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▀▀▀▄ ARTIST.......: FSK ▄▀▀▀
▀▄▄ TITLE.......: 4 Instrumentals ▄▄▀
▀█▄ SOURCE.....: Vinyl ▄█▀
▄█▀ STYLE......: Ambient ▀█▄
▄▄█▀▀ LABEL.......: Disko B ▀▀█▄▄
▄█▀▀ CAT.NR........: DB 061 ▀▀█▄
▀ QUALITY.........: VBRkbps/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo ▀
▄▀ URL...............: www.diskob.com ▀▄
▄ RIP.DATE...........: Aug-29-2005 ▄
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██▓▓ The German independent band F.S.K. ( ██▓▓
██▓▓ originally named after the West German self ██▓▓
██▓▓ censorship institution äFreiwillige ██▓▓
██▓▓ Selbstkontrolle") was founded in 1980 by ██▓▓
██▓▓ four members of the underground magazine ██▓▓
██▓▓ äMode & Verzweiflung" ( Fashion & Despair ) ██▓▓
██▓▓ in Munich. Today's European Quintet and ██▓▓
██▓▓ German-American Sextet/Septet/Octet still ██▓▓
██▓▓ incorporates the original line up: ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ Justin Hoffmann, musician and art ██▓▓
██▓▓ journalist, was born in the Bavarian Forest ██▓▓
██▓▓ near the Czech border in 1955. Thomas ██▓▓
██▓▓ Meinecke, author and radio deejay, was born ██▓▓
██▓▓ in Hamburg in 1955 and came to Munich, like ██▓▓
██▓▓ Hoffmann, in 1977. Artist Michaela Melißn ██▓▓
██▓▓ was born in Munich in 1956 as daughter of a ██▓▓
██▓▓ Spanish father and a German mother. Wilfried ██▓▓
██▓▓ Petzi, living as a photographer in Munich ██▓▓
██▓▓ since the 1970's, was born in rural Lower ██▓▓
██▓▓ Bavaria Close to the Austrian border in ██▓▓
██▓▓ 1948. ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ Michaela ( bass, guitar, fiddle, organ, ██▓▓
██▓▓ vocals, etc. ) had been a student of ██▓▓
██▓▓ classical violoncello, freelancing in ██▓▓
██▓▓ Chamber Music ensembles and as occasional ██▓▓
██▓▓ member of a Folk string band; Justin ( ██▓▓
██▓▓ guitar, organ, piano, accordion, vocals, ██▓▓
██▓▓ etc. ) has been playing in bands since the ██▓▓
██▓▓ age of 12; Thomas ( 1ap steel guitar, ██▓▓
██▓▓ guitar, cornet, drums, vocals, etc. ) had ██▓▓
██▓▓ been into mutant Jug Band Music as a ██▓▓
██▓▓ teenager in Hamburg; Wilfried ( mandolin, ██▓▓
██▓▓ guitar, banjo, trombone, vocals, etc. ) was ██▓▓
██▓▓ playing and singing in Lower Bavarian dance ██▓▓
██▓▓ bands as early as 1970. ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ The first live appearance of F.S.K. was in ██▓▓
██▓▓ Hamburg 1980, 6 months after the release of ██▓▓
██▓▓ their 1st record. To be followed soon by ██▓▓
██▓▓ periodical tours through West Germany, to ██▓▓
██▓▓ West Berlin, the Netherlands, Switzerland ██▓▓
██▓▓ and Austria. ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ The early records ( two EP's, äFreiwillige ██▓▓
██▓▓ Selbstkontrolle" 1980, and äTeilnehmende ██▓▓
██▓▓ Beobachtung" 1981; 1st LP äStⁿrmer", which ██▓▓
██▓▓ entered San Franciscan indie charts in 1981; ██▓▓
██▓▓ EP äMagic Moments" in 1982; like all their ██▓▓
██▓▓ Continental releases from 1980 to 1989 on ██▓▓
██▓▓ Hamburg's ZickZack label; plus several ██▓▓
██▓▓ compilation tracks ) gave the band the ██▓▓
██▓▓ reputation of being West Germany's most ██▓▓
██▓▓ intelligent art school combo. ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ Living in a very americanized country meant ██▓▓
██▓▓ to F.S.K. that they soon, in means of love ██▓▓
██▓▓ and hate, started to work out structures of ██▓▓
██▓▓ Euro-American heritage in their music. Not ██▓▓
██▓▓ only did they so bring back the Texan Blue ██▓▓
██▓▓ Yodel to its Bavarian source, they also ██▓▓
██▓▓ started to add the occasional cover version ██▓▓
██▓▓ of American standards and non-standards to ██▓▓
██▓▓ their German repertoire. The first two LP's ██▓▓
██▓▓ reflecting this technique and flavour were ██▓▓
██▓▓ recorded in 1983 (äCa C'est Le Blues") and ██▓▓
██▓▓ in 1984 (äGoes Undergroundä). ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ In 1985 John Peel invited the combo to come ██▓▓
██▓▓ to London for their 1st BBC Session, the ██▓▓
██▓▓ same year to be released as an EP entitled ██▓▓
██▓▓ äLast Orders". The included drinking songs ██▓▓
██▓▓ were also performed live at London's Goethe ██▓▓
██▓▓ Institute and the Max Headroom ICA Rock Week ██▓▓
██▓▓ in Summer 1985. Enthusiastic reviews in NME, ██▓▓
██▓▓ Melody Maker and The Observer. ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ The 2nd John Peel Session was held one year ██▓▓
██▓▓ later, in August 1986. The included version ██▓▓
██▓▓ of GI song äI Wish I Could 'Sprechen Sie ██▓▓
██▓▓ Deutsch'" appeared in John Peel's 1986 ██▓▓
██▓▓ Festive Fifty listeners poll as the only not ██▓▓
██▓▓ released recording. ██▓▓
██▓▓ In June 1987 the band visited the UK for a ██▓▓
██▓▓ 3rd BBC John Peel Session (to record their ██▓▓
██▓▓ versions of 4 Beatles songs), signed a ██▓▓
██▓▓ contract with Red Rhino Records in York, had ██▓▓
██▓▓ a studio date at Offbeat in Leeds ( to ██▓▓
██▓▓ record 4 songs produced by Kevin Lycett of ██▓▓
██▓▓ The Mekons for Red Rhino ) and another ██▓▓
██▓▓ London live gig at the ICA. A compilation LP ██▓▓
██▓▓ covering the recording years 1983 to 1985 ( ██▓▓
██▓▓ Continental Breakfast ) was released in ██▓▓
██▓▓ Summer 1987 in the UK ( with sleeve notes by ██▓▓
██▓▓ John Peel ) through Red Rhino/Ediesta to be ██▓▓
██▓▓ followed in fall by the release of äAmerican ██▓▓
██▓▓ Sector" EP (with Leeds takes, including a ██▓▓
██▓▓ re-recording of äI Wish I Could 'Sprechen ██▓▓
██▓▓ Sie Deutsch'" ) on the same label. ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ Immediately after their return to Germany ██▓▓
██▓▓ the band recorded the 4th LP äIn Dixieland", ██▓▓
██▓▓ produced by Detlef Diederichsen in Hamburg. ██▓▓
██▓▓ Dealing with various aspects of ██▓▓
██▓▓ trans-atlantic Folk Music the record ██▓▓
██▓▓ contains no cover versions, only self-penned ██▓▓
██▓▓ material. Scheduled for simultaneous release ██▓▓
██▓▓ in West Germany ( ZickZack ) and the UK ( ██▓▓
██▓▓ Red Rhino / Ediesta ) in Winter 1987/88. In ██▓▓
██▓▓ November 1987 the band travelled to England ██▓▓
██▓▓ for a second time within one year to play ██▓▓
██▓▓ live gigs in London ( Sir George Robey ) and ██▓▓
██▓▓ Winchester ( Art School ). Very good reviews ██▓▓
██▓▓ of live shows and records in NME ( 8 1/2 ██▓▓
██▓▓ points ), Melody Maker ( album of the week ██▓▓
██▓▓ ), Sounds, Record Mirror. Frequent airplay ██▓▓
██▓▓ of F.S.K.'s UK releases in England and ██▓▓
██▓▓ Scotland. ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ In April 1988 F.S.K. recorded their 4th Peel ██▓▓
██▓▓ Session ( with Yodel Songs ) in London which ██▓▓
██▓▓ made the band the non-British group with the ██▓▓
██▓▓ most John Peel Sessions ever. A recording ██▓▓
██▓▓ date at London's Falconer Studios ( intended ██▓▓
██▓▓ to be released on Ediesta / Red Rhino, but ██▓▓
██▓▓ Red Rhino made bankrupt instead ) was ██▓▓
██▓▓ followed by a tour through the UK. Live ██▓▓
██▓▓ performances in Leeds ( Polytechnic ), Hull ██▓▓
██▓▓ ( Adelphi ), Southampton ██▓▓
██▓▓ ( Joiners Arms ) and London ( ICA, Albany ). ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ In Summer 1988 re-release of F.S.K.'s 1st LP ██▓▓
██▓▓ äStⁿrmer" on ZickZack with original 1981 ██▓▓
██▓▓ sleeve and sound. Release of äIn Dixieland" ██▓▓
██▓▓ LP together with 1982 äMagic Moments" EP as ██▓▓
██▓▓ ZickZack Compact Disc. Frequent F.S.K. ██▓▓
██▓▓ airplay on East German Radio as well as ██▓▓
██▓▓ American College Radio. 60-minute interview ██▓▓
██▓▓ with F.S.K. on WTUL, New Orleans. Good ██▓▓
██▓▓ review of äIn Dixieland" in Option Magazine, ██▓▓
██▓▓ Los Angeles. ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ F.S.K.'s 5th regular LP, äOriginal Gasman ██▓▓
██▓▓ Band", was recorded in January 1989 in ██▓▓
██▓▓ Hamburg and produced by the band. It ██▓▓
██▓▓ contains 12 songs in radical folk, some ██▓▓
██▓▓ self-penned, some in trans-atlantic Polka ██▓▓
██▓▓ and Yodel feed-back from the New World. The ██▓▓
██▓▓ LP was released in Summer 1989. The CD ██▓▓
██▓▓ version contains F.S.K.'s cover of The ██▓▓
██▓▓ Saints plus 1987 äAmerican Sector" EP. ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ F.S.K.'s 1982 song äViel Zu Viel" is ██▓▓
██▓▓ featured on London's äDeutschland ██▓▓
██▓▓ Strike-Back" Compilation, released in Spring ██▓▓
██▓▓ 1989. In Summer 1989 the English Strange ██▓▓
██▓▓ Fruit label, dedicated to publishing BBC ██▓▓
██▓▓ Peel Sessions on records, released a Double ██▓▓
██▓▓ Peel Sessions LP and CD by F.S.K. containing ██▓▓
██▓▓ the complete F.S.K. Peel Sessions of 1986 ( ██▓▓
██▓▓ äI Wish I Could 'Sprechen Sie Deutsch'" ) ██▓▓
██▓▓ and 1987 ( äBeatles Songbook" ). German Tele ██▓▓
██▓▓ 5 TV produced a video of F.S.K.'s ██▓▓
██▓▓ äPennsylfawnisch Schnitzelbank". American ██▓▓
██▓▓ clubs demand for F.S.K. live gigs in the US. ██▓▓
██▓▓ Enthusiastic reviews of current album in ██▓▓
██▓▓ American music papers ( Option, College ██▓▓
██▓▓ Music Journal and others; F.S.K. on position ██▓▓
██▓▓ 5 in Best Of 1989 US Indies Charts by New ██▓▓
██▓▓ Orleans' Wavelength Magazine ). In December ██▓▓
██▓▓ 1989 first F.S.K. live gig in ( still GDR ) ██▓▓
██▓▓ East Berlin. ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ In Summer 1990, äBudweiser Polka" and ██▓▓
██▓▓ äCannonball Yodel" ( both recorded in London ██▓▓
██▓▓ 1988 ) were released as a limited edition ██▓▓
██▓▓ single on Munich's Sub-Up label ( European ██▓▓
██▓▓ home of the band since then, distributed in ██▓▓
██▓▓ the UK by Southern ). Extensive feature on ██▓▓
██▓▓ F.S.K. in Option Magazine. ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ Son Of Kraut. In November and December 1990, ██▓▓
██▓▓ invited and produced by GI son David Lowery ██▓▓
██▓▓ ( Camper Van Beethoven ), F.S.K. recorded ██▓▓
██▓▓ their first real trans-atlantic album in ██▓▓
██▓▓ Richmond, Virginia, USA. Besides Lowery ( ██▓▓
██▓▓ new F.S.K. member on acoustic guitar, voice, ██▓▓
██▓▓ songwriting and arrangements, born in Texas, ██▓▓
██▓▓ 1960 ), new in the band was also ex Tony Joe ██▓▓
██▓▓ White drummer Carson Huggins, GI son with ██▓▓
██▓▓ German mother, born in North Carolina, 1951. ██▓▓
██▓▓ Guests and friends on the F.S.K. Richmond ██▓▓
██▓▓ recordings at McCavitt Studios were Beatnik ██▓▓
██▓▓ Folk legend Michael Hurley, Bakersfield ██▓▓
██▓▓ picker and today's Cracker virtuoso Johnny ██▓▓
██▓▓ Hickman, Square Dance harmonica man Phil ██▓▓
██▓▓ Woddail, Banjo picker Mark Linkous, ██▓▓
██▓▓ Bluegrass fiddler Dave Van Deventer, and ██▓▓
██▓▓ engineer John Morand on additional ██▓▓
██▓▓ percussion. 1st American F.S.K. gig ( as ██▓▓
██▓▓ German-American Sextet plus friends ) in ██▓▓
██▓▓ Richmond's Famous Franks. ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ The album was released in Spring 1991 by ██▓▓
██▓▓ Sub-Up Records in Europe ( enthusiastic ██▓▓
██▓▓ illustrated review in Folk Roots Magazine, ██▓▓
██▓▓ London ). In the US it is available through ██▓▓
██▓▓ North Carolina's Moist Records Mail Order. ██▓▓
██▓▓ David Lowery, Carson Huggins and Johnny ██▓▓
██▓▓ Hickman ( GI son, born in Massachusetts, ██▓▓
██▓▓ 1956 ) were in F.S.K. on their very ██▓▓
██▓▓ successful GermanAmerican Septet Tour ( TV, ██▓▓
██▓▓ radio, magazines ) of Germany and Austria in ██▓▓
██▓▓ May and June 1991. ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ In Fall 1991 Carl Oesterhelt ( born 1968 in ██▓▓
██▓▓ Upper Bavaria ) joined the band as their ██▓▓
██▓▓ European drummer. Oesterhelt ( occasionally ██▓▓
██▓▓ doubling on percussion, organ and trumpet in ██▓▓
██▓▓ F.S.K. ) can also be heard playing the piano ██▓▓
██▓▓ in Munich's pop combo Merricks ( two records ██▓▓
██▓▓ produced by Thomas Meinecke ). After a gig ██▓▓
██▓▓ at Berlin's BID Congress, F.S.K. were ██▓▓
██▓▓ invited to play at 1992's South By Southwest ██▓▓
██▓▓ Music Congress ( SXSW ) in Austin, Texas. In ██▓▓
██▓▓ December 1991 the Band flew to London for ██▓▓
██▓▓ their 5th BBC Peel Session ( with 4 PostWar ██▓▓
██▓▓ Songs from devided Germany, 1949-1991 ) and ██▓▓
██▓▓ another gig at the Sir George Robey. ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ 1992: Ed Ward lists the Richmond album as ██▓▓
██▓▓ No.1 of his 1991's charts in Rock & Roll ██▓▓
██▓▓ Disc Magazine, Memphis. Greil Marcus places ██▓▓
██▓▓ F.S.K.'s äHitler Lives" ( from the same ██▓▓
██▓▓ record ) in his February 1992 Top Ten in Art ██▓▓
██▓▓ Forum, New York. In March 1992 three gigs as ██▓▓
██▓▓ German-American Quintet/Sextet/Septet at ██▓▓
██▓▓ SXSW, Austin, Texas ( Emo's, Hyatt Regency, ██▓▓
██▓▓ ThreeEleven) plus one show in Houston, Texas ██▓▓
██▓▓ ( Black Forest ). Enthusiastic live reviews ██▓▓
██▓▓ in Rolling Stone and Billboard Magazines. ██▓▓
██▓▓ Single gigs and smaller European tours since ██▓▓
██▓▓ 1991 mostly in German Quintet line-up: ██▓▓
██▓▓ Hoffmann-Meinecke-Melißn-Oesterhelt-Petzi. ██▓▓
██▓▓ Young German bands start recording cover ██▓▓
██▓▓ versions of historical F.S.K. material. ██▓▓
██▓▓ First yodels can be heard on Lowery's and ██▓▓
██▓▓ Hickman's Cracker debut album. ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ In Summer 1992 Walter Salas-Humara invited ██▓▓
██▓▓ the Quintet to be his band for a Munich show ██▓▓
██▓▓ and also went to a studio with them to ██▓▓
██▓▓ record his song äUpside Down Instead" for ██▓▓
██▓▓ the Love Is My Only Crime compilation on ██▓▓
██▓▓ Munich's IRS-distributed Veracity Label ( ██▓▓
██▓▓ released in April 1993 ). F.S.K. was also ██▓▓
██▓▓ invited to take part in this mostly American ██▓▓
██▓▓ album and recorded its only German-language ██▓▓
██▓▓ title äDas Hab Ich Falsch Gemacht" in ██▓▓
██▓▓ Munich. During Octoberfest 1992 F.S.K. ██▓▓
██▓▓ recorded their 6th BBC Session ( äDear John" ██▓▓
██▓▓ ) in Munich for John Peel's English-German ██▓▓
██▓▓ Euro Action program. F.S.K. now ranks ( ██▓▓
██▓▓ behind The Fall ) as the band with second ██▓▓
██▓▓ most Peel Sessions ever. ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ Later in October Carson Huggins ( now mostly ██▓▓
██▓▓ on guitar and vocals ), Kentuckian trumpeter ██▓▓
██▓▓ Paul Watson ( born 1951, ex Half Japanese, ██▓▓
██▓▓ Orthotonics etc., today Sparklehorse ) and ██▓▓
██▓▓ Rainer Ptacek ( born in Berlin 1951, moved ██▓▓
██▓▓ to Chicago in the 50's, lives in Tucson, ██▓▓
██▓▓ Arizona as legendary Slide Guitar artist: ██▓▓
██▓▓ Rainer & Das Combo, The Band Of Blacky ██▓▓
██▓▓ Ranchette, Giant Sand etc. ) were brought to ██▓▓
██▓▓ Munich by Austrian Festival äSteirischer ██▓▓
██▓▓ Herbst". In Graz, Austria F.S.K. as ██▓▓
██▓▓ German-American Octet closed äThe Immigrant ██▓▓
██▓▓ Song", a three days beer tent event with ██▓▓
██▓▓ wild encores that included not only the ██▓▓
██▓▓ line-up of Hoffmann, Huggins, Meinecke, ██▓▓
██▓▓ Melißn, Oesterhelt, Petzi, Ptacek and ██▓▓
██▓▓ Watson, but also Cajun musicians from ██▓▓
██▓▓ Louisiana and Tejano musicians from Texas. ██▓▓
██▓▓ Live broadcast on Austrian Radio (ORF). ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ In early 1993 the Prague Goethe Institute ██▓▓
██▓▓ invites F.S.K. for a show at the Bunkr Club ██▓▓
██▓▓ ( plus live radio interview in ██▓▓
██▓▓ German-English-Czech on Radio 1 ). ██▓▓
██▓▓ Australian Singer/ Songwriter Robert Forster ██▓▓
██▓▓ ( ex Go-Betweens ) quotes F.S.K.'s Richmond ██▓▓
██▓▓ recordings as big influence on his own new ██▓▓
██▓▓ album. German writer Alexander Kluge keeps ██▓▓
██▓▓ repeating his German-American F.S.K. ██▓▓
██▓▓ features on German TV stations SAT1, RTL and ██▓▓
██▓▓ VOX ( as John Peel keeps repeating their ██▓▓
██▓▓ sessions on BBC1 ). ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ In May 1993 the five German band members ██▓▓
██▓▓ flew once more to Richmond, Virginia to ██▓▓
██▓▓ record another outstanding album with their ██▓▓
██▓▓ American friends, äThe Sound Of Music", ██▓▓
██▓▓ again produced by David Lowery and ██▓▓
██▓▓ engineered by John Morand at Turpentine Mill ██▓▓
██▓▓ Recorders ( now owned by Lowery and named ██▓▓
██▓▓ The Sound Of Music ). Lowery sings ( two ██▓▓
██▓▓ Lowery originals and one song in German ) ██▓▓
██▓▓ and plays on it extensively. Guests include ██▓▓
██▓▓ Paul Watson on trumpet and alto horn, Mark ██▓▓
██▓▓ Linkous ( meanwhile Susanna Hoffs' ██▓▓
██▓▓ bandleader, today: Sparklehorse ) on vocals, ██▓▓
██▓▓ and young Hohner USA employee Joshua Camp on ██▓▓
██▓▓ accordion. Wild shows in Richmond, Virgnia, ██▓▓
██▓▓ ( Pyro's ), Washington, D.C. ( 9:30 Club ), ██▓▓
██▓▓ and Chapel Hill, North Carolina ( Local 506 ██▓▓
██▓▓ ). Live radio appearances at WVGO, Richmond ██▓▓
██▓▓ and WXYC, Chapel Hill. ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ The Country Rockers from Memphis, Tennessee ██▓▓
██▓▓ start covering F.S.K. material in their live ██▓▓
██▓▓ shows. Robert Forster, back in Brisbane, ██▓▓
██▓▓ Australia, records an F.S.K. original in ██▓▓
██▓▓ German ( released on Beggars Banquet ). ██▓▓
██▓▓ Whereas F.S.K., invited by the Romanian ██▓▓
██▓▓ Goethe Institute, plays a live show in ██▓▓
██▓▓ Bucarest at the philharmonic of the Romanian ██▓▓
██▓▓ State Radio in December 1993, broadcasted ██▓▓
██▓▓ over Radiodifuziunea Romana. Interviews by ██▓▓
██▓▓ Romanian TV, radio and press. The second ██▓▓
██▓▓ Richmond album gets listed in many European ██▓▓
██▓▓ polls of 1993. ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ 1994. Normal Records of Bonn, Germany invite ██▓▓
██▓▓ F.S.K. for a one-off CD on their Return To ██▓▓
██▓▓ Sender mailorder label ( with 1992 ██▓▓
██▓▓ recordings of German-American Octet). 1. ██▓▓
██▓▓ Video production of äFlagge Verbrennen ( ██▓▓
██▓▓ Regierung ErtrΣnken )" broadcasted over ██▓▓
██▓▓ German VIVA Television. Extensive ██▓▓
██▓▓ Germany-Austria Tour in German Line-Up. ██▓▓
██▓▓ Virgin Records, America puts F.S.K.'s äRed ██▓▓
██▓▓ Sonja" on 9th Anniversary Sampler CD of ██▓▓
██▓▓ American Alternative Press Magazine (AP). ██▓▓
██▓▓ F.S.K.'s 1981 recording of äLiebe Tut Weh" ██▓▓
██▓▓ re-released by Belgian label Antler on New ██▓▓
██▓▓ Wave German Class-X compilation. F.S.K. as ██▓▓
██▓▓ David Lowery's Hot Pick in Special Summer ██▓▓
██▓▓ Issue of American Rolling Stone Magazine. ██▓▓
██▓▓ Extensive VIVA TV feature on F.S.K. after ██▓▓
██▓▓ their powerful Popkomm performance in ██▓▓
██▓▓ Cologne. F.S.K.'s äUnter Dem Doppeladler" ██▓▓
██▓▓ appears on soundtrack of American movie ██▓▓
██▓▓ äLove & A .45", directed by C.M. Talkington, ██▓▓
██▓▓ and on Immortal / Epic Soundtrax / Sony CD ██▓▓
██▓▓ äMusic From The Motion Picture Love & A .45" ██▓▓
██▓▓ ( on which F.S.K. are followed by The ██▓▓
██▓▓ Butthole Surfers, Johnny Cash, and Courtney ██▓▓
██▓▓ Love ). ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ 1995 started with F.S.K.'s äDiesel ██▓▓
██▓▓ Oktoberfest" on äWo Ist Zuhause Mama" ██▓▓
██▓▓ Compilation on Germany's Trikont Label and ██▓▓
██▓▓ an extensive F.S.K. live show on Bavarian ██▓▓
██▓▓ and Hessian TV. F.S.K.'s äLiebe Tut Weh" ██▓▓
██▓▓ re-released on Columbia / Sony German Pop & ██▓▓
██▓▓ Wave Spezial compilation. F.S.K.'s äUnter ██▓▓
██▓▓ Dem Rhein" re-released on worldwide ██▓▓
██▓▓ distributed Big Cat compilation äSturm & ██▓▓
██▓▓ Twang". The band plays live at the release ██▓▓
██▓▓ party in Cologne ( broadcasted by VIVA TV ). ██▓▓
██▓▓ F.S.K.'s äG.M. Tuxedo Plunger" on äKomm ██▓▓
██▓▓ Schnell" Compilation on German Peace 95 ██▓▓
██▓▓ label. Chicago based label Flying Fish signs ██▓▓
██▓▓ F.S.K. for the USA. First release is an ██▓▓
██▓▓ American edition of äThe Sound Of Music" CD. ██▓▓
██▓▓ Enthusiastic reviews ( CMJ Jackpot etc: ) in ██▓▓
██▓▓ the US. ZickZack records releases a 2 CD set ██▓▓
██▓▓ with 44 F.S.K. tracks from 1980 to 1989, ██▓▓
██▓▓ titled äF.S.K. Bei Alfred". In late Spring ██▓▓
██▓▓ F.S.K. fly over to the US again to record ██▓▓
██▓▓ another album with David Lowery in Richmond, ██▓▓
██▓▓ Virginia, and to tour the States ( with ██▓▓
██▓▓ David Lowery and Paul Watson in the band ): ██▓▓
██▓▓ Charleston, West Virginia ( Mountain Stage, ██▓▓
██▓▓ broadcasted over 120 public radio stations ██▓▓
██▓▓ in the US, The Empty Glass ), Carrboro / ██▓▓
██▓▓ Chapel Hill, North Carolina ( Cat's Cradle ██▓▓
██▓▓ ), Charleston, South Carolina ( Music Farm, ██▓▓
██▓▓ invited by Pavement ), Athens, Georgia ( 40 ██▓▓
██▓▓ Watt Club ), Atlanta, Georgia ( Mid City ██▓▓
██▓▓ Music Fest ), Cincinnati, Ohio ( Bogart's ), ██▓▓
██▓▓ Chicago, Illinois ( Double Door, parts ██▓▓
██▓▓ broadcasted on radio and cable TV in Chicago ██▓▓
██▓▓ and Seattle ), Cleveland, Ohio ( Peabody's ██▓▓
██▓▓ ), Detroit, Michigan ( St. Andrew's ), ██▓▓
██▓▓ Richmond, Virginia ( Floodzone ), New York, ██▓▓
██▓▓ New York ( Mercury Lounge, parts broadcasted ██▓▓
██▓▓ over cable TV ), Washington, D.C. ( 9:30 ██▓▓
██▓▓ Club ). German Arte TV films F.S.K. in ██▓▓
██▓▓ Richmond, Athens, Atlanta, and New York ██▓▓
██▓▓ City. Rolling Stone interviews F.S.K. in ██▓▓
██▓▓ Atlanta. Roxy Munich multi-media ██▓▓
██▓▓ installation and video about F.S.K. by J÷rg ██▓▓
██▓▓ Heiser being exhibited in Munich ( ██▓▓
██▓▓ Kunstverein ) and Zⁿrich ( Shedhalle ). 4 ██▓▓
██▓▓ F.S.K. tracks ( Red Sonja, When It Rains In ██▓▓
██▓▓ Texas, Dr. Bernice, and David's Japanese ██▓▓
██▓▓ Yodel Mix of Euro-Trash Girl ) appear in the ██▓▓
██▓▓ USA on Cracker Fan Club CD äBob's Car" ( ██▓▓
██▓▓ Cracker Soul ). In Spring 1996 European ██▓▓
██▓▓ release of the 1995 Richmond sessions as CD ██▓▓
██▓▓ / Double LP äInternational". Enthusiastic ██▓▓
██▓▓ reception of F.S.K.'s new ( gender and ██▓▓
██▓▓ nation transcending ) musical camp ██▓▓
██▓▓ manifestations. TV documentary Lost In Music ██▓▓
██▓▓ on German TV 3sat about F.S.K. in the US. ██▓▓
██▓▓ Video clip äMark Twain In Heidelberg" being ██▓▓
██▓▓ broadcasted on German VIVA TV and British ██▓▓
██▓▓ MTV. Recording of four not song related band ██▓▓
██▓▓ instrumentals in Weilheim, Bavaria. A ██▓▓
██▓▓ British TV team with John Peel visits F.S.K. ██▓▓
██▓▓ in Bavaria for TV documentary äTravels With ██▓▓
██▓▓ My Camera: John Peel's Autobahn Blues", ██▓▓
██▓▓ shooting Peel and the band for three days ( ██▓▓
██▓▓ broadcasted by Channel 4, London, December ██▓▓
██▓▓ 22nd, 1996, 8 pm ). Two more F.S.K. tracks ██▓▓
██▓▓ appeared on compilations in 1996: Tel Aviv ██▓▓
██▓▓ on äAbsolutely Live 1996" ( Almaviva ) and ██▓▓
██▓▓ äWas Kostet Die Welt" on UntergruNDW ( ██▓▓
██▓▓ Polymedia ). Plus äCubano Song" ( = äMein ██▓▓
██▓▓ Kubano Girl" ) on Sound Of Music Studios ██▓▓
██▓▓ Promo CD. ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ 1997 saw the sensational release of F.S.K.'s ██▓▓
██▓▓ ä4 Instrumentals" on Sub-Up's booming techno ██▓▓
██▓▓ subsidiary Disko B. Tel Aviv on äKraut 2000" ██▓▓
██▓▓ Compilation ( Polymedia ) with new, mostly ██▓▓
██▓▓ electronic, music from Germany. ä1+1=3" on ██▓▓
██▓▓ äWillkommen Zuhause" compilation ( Polymedia ██▓▓
██▓▓ ). äHippie Melody" on CD re-release of 1981 ██▓▓
██▓▓ äReifenwechsel leicht gemacht" compilation ( ██▓▓
██▓▓ Schlecht & Schwindlig ). ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ In 1998 F.S.K. record their 6 songs / 6 ██▓▓
██▓▓ instrumentals Album äTel Aviv" in four days ██▓▓
██▓▓ live at U-Phon Studios in Weilheim, Bavaria, ██▓▓
██▓▓ released on Sub-Up / Disko B ( CD version ██▓▓
██▓▓ includes the 4 Instrumentals of 1996 ). ██▓▓
██▓▓ Great reviews, growing connections to the ██▓▓
██▓▓ young techno / electronic / post rock scene. ██▓▓
██▓▓ Munich Techno / Punk Girl Trio Chicks on ██▓▓
██▓▓ Speed release a 7-inch single with two ██▓▓
██▓▓ remixes with additional recording of ██▓▓
██▓▓ F.S.K.'s äEuro Trash Girl" on Munich's Go ██▓▓
██▓▓ Records label. Extensive chapter about ██▓▓
██▓▓ F.S.K. in Richie Unterberger's book äUnknown ██▓▓
██▓▓ Legends of Rock'n'Roll" ( San Francisco, ██▓▓
██▓▓ 1998 ). John Peel invites the band among ██▓▓
██▓▓ other favorite bands to play London's Queen ██▓▓
██▓▓ Elisabeth Hall in June ( John Peel's ██▓▓
██▓▓ Meltdown Festival ). ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ In early 1999 the band is touring with äTel ██▓▓
██▓▓ Aviv" ( presented by Spex Magazine ). Remake ██▓▓
██▓▓ of Die Sterne track ( äDas bi▀chen besser ██▓▓
██▓▓ F.S.K. Remodel" ) on L'age d'or / Epic / ██▓▓
██▓▓ Sony Records. Techno DJ's worldwide are ██▓▓
██▓▓ spinning the 12-inch in their live sets. ██▓▓
██▓▓ F.S.K.'s historic recording äI Wish I Could ██▓▓
██▓▓ Sprechen Sie Deutsch" on CD compilation äPop ██▓▓
██▓▓ 2000" ( EMI ). äHerz aus Stein" ( Version ██▓▓
██▓▓ 1998 ) on Puch Fiction compilation ( Wild ██▓▓
██▓▓ Orange Records ). Limited edition of 7-inch ██▓▓
██▓▓ with F.S.K. playing äDid You See ██▓▓
██▓▓ Davidopoulos Hit That Ball" ( private ██▓▓
██▓▓ pressing ). Munich band Merricks open their ██▓▓
██▓▓ new album with a cover of F.S.K.'s äMove ██▓▓
██▓▓ Ahead". ██▓▓
██▓▓ ██▓▓
██▓▓ Summer, 2000: Recording of F.S.K.'s 10th ██▓▓
██▓▓ studio album äX" at Weilheim's U-Phon ██▓▓
██▓▓ studios, nine abstract instrumentals with ██▓▓
██▓▓ backing vocals put to hard disk in three ██▓▓
██▓▓ days, mixed in another four days, produced ██▓▓
██▓▓ by the band, recorded by Mario Thaler. ██▓▓
██▓▓ Released in November, 2000 on Sub-Up Records ██▓▓
██▓▓ as CD and on Vinyl, to be followed ██▓▓
██▓▓ immediately by a rave review in De:Bug ██▓▓
██▓▓ Magazine, Berlin. A new, again much younger ██▓▓
██▓▓ audience ( crossing over from electronic ██▓▓
██▓▓ music ) appears at F.S.K.'s European live ██▓▓
██▓▓ shows. Political benefit concert Rage ██▓▓
██▓▓ Against Abschiebung in October, in Munich ( ██▓▓
██▓▓ together with Mouse on Mars ). At the same ██▓▓
██▓▓ time Chicago's The Catamount Company ( which ██▓▓
██▓▓ started their catalogue with the legendary ██▓▓
██▓▓ band Souled American ) releases F.S.K. CD ██▓▓
██▓▓ äInternational" in the USA. Chicks On ██▓▓
██▓▓ Speed's version of äEuro Trash Girl" on ██▓▓
██▓▓ their album äWill Save Us All" ( Chicks On ██▓▓
██▓▓ Speed Records ). Hamburg band Die Braut haut ██▓▓
██▓▓ ins Auge cover of äWhen It Rains In Texas ( ██▓▓
██▓▓ It Snows On The Rhine )" on their live album ██▓▓
██▓▓ ä+ 1 auf der GΣsteliste". Fink ( also from ██▓▓
██▓▓ Hamburg ) cover F.S.K.'s äUnter dem Rhein" ██▓▓
██▓▓ on their EP äEr sieht sie an" ( L'age d'or). ██▓▓
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