1st Futurological Congress

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1st Futurological Congress
General information
origin Berlin , Germany
Genre (s) New wave
founding 1981
Website www.futurologen.de
Founding members
Singing, synthesizer, guitar
 UWA Heyder
Keyboard, bass, vocals
 Johann Sebastian Mac Wasty
Keyboard, Moog bass, drums, programming
 Jens T. Troendle
Current occupation
Vocals, guitar, keyboard
 Stefan / Tesh Höls
Keyboard, programming
 UWA Heyder
Keyboard, programming, background
 Jens T. Troendle
guitar
 Hanno Rinne
singing
 Gundula Ulbrich / Axinia
singing
 Sandra Wirth

The 1st Futurological Congress is an experimental electronic, German-speaking band from Berlin , which emerged at the time of the Neue Deutsche Welle in the early 1980s. The band name is borrowed from the science fiction novel The Futurological Congress by Stanisław Lem .

history

The band was founded in 1981 in West Berlin as a music project with a mainly electronic focus. After three independent singles, of which Heimatlied was produced as a result of a won music competition of the Berlin Senate , the trio started producing their first album at the end of 1981. This should appear at Teldec . The concept of the 1. FC founders was based on a hard core of regular musicians with changing guest players. So were on the first LP the lovers Protects among other Miko , Rainer Konstantin (PrimaKlima) and Hansi Behrendt ( Ideal ) involved.

In August 1982 1. FC played a concert on the Berlin Waldbühne , which was broadcast in the third television programs. Since the band sometimes played in a twelve-person line-up, the media coined the term German Talking Heads after the performance .

The second album by 1. FC Who speaks? , in which FM unit was involved. The band, which had meanwhile expanded into a quintet, had expanded the electronic music to include soul and funk elements. The Musikexpress praised the internationality of the LP and brought it close to sophisticated synthesizer music à la Heaven 17 . With the end of Neue Deutsche Welle, however, things also became quieter around 1. FC. In 1984 new pieces were created for a third LP, which was not released due to differences of opinion within the band. The titles of these sessions produced at the time have been available online since 2006 under the name Patchwork 1983–1986 .

In the following years the band members pursued various solo activities. It was not until 1992 that 1. FC returned, now as a futurologist , with the LP fire , which was initially re-released on an independent label and later on with the industry. With the new album, however, the band could not build on their old successes. In 2006, the first two albums by 1. FC were re-released by Indigo , while the remaining records were reissued by Fuego. Work on a new CD was announced for 2007.

Discography

Albums

  • 1982: Protect those in love
  • 1983: who is speaking?
  • 1993: Fire (as a futurologist )
  • 2006: Patchwork 1983–1986 (Audio-CD / Sireena Records 2013)
  • 2016: Crash!

Singles and EPs

  • 1981: Posthumous (EP 7 ")
  • 1981: Shadow (EP 7 ")
  • 1981: Heimatlied (7 ")
  • 1982: red cars
  • 1982: Protect those in love
  • 1983: In the Distance (7 ")
  • 1993: Addicted (as a futurologist )
  • 1993: Allah Allah (as a futurologist )
  • 2016: fathers

literature

  • Günter Ehnert, Detlef Kinsler: Rock in Germany. Lexicon of German rock groups and performers. 3. Edition. Taurus Press, Hamburg 1984, ISBN 3-922542-16-6 , p. 101 f.

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