#krischan

11/10/24.

Thanks to Bandcamp for the article "When Germany Surfed the New Wave" by Jim Allen. Die Doraus & Die Marinas is the least traditional sounding new wave band of the list. Listening to this was like finding a key piece to a puzzle.

I'd always wondered what influenced Krischan (founder of Frischluft! Tonträger). Previously, we posted about Susan Aviles release, but now comes an artist from Germany that probably was part of Krischan's childhood. Andreas Dorau (Berlin, Germany) started Die Doraus & Die Marinas in the early 1980s as a high school project and scored a hit with "Fred vom Jupiter". The Bandcamp page has the first album up for streaming, but I thought I'd go with the 2nd because, while it too is sold out at the source (Bureau B...I looked for copies at Tapete Records), there are reasonable copies available on Discogs.

8/28/22.

The Caraway are a Tokyo, Japan based pop band. "The Selection of the Caraway" was released in 2020 but now gets the vinyl treatment thanks to Japanese label blue-very.

I learned about this release because I Bandcamp-follow Frischluft! Tonträger, an amazing German label run by Krischan. The Caraway are pop in the vein of Belle and Sebastian, BMX Bandits and Teenage Fanclub. So I guess I'm saying they sound like they could be from Glasgow.

12/4/19.

I’d mentioned the French band Don Idiot last month in a “reminder” post about the band EggS on French label Hellzapoppin Records.  The album was released at the end of November.  This is one of the few bands on Hellzapoppin’ that doesn’t have an immediate Flying Nun sound.  If you pressed me, I would say they most remind of Tall Dwarfs (tell me some of those vocals don’t sound like Chris Knox).

8/13/24.

There was a time where all I was listening to were releases from Frischluft! Tonträger. Krischan's label combined pop with kitsch in a completely disarming and charming way.

So, last week when I saw that Krischan had bought a lot of music from French artist Olivier Rocabois (Paris, France), I gave it a listen. Disarming and charming.

This is classic cooner indie pop in the vein of David Bowie, The Divine Comedy, Matthew Edwards, Paddy Hanna and Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard. There are also hints of the wonderful Ed Askew.

This looks to be self-released. The Bandcamp page gives a useful listening hint:

1/31/19.

Am I late to yet another amazing label?  Cloudberry Records excellent blog has already done two interviews with the label Frischluft! Tonträger.  Apparently this label was founded in 1987 and is run by Krischan (former member of Honigritter).

FOXI EULER SYNDIKAT “Märzfragen” is my introduction to this label.  This 7″ (I’m guessing) will be released tomorrow.  It’s a cross between experimental Beach Boys, Momus and Jens Lekman.  Some of this seems like dreamlike music of the sort The Caretaker might enjoy.