Albrecht Schrader den wundervollen Pop-Pianisten aus der Hansestadt Hamburg, der aber schon seit einigen Jahren in der Domstadt Köln wohnt. Leben in der Großstadt, so der Titel seiner kommenden EP spannt mühelos den Bogen von Steely Dan über Prefab Sprout bis Erobique

taken from „Leben in der Großstadt” EP out on Staatsakt March 18 2016

Influences: Serge Gainsbourg. Claudine Longet. Burt Bacharach. Henry Mancini. Blumfeld. Jane Birkin. Scott Walker. Tom Waits. Rocko Schamoni. John Lennon. The Divine Comedy. Cole Porter. Morrissey. Bob Dylan. Francoise Hardy. Harry Nilsson. Ennio Morricone. Elliott Smith. Vince Guaraldi. Claude Debussy. Prefab Sprout.

Albrecht Schrader Live
12.04. Köln, Studio 672
13.04. Hamburg, Kleiner Donner
14.04. Berlin, Monarch

Chris Imler was one driver of German satiric electronic duo Driver & Driver. He mix traditional one-man band guitar’n’drums sound with electronic music and some special instruments. „I Used To Too” comes D.A.F., Urban Junior and Quintron to my mind. His moustache is a broad hint at Boris Blank (Yello)

Nervös album on Staatsakt Records (Germany)

Deutsch Punks Also Not Dead Just Changed

Chuckamack – Im Knast – EP on Staatsakt Records (Germany)

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Shovels and Rope is a Charleston, SC band consisting of Michael Trent and Cary Ann Hearst. Formed in 2010, they sing harmony driven folk, rock and country songs using two old guitars, a kick drum, a snare, a few tambourines, harmonicas, and and maybe a little keyboard sometimes.

Swimmin’ Time – LP, CD on Dualtone Records (US)

Chris Imler a Berliner drummer.  He is one of the drivers in avantgarde pop duo Driver & Driver. The other is the electronic musician Patric Catani.

Dark Spot Of Joy by Chris Imler

from his debut album Nervös on Staatsakt Records. „Imagine Alan Vega, DAF, Silver Apples, Hasil Adkins and Joe Meek being played and performed by one person!” – say the press kit. By the way, Joe Meek was an occultist paranoid innovative producer and songwriter.