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01. Carambolage - Vollgeturnt
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02. Carambolage - Eingeschneit
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03. Carambolage - Widerlich
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04. Carambolage - Was mir widerfuhr
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05. Carambolage - Gehirnwäsche
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06. Carambolage - Warum
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07. Carambolage - Maschine
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08. Carambolage - Die Zeit
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09. Carambolage - Psychoeintopf
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10. Carambolage - Was ist das
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11. Carambolage - Take Me
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ARTIST
CARAMBOLAGE
TITLE
Eilzustellung-Expres
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
TAPETE RECORDS
CATALOG #
TR 499CD
TR 499CD
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
4/22/2022
Carambolage
never set out to be a "girl band" but they were one of the first German new wave bands whose members were all female. The punk alliance comprising
Britta Neander
,
Elfie-Esther Steitz
and
Angie Olbrich
emerged organically from the environs of
Ton Steine Scherben
, friends united by a common interest in musical experimentation. Britta's passion for the drums ignited in 1974 in Fresenhagen, North Frisia, where she played percussion for Ton Steine Scherben.
R.P.S. Lanrue
's little sister Elfie-Esther was an obvious candidate. Angie, a child from the streets who joined the commune in 1972, completed the line-up. Carambolage surfed on their very own "North Frisian Wave" -- an epithet dreamed up for their distinctive sound. Shortly before her death in 2004, Britta was interviewed by music journalist
Tine Plesch
and described how the "girls gang" gave them the freedom to experiment and come up with "these really funny, filthy lyrics". There is a childish, subversive charm to the songs, emboldened by the realization that "we could fool around as much as we wanted." Their sound was not the only aspect of the group which resulted from experimental tinkering. Keen to have their own space, away from a male-dominated environment, they used cardboard and carpets to build their own practice room inside an old grain silo.
On their sophomore album
Eilzustellung-Exprès
(express delivery),
Carambolage
's ranks were bolstered by the arrival of
Janett Lemmen
, who had deputized for the pregnant Angie on a recent tour. The record was produced in Fresenhagen by
R.P.S. Lanrue
and released on the Scherben label David Volksmund Produktion. Like a whirlwind girl gang on the road, the album revs up with dynamic guitar riffs, indulging their "
turned on to the max
" sexual desires, before the mood shifts to the deeper realms of life on the
Eilzustellung-Exprès
: melancholy musings on dismaying love affairs, a song about contradictory feelings experienced in childbirth, culminating in a declaration of love for Angie's new daughter
Lisa
. The baby was always on board when Carambolage went on tour. The idea of her father
Kai Sichtermann
(Scherben bass player) taking her on tour would have been too much even for the left-leaning alternative Ton Steine Scherben. Making a mockery of male privilege, Carambolage delivered an album orbiting punk and pop in a classic line-up: Britta on drums, Elfie's snotty vocals and effects-drenched guitar and keyboards, Angie on bass. The trio is augmented by Janett's screeching saxophone on the instrumental track "Maschine" and a squeaky baby sample (Lisa?).
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