Mint (band)

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Mint
General information
Genre (s) Indie rock , new wave , post punk
founding 1984
resolution 1990
Founding members
singing
 Emilio Winschetti
Keyboard
 Peter Friedrich Stephan
guitar
 Holger Feddrich (until 1988)
bass
 Lem Kirtschig (until 1985)
Drums
 Rüdiger Klose (until 1987)
Last occupation
singing
 Emilio Winschetti
former members
bass
 Piet Hantke (1985-1986)
bass
 Mike Parker (1986)
bass
 Hartwig Nickola (1987)
bass
 Martin Boroske (1988)
bass
 Harry Schröder (1989)
Drums
 Karsten Kniep (1988)
Drums
 Uwe Bauer (1989)

Mint was a German band that existed from 1984 to 1990 .

history

The founding members met in 1984 at the Werkstatt Odem gallery in Hanover . The band name is derived as an acronym from Mythen in Tüten , a band in which Emilio Winschetti and Rüdiger Klose had previously played. Peter Friedrich Stephan came from the punk jazz group Zatopek . Klose was also active in the 39 Clocks , Exit Out and Neutered Philosophers , and Winschetti founded the duo The Perc Meets the Hidden Gentleman in 1986 together with Tom Redecker .

During their record deal with Constrictor (1986/87) the band, at the request of the label boss Philip Boa, was to give themselves a more international name, which was found in Mint Addicts. After switching to the Vielklang label (Berlin) in 1988, the band continued under the name The Mint. Emilio Winschetti was the only founding member of the last LP, which was recorded live in early 1990 during a GDR tour.

style

The different origins of the musicians from Neue Deutsche Welle , Jazz and Noise combined into one

“Musically enormously competent and versatile German band! The roots / influences of this band are clearly in the seventies: Doors, Can, Captain Beefheart, T. Rex, even King Crimson I can hear as roots. But - do not worry - the MINT ADDICTS do not sound old-fashioned, they process these styles with the late eighties underground, noise pop, new wave / new rock. "

plates

Atonal and melodious, intricate rhythms and danceable, weird solos and hymn-like refrains can be heard on the records. Examples are the titles "Ruby Eyes" (verse in 11/8 time, refrain in 4/4 time), "Lady Luck" (verse in 10/8 time, refrain in 4/4 time) and "8 dark suits “(keyboard in 12/8 time, drums in 2/4 time). Often hypnotic beats develop like in “Cinema”, sometimes combined with an idiosyncratic guitar mood like in “Love Mirror”.

live

During the concert, the pieces were changed through longer, often ecstatic improvisations, for example on a tour through Poland in 1988 (final concert in the Warsaw Palace of Culture, with Die Tödliche Doris , The Wolfgang Press and David Thomas , among others ) and in 1989 immediately after the fall of the Berlin Wall through the GDR.

Discography

  • 1986 as MINT, 7 '' single: Thunder, Strom & Lightning with: In the middle of the rain, Hee-Haw / Eyelevel, Übersall (EFA 1601)
  • 1987 as MINT ADDICTS, LP: Naked Eyes, Constrictor LC 8587, CON! 00019 (EFA 04868)
  • 1987 as MINT ADDICTS, 7 '' single: Chicken Chasing, Billie & Melina, Constrictor LC 8587, CON! 00025 (EFA 04874)
  • 1987 as MINT ADDICTS, 12 '' - Maxi: Get out of the Ghetto! Constrictor LC 8587, CON! 00029 (EFA 04878)
  • 1988 as THE MINT, 7 '' single: Net of fame, Stop the production, Vielklang LC 8711 (EFA 04253-40)
  • 1988 as THE MINT, LP: Fumble Jelly Hoky Poky, Vielklang LC 8711 (EFA 04260-08)
  • 1989 as THE MINT, 12 '' mini-LP: Look into the love mirror, Vielklang LC 8711 (EFA 04280-03)
  • 1990 as THE MINT, LP: In a parallel world, Hidden Records LC 4149 (Bulb 001)

Reviews

  • "(...) another group of international standing." Pop Noise 1986

Web links

Sound files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wilfried Peffgen in Musik-Szene 7/1987