Autumn in Beijing
| Autumn in Beijing | |
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 Autumn in Beijing (2009) |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Indie rock |
| founding | 1987 |
| Website | www.herbst-in-peking.de |
| Founding members | |
| Rex Joswig | |
| Alexander Istchenko | |
| Benno Verch | |
| Hans Tomato | |
| Torsten "Dr. Totenhöfer “Ratheischak | |
| Current occupation | |
| Rex Joswig | |
| Torsten "Pegman" Füchsel | |
| Torsten Beckmann | |
Herbst in Peking is a German rock band that was founded in 1987 in East Berlin .
history
Herbst in Peking was founded as a band in 1987 by Rex Joswig in East Berlin. Next to him played the guitarist Alexander Istschenko , the bassist Hans Tomato (actually Torsten Müller-Fornah, also Mircea Dan Ionascu or Hans Narva), the drummer Benno Verch and Dr. Totenhöfer (Torsten Ratheischak) on the keyboard. The formation belonged to the “other bands” that, contrary to the official cultural policy, expressed their own critical points of view. The name refers to a book by Boris Vian . Due to possible copyright problems , the abbreviation "hip" was used in official correspondence. The stage program offered a grotesque parody of the personality cult of Russian, Chinese and Romanian characteristics. After the massacre on Tian'anmen Square in Beijing (July 1989), the band's permission to perform was revoked shortly before a benefit concert for UNICEF in Kleinmachnow . The song Bakschischrepublik became the turning point an anthem of the GDR -Rockszene. At that time, the band formed their own record label, Peking Records.
Band founder and singer Rex Joswig presented the program Grenzpunkt Null , which ran in the 1990s on DT64 , later on MDR Sputnik and on Reboot.FM. Autumn in Beijing was only sporadically on stage during this and the following time, mostly in small clubs in Berlin . Work on a new album began as early as 2008, the pieces of which will be presented on a tour through several East German cities in the first third of 2010.
Parts of the band including Rex Joswig appear as The Hidden Sea Sound System and in 2011 they released the album Lighthouse Madness .
Discography
Albums
- 1990: To Be HIP (LP / CD, Happy Valley Records)
- 1993: Terrible Herbst (LP / CD, Stay Hip Rec)
- 1996: Fire, Water and Trumpets (CD, Moloko Plus)
- 1999: Les Fleurs Du Mal (CD, Moloko Plus)
- 2016: Splinters of Creation (CD, Moloko Plus)
- 2019: Kismet Radio (CD, Moloko Plus)
Singles and EPs
- 1990: Baksheesh Republic (7 ", Peking Records)
- 1993: Terrible Herbst (6-track EP, Stay HIP Records)
- 1995: Rest in Russian (10 "EP, Wild Honey Recordings [red vinyl, 500 copies])
- 1996: The Year of Snow (5-track EP, record master)
- 1998: Merry X-Mas (feat.Project Skull, 8-track EP, record master)
- 1998: La Dolce Vita (4-track EP, Moloko Plus)
- 1998: Amnesty for Mecklenburg 1 (4-Track-3 "CD, Moloko Plus [hand-numbered, 300 copies])
- 2004: German Fool
- 2014: The Tyger & the Fly
Others
- 1990: Exit (MC, Peking Tapes)
Compilation Contributions
- 1989: Baghdad Railway on "Swiss Benefice Sampler 'Stop The Army' Vol. 2"
- 1990: Bakschischrepublik to "system failure - Ostsampler"
- 1992: Baksheesh Republic on "Rock from Germany East - Aufbruch / Umbruch / Abbruch Vol. 20"
- 1992: Terrible Herbst on "Hallo 13 - The Return of the FNL"
- 1996: kissing Jesus in the snow come on 1
- 1997: Jesus in the snow "(Sputnik-Mix) paid by the social welfare office.
- 1998: Jesus in the snow on pearls of German-language pop music Vol.3: To hell mom
- 1999: Jesus im Schnee (No Wonder Mix) by Don Shtone on Plattenbau
- 2005: Baksheesh Republic on " Protestsongs.de " (Favorite Song Records)
- 2006: Spinal cancer on "magnetic tape background" (zigzag)
- 2009: Baksheesh Republic on "Sound of Revolution" by the European Commission
Web links
- Official website
- Autumn in Beijing at Discogs (English)
- archiv.digitalcraft.org Archived band homepage with extensive discography
- parocktikum.de Messitsch article from 1991 on the band's history