & Fanzines out of Saarbrücken. Franck (WSDP/punk-disco) reissued most of it for the Zerstoer Die Welt (Destroy The World) LP. Arroganti's solo tapes are now online ready for download at:
http://www.andiarroganti.com

Franck's most recent limited edition reissue was the Hessenz Ganz Gross tape, which I've yet to buy. Sugalo was another reissue, now OOP. His incredible kassettographie can be gawped at here:

http://www.punk-disco.com/Kassetten-Intro.htm

G.Sahler's Blechluft Editions (cassette history no.4 online to download in PDF). Essential, but in German of course:

http://www.blechluft.de.vu/

What I don't understand is why remastered tapes can't just start circulating again, cheaply. Also, the Germans are very cranky and don't like this information to be shared too much!