Amok coma
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1980 |
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LP |
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Title (number) |
13 |
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running time |
37:38 |
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Down, K. Maeck |
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Amok Koma is a music album by the Hamburg punk band Abwärts .
The LP was released in 1980 by ZickZack Records . The debut LP was distributed by Abwärts via Rip Off Hamburg . It is considered to be one of the best-selling albums in the early phase of independently produced and distributed music in the Federal Republic of Germany .
Music genre
Musically, the album is in line with the band's self-titled debut EP, which was released earlier in the same year , although it contains more straightforward typical punk rock pieces than these. Nevertheless, the band uses non-typical punk rock instruments such as synthesizers , effects devices or violins in several pieces , so that the LP is very experimental in parts. Despite the prevailing confrontation in the Hamburg music scene between avant-garde “art student music” on the one hand and street punk rock influenced by rock 'n' roll on the other, Abwärts also enjoyed extensive recognition within the Hamburg punk scene.
History of origin
With the exception of the live version from Japan , all tracks on the LP, like the debut EP, were recorded at Hafenklang Studio Hamburg . It was largely recorded and produced by the band itself in collaboration with Klaus Maeck , who also took over the distribution of the LP via Rip Off. The group also created the album cover itself. The recordings were completed in August 1980. In October of that year the LP was released by ZickZack Platten.
The live version of the piece Japan , the original version of which was already published on the debut EP, is a recording from the first downward concert at the Noise for the 80s Festival on December 29, 1979 in the Markthalle Hamburg .
The formation's bass player was Marc Chung from the Hamburger Buschband . Gisbert Kellersmann , who in turn had previously replaced founding member Joachim “Jocko Ono” Osiek on the instrument, left after the Germany tour in May 1980. Nevertheless, both Kellersmann can be heard on the two pieces Softly, softly and Neon Kind and Osiek on the live recording of Japan on bass.
Track list
Page A:
- Machine country - 2:57
- Diamonds 1/4 0815 to the power of 2 - 0:34
- Monday on my mind - 2:38 (interpretation of the track " Friday on My Mind " by the beat band Easybeats )
- Shanghai Stinker - 2:45
- Bel ami - 2:01 (interpretation of the hit " Bel Ami " by Hans Fritz Beckmann and Theo Mackeben )
- Miscounted - 2:58
- Softly softly - 1:58
Side B:
- Accident - 4:00
- More - 4:27
- Turkish blues - 3:52
- Neon child - 3:20
- I'm mute - 2:16
- Japan-live - 3:52 (recording of the “Noise for the 80s Festival” on December 29, 1979 in the Hamburg market hall )
- ("Closing words from Horst Herold, Federal Criminal Police Office")
Publications and chart successes
According to the reviews of the LP in the music press, the sales figures were also high. With 24,000 copies sold, the LP became the best-selling ZigZag production and it is one of the best-selling independent productions in Germany. The LP was distributed by Rip Off Hamburg , the Hanseatic city's punk record store operated by Klaus Maeck. In fact, however, the band operated the distribution itself, according to the music group's official website.
In 1988 there was a new CD edition in small numbers, since 2012 the album has been available as a download version.
reception
The LP received good reviews in leading West German music magazines such as Sounds and Spex .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ See History, on the official downward homepage ( Memento from July 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 28, 2014.
- ↑ See ibid. ( Memento from July 15, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 28, 2014.