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ARTIST
DIE GEHIRNE
TITLE
Tapetopia 002: GDR Underground Tapes (1984-1989)
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
PLAY LOUD! PRODUCTIONS
CATALOG #
PL 097LP
PL 097LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
2/7/2020
To release a tape in East Germany in 1986 called
Ihre großen Erfolge
(Their Great Successes) illustrates how every situation produces people that are unwilling to accept that situation.
Claus Löser
and
Florian Merkel
were two such people. Their band
Die Gehirne
and their many side-projects ensured that their hometown of Karl-Marx-Stadt, today's Chemnitz, could assert its role in the independent art world of the GDR. Inspirations included
Frank Bretschneider
from the experimental electronic band
AG Geige
, the artist friend
Klaus Hähner-Springmühl
, the jazz guitarist
Joe Sachse
, and the free jazz figures
Conny Bauer
and
Luten Petrowsky
. A small batch totaling some 35 copies of
Their Greatest Hits
by Die Gehirne was gradually handed out around the scene to trade with other musicians. For
Tapetopia 002
, Play Loud! Productions put together a shortened vinyl version, while the complete tape is available for download at the label's website.
Tapetopia
is a series of vinyl releases based on cassettes from the East Germany's '80s underground, particularly from the East Berlin "Mauerstadt" music scene, featuring original layouts and track lists. For over 30 years after their initial "release" the music on these tapes was neither available on vinyl nor CD, but they were important statements in the canon of the GDR subculture. Despite the miniscule number of original cassettes in circulation at the time many of the bands were popular in countercultural circles, a factor that made them highly suspect among the government's own inner circles.
Tapetopia
is edited by
Henryk Gericke
.
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