MINISEX - Bikini Atoll 1982

Early morning and it goes a bit poppy with the second record by Minisex, an Austrian band from Vienna, founded 1980, of the "Neue Deutsche Welle" (?), which celebrated great successes in the Eighties. With their music they wanted to fight against the then popular songwriters' scene. At the beginning they were still singing in English, but then they switched to German. They released four albums and broke up 1990. In mid-2009, the group reunited for a charity concert and since then they play live, mostly in Austria. In March 2014 the fifth album appeared and the band keeps goin'. I bought this platte for five bucks and well, nine pretty audible relaxed danceleg swing songs. Simply said: 8 points out of 10. Check these both compilations for more Austrian music.

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COSMETICS - s/t LP 1982

Now female fronted and come to a band from beautiful Vienna and there's not really much info in the www. The Cosmetics were founded in 1981 by the producer-couple Gitti and Ernie Seuberth. 'Coconut Smoother' is their debut 7'' which was released on Lemon Records (Zitronenklang) and with their second single, 'Hello Man' they held for weeks at No.1 the Austria charts. At the Rennbahn-Express-Star selection-1981 they were voted as the most successful local band (before Chuzpe). Gitti Seuberth sang also in the new-wave band Minisex and with the director Niki List the theme song to his cult film (and there are not many in Austria) Müllers Büro. I'm really happy and grateful for this album because it's so fuckin 'rare and only a few know, it's worth to listen to every song. Excellent pop with a fat touch of punk (KBD fit). And the band's not afraid to play a few covers, examples: 'Last Time' by the Rolling Stones or 'Summertime Blues' by unforgotten Eddie Cochran. Curious? - Very good!!!!!

- Huge Thx to Reinhard -

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V/A - WienmusikK 1981

Last post for this month and it belongs to our dear nice neighbors, this fine and rare compilation is one more a great punk/synth/avantgarde release from Austria which came out via Schallter Records. Very weird noises and electronics plus a few punk tracks can be heard and it's again, like Die Tödliche Dosis record, a interessting mix of the early underground scene from Austria's beautiful capital city Vienna, varied, charmin' and for all those who like to discover new music styles just right. Although no big hits on it but absolutely worth hearing. And this is the tingly stuff for this awesome Blog! - Hell Yeah!

1.Radio Radio - TOM PETTINGS HERTZATTACKEN

2.Push - MINISEX

3.Spy - STANDART OIL

4.Du Brichst Mein Herz - ROSACHROM

5.You're Trying To Tell Me - NOVAK'S KAPELLE

6.Fühlen Sie Die Macht - ERNSTE JUGEND

7.Ist Gut - LEIDER KEINE MILLIONÄRE

8.Get Away Dark Side - ROTER ROT

9.La Plage - FLAMINGO

10.Neapolytaner - GELBE ZONE

11.Die Straße Ist Nass (Ich Tu, Was Ich Will) - HOTEL MORPHILA ORCHESTER

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V/A - Wiener Blutrausch 1979

This sampler is ringing the bells of the punky revolution 1979 in Austria, but at least a decided departure from Austro-Pop, ORF Big Band sound and singer-protest-folk, a peculiarly divergent cross section documented through the underground, the little one common denominator except for a cheeky-cheeky had attitude. The information gathered on the Blutrausch sampler primal sounds of Drahdiwaberl, Minisex (then: Mini-sex), Metzlutzkas Erben, Chuzpe & Mordbuben AG managed at least distance to a generation of musicians with the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin or Cat Stevens grew up - was alone in the strict punk, British sense was the only somewhat. Check out this brilliant piece of cult for yourselfs.

1.Kaiserhymne Pink Punk Shirt - DRAHDIWABERL

2.Low And Order Man - DRAHDIWABERL

3.Tropic Chaotic - MINI-SEX

4.Valium - MINI-SEX

5.Dark Visions - MINI-SEX

6.Infrarot Klosett - METZLUTZKAS ERBEN

7.Panik / Alanig - CHUZPE

8.Beislanarchie - CHUZPE

9.Terror In Klein-Babylon - CHUZPE

10.Mordbuben AG - MORDBUBEN AG

11.Mi Hat, Mi Hat Der Größenwahn - MORDBUBEN AG

12.Heimatland - MORDBUBEN AG

13.Weg Vom Fenster - METZLUTZKAS ERBEN

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