"In the late ’70s, Holger Hiller and Fehlmann formed Palais Schaumberg, soon to become one of the more innovative Neue Deutsche Welle (German New Wave) bands. Their sound was danceable yet avant-garde, incorporating sharp rhythms with Fehlmann’s bouncy analogs and Hiller’s wound-up expressionist vocals. In one case, with both hands in harmony and dissonance, the varispeed tape vocal experiments and heralding, deflating synth horns on “Wir Bauen Ein Neue Stadt,” applauded and doubted the building of a new city."
I've only heard Fehlmann's stuff for Kompakt, and I like it a lot. Has anybody heard his early work? Is it worth seeking out?
― lf (lfam), Sunday, 19 March 2006 23:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― xhuxk, Sunday, 19 March 2006 23:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Yawn (Wintermute), Sunday, 19 March 2006 23:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― geeta (geeta), Sunday, 19 March 2006 23:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― geeta (geeta), Sunday, 19 March 2006 23:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― something less threatening (heywood), Monday, 20 March 2006 02:10 (eighteen years ago) link
Also search out his work/mixes with Gudrun Gut. And of course 3MB's "Jazz is the Teacher!"
― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Monday, 20 March 2006 03:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Good Dog (Good Dog), Monday, 20 March 2006 03:31 (eighteen years ago) link
tresor, in general, deserves far more observance then it currently receives, just for the artists that cut their teeth there alone. they were one of the labels that kept me going through the dark times of techno hitting the mainstream with shit like sesame's treet and la style, and generally my favorite techno label.
3mb goes without saying!
the first palais schaumberg lp is definitely worh seeking out. the work after that first proper record is a bit naff at best in areas; i think it had something to do with holger hiller leaving. holger's first solo records were brilliant!
the readymade work is quite good as well...
― ehbenoit, Monday, 20 March 2006 14:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― friday on the porch (lfam), Friday, 26 January 2007 08:11 (seventeen years ago) link
just been listening to Honigpumpe for the first time in a decade probably. Wonderful album.
― calzino, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 15:16 (four years ago) link
Saw them live a few weeks back. Some reunion thingy. Was fun.
― Duke, Tuesday, 20 August 2019 21:09 (four years ago) link