Tolga Flim Flam Balkan – long live the danceable, musical chaos!

At the end of my studies the time had finally come. I found the music that made me switch to the other side of the dance floor. With the double LP “Acid House Fever” I found my entry into house music, which had spilled over from the USA to Europe.

One of my favorites on this release is the track “Shall we do it again? by the German DJ and remixer Tolga Flim Flam Balkan. The title is a wicked mixture of different samples and tracks. It’s been on my USB sticks for quite some time now, but so far I’ve never managed to put it into a set. But I’ll manage that, have fun listening to it.

Stay tuned.

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Severed Heads – danceable electronic experiments.

At about the same time that I discovered Alien Sex Fiend, I stumbled upon Severed Heads. In Munich’s biggest record store I came across the LP “Since the Accident”. I was simply thrilled by the weird cover. I really don’t remember if I listened to the LP, but most likely I didn’t. Except for one song – that I’m still celebrating – you can benevolently call this work experimental. Malicious tongues would simply call it noise. But “Dead Eyes Openend” was and is simply a blast. There is not much more to tell about it now, so this article will be very short. Have fun listening to it.

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Alien Sex Fiend – linking punk and electronic music.

After Human League there was no electronic milestone for a long time. O.k., there were some Neue Deutsche Welle/New Wave bands that inspired me, but in retrospect I had a musical AHA effect only with the British band Alien Sex Fiend again. A very adventurous combination of punk, synthesizer sounds and drum computer. Especially the dark lyrics appealed to me, here is an excerpt:

*Breakdown is on it’s way* 
*Breakdown in a month or a day* 
*Breakdown and cry, lay down and die* 
* Goodbye, goodbye. *

Somehow it was really cool at that time to learn these destructive lyrics by heart with enthusiasm and to set it as a counterpoint to the whole perfect Popper world. I still remember the lyrics and the song (“Breakdown and Cry”) is still one of my absolute favorites. But the absolute highlight on the LP was “E.S.T. Trip to the Moon”. In 1984 this track was in the British Independent Charts for quite some time and I celebrate it until today. Have fun listening to it.

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