Situations

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Situations
Cetu Javu
publication April 1988
length 3min 30s (7 ")
6min 20s (12")
Genre (s) Synth-pop , eurodance , industrial
Author (s) Cetu Javu
text Chris Demere
music Chris Demere
Publisher (s) Techno Drome International, ZYX Records
album Southern Lands

Situations is a song by the Hanoverian synthpop band Cetu Javu , which was released in April 1988 as the band's second single and in 1990 on the debut album Southern Lands . It was one of the band's greatest successes and the only track for which a music video has been produced. The title is described as “one of the most beautiful synthpop songs of the late 1980s”. He has been on numerous dance music - and 1980 - Music compilations released again.

The song was released on mini CD , single and maxi single . ZYX Records also distributed the maxi single in the USA and the Philippines .

CD production

The track was recorded and mixed by Jan Nemec in February 1988 in Studio M in Hanover . It was produced by Manfred Wieczorke and Cetu Javu. Wieczorke, who had previously played with Eloy and Jane , had already produced Cetu Javu's debut single, “Help me now!”, In the Sorst studio in Hanover, together with Cetu Javu last year.

The B-side, "Quién Lo Sabía?", Was sung in Spanish by singer Javier Revilla-Diez . A remixed maxi version (7:10 min.) Of this song made it onto the debut album from 1990.

On August 29, 1987, Cetu Javu presented the title "Situations" for the first time at a concert at the Depeche Mode fan club meeting in Hamburg . The company SPV initially showed interest in the demos Cetu Javus and the maxi single "Help Me Now!". Negotiations about a possible distribution of the material by SPV came to nothing after a while. So the plans for the second maxi single, "Situations", also failed for the time being. The debut album, also planned for 1987, could not be released for financial reasons - despite the pre-produced songs.

With the help of the New Life Soundmagazine editor Sebastian Koch, contact was made with Talla 2XLC and his label Techno Drome International on January 20, 1988 , which was contractually linked to the record label ZYX Music . The band signed a two-year record deal and began working on the maxi single "Situations". Originally planned as a co-producer, a collaboration with Talla 2XLC did not take place. "Situations" was recorded without his participation and released in April 1988 on Techno Drome International / ZYX Records. Especially in the USA, especially on the west and east coast of the United States , and thanks to the DJ culture established there, the title developed into a success that was able to place in the top 75 of the US Billboard charts .

After a few complications during the studio work and various discrepancies with ZYX Records, Cetu Javu also released the song “So Strange” from the upcoming LP in autumn 1989. With “Southern Lands” the band's first album was released at the beginning of 1990 after several delays and at the same time the last release on ZYX Records. The following works were released from now on on the Spanish label Blanco y Negro Music and were particularly successful in the Romanic countries such as Spain, Argentina and Peru .

The two songs of the 1988 publication were composed by the musical head of Cetu Javu, Chris Demere. "Situations" was remixed for the debut album in the Hansa recording studios in Berlin .

Playlists

7 "single ( Germany , 1988, ZYX Records)

  1. "Situations" - 3:30
  2. “Quién Lo Sabía?” - 4:30

12 "single (Germany, 1988, ZYX Records)

  1. "Situations" - 6:20
  2. "Quién Lo Sabía?" - 7:12

CD single (Germany, 1988, ZYX Records)

  1. "Situations" - 6:20
  2. "Quién Lo Sabía?" - 6:58
  3. "Situations" - 3:30

The title is represented in various playing times and mixes on numerous samplers. These mainly include compilations from the fields of dance music , techno and synth-pop . The original version was also released in 2010 on a sampler called "100 One Hit Wonders". The extended mix as well as the Baunder remix of the title can be found in the Brazilian 12 "Singles Collection (2006). On the ZYX Records sampler" The World Of Synthi-Pop "(LP, Comp, 1989)" Situations "was first released separately and also released as track # 1 before Cetu Javu's debut album, "Southern Lands", was released in 1990.

literature

  • Matthias Blazek: The Lower Saxony Band Compendium 1963-2003 - Data and facts from 100 rock groups from Lower Saxony . Celle 2006, p. 36, ISBN 978-3-00-018947-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Discogs , accessed February 7, 2013.
  2. ↑ Blazek (2006), pp. 59-60.
  3. ↑ Koch, Volker: Biography of the band Cetu Javu , New Life Soundmagazine , Issue 40, p. 42, February 1989.
  4. ↑ Koch, as in note 3.
  5. ↑ Koch, as note 3, p. 44.
  6. ↑ www.discogs.com .