Pop killer
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October 1, 1993 |
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| Label (s) | Strange Ways Records | |||
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CD, vinyl, digital |
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
38:39 |
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Popkiller is the second studio album of the German synth pop - duo Wolfsheim .
Creation and artwork
All pieces on the album were written together by the two Wolfsheim members Peter Heppner and Markus Reinhardt. They also produced the album in collaboration with Carols Perón, and the three of Peron's Nine-O-Nine colleagues Jose Alvarez-Brill and Gento Navaho were at the side of two of them . The album was specially mastered by Perón. Most of the songs were arranged under the direction of Otto Kostka. The album was released under the music label Strange Ways Records and distributed by Indigo . The recordings and productions took place in the following recording studios: Musik Design in Aachen (production) and Perón / Kostka Studio in Grafschaft (mixing and recording).
On the black and white cover of the album - next to the artist name and album title - a drawn face of a man can be seen. This man can be seen again on a vinyl record for Popkiller , together with a woman who is hugging him. The face is exactly the same on both cover pictures, so it can be assumed that the vinyl record contains the complete drawing and the regular album represents a section of it. The drawing was made by Heppner himself. Further pictures were taken at Leisten Photodesign, under the direction of Willi Leisten. The artwork comes from 4 = 1 (Society for the Development of Multimedia Software mbH).
Publication and promotion
The first release of Popkiller took place on October 1, 1993 in Germany, in the same year the album was released across Europe (including Denmark). The album consists of twelve new studio recordings and was released simultaneously on CD and vinyl . To promote the album, Wolfsheim went on the Strange Ways Festival Tour in 1994 the following year .
content
With the exception of Auf ein Wort ... all the lyrics on the album are in English, even the German titled Kaufrausch contains an English text. Musically, the songs move in the realm of dark waves and synth pop . The album consists of twelve newly recorded tracks, one of which was already on a previously released demo album. The song Gates appeared on the first demo album Any But Pretty from 1988. There is a track on this album called No Happy View , this is exactly the same track as the previous debut album No Happy View . This and the piece Faith are purely instrumental pieces . At Tender Days Wolfsheim are supported by the drummer, the band Dark Ruler, Ollie Orange.
| # | title | Author (s) | Producer (s) | length |
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| 1 | For You I'm Bleeding | Peter Heppner, Markus Reinhardt | Peter Heppner, Carlos Peron, Markus Reinhardt | 2:38 |
| 2 | Tender Days (feat. Ollie Orange) | Jose Alvarez-Brill, Peter Heppner, Gento Navaho, Carlos Peron, Markus Reinhardt | 4:45 | |
| 3 | Love song | Peter Heppner, Carlos Peron, Markus Reinhardt | 3:48 | |
| 4th | Shopping Spree | Peter Heppner, Carlos Peron, Markus Reinhardt | 3:12 | |
| 5 | Entropy | Peter Heppner, Carlos Peron, Markus Reinhardt | 3:33 | |
| 6th | No happy view | Peter Heppner, Carlos Peron, Markus Reinhardt | 2:35 | |
| 7th | Now I fall | Jose Alvarez-Brill, Peter Heppner, Gento Navaho, Carlos Peron, Markus Reinhardt | 3:30 | |
| 8th | (The Obvious Fact That) Scars Remain (And How to Cope with It) | Peter Heppner, Carlos Peron, Markus Reinhardt | 3:18 | |
| 9 | Childhood Cruel | Peter Heppner, Carlos Peron, Markus Reinhardt | 2:59 | |
| 10 | Gates | Peter Heppner, Carlos Peron, Markus Reinhardt | 3:18 | |
| 11 | On a word ... | Peter Heppner, Carlos Peron, Markus Reinhardt | 3:07 | |
| 12 | Faith | Peter Heppner, Carlos Peron, Markus Reinhardt | 1:56 |
Single releases
A month before the release of Popkiller , the single Now I Fall was released on August 30, 1993 in advance . To this day Now I Fall is the only single release from the album.
Strange Ways Festival Tour 1994
| Presentation album | Pop killer |
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| Beginning of the tour | May 9, 1994 |
| End of the tour | May 14, 1994 |
| Total concerts (by country) |
 Germany
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| Concerts in total | 6th |
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Strange Ways Festival Tour 1993 (1993) |
Strange Ways Festival Tour 1994 |
Dreaming Apes Tour 1996 (1996) |
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The following list is an overview of the concerts Wolfsheim played on the Strange Ways Festival Tour 1994 . The 1994 Strange Ways Festival Tour was a joint tour with Twice a Man , The Cain Principle and Operating Strategies. The tour lasted from May 9th to 14th, 1994 and took them through six German cities. During the tour Wolfsheim played pieces from their two studio albums and the released singles. To support them, they had another musician on the synthesizer on stage . Around 200 people attended the concert in Dortmund.
| date | city | Venue | country |
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| May 9, 1994 | Dortmund | Soundgarden |
Germany
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| May 10, 1994 | Hanover | Music Hall | |
| May 11, 1994 | Hamburg | Market hall | |
| May 12, 1994 | Frankfurt am Main | Batschkapp | |
| May 13, 1994 | Stuttgart | The tube | |
| May 14, 1994 | Chemnitz | power plant |
Contributors
- Album production
- Jose Alvarez-Brill - music producer (songs: 2, 7)
- Peter Heppner - vocals , composer , songwriter , music producer
- Otto Kostka - arrangement (songs: 1, 3–6, 8–12)
- Gento Navaho - music producer (songs: 2, 7)
- Ollie Orange - drums (song 2)
- Carlos Perón - mastering , music producer
- Markus Reinhardt - keyboard , composer, songwriter, music producer
- Indigo - distribution
- Music design - recording studio (production)
- Perón / Kostka Studio - recording studio ( mixing , recording)
- Strange Ways Records - music label
- Artwork
- Peter Heppner - Artwork (Cover)
- Willi Leisten - Photographer (Booklet)
- 4 = 1 - artwork (cover)
- Last Photodesign - Photographs (Booklet)
reception
Until today the album could not place in any official charts. Exact sales figures are also not known.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfsheim - Popkiller. discogs.com, accessed August 10, 2015 .
- ↑ Wolfsheim - Popkiller. musik-sammler.de, accessed on August 20, 2015 .
- ^ Concerts. grimmfrost.de, accessed on August 10, 2015 .