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The band reunited again in January 2014 for two short sets at Andreas Dorau's 50th birthday parties in Hamburg and Berlin, featuring Frank Fenstermacher, Moritz R, and Kurt Dahlke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn May 2017, Der Plan released a new single titled \"Lass die Katze stehn\" followed by the album \"Unkapitulierbar\" in June of the same year.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"normalette-surprise-1","title":"Normalette Surprise","description":"\u003cp\u003eDer Plan (Moritz R, Frank Fenstermacher, pyrolator) are seen as key pioneers of the german new wave (neue deutsche welle). They revolutionized synthesizer pop on their debut album \u003ci\u003eGeri Reig\u003c\/i\u003e. Their sophomore album\u003ci\u003e Normalette Surprise \u003c\/i\u003esaw them develop further the experimental-electronic trails of \u003ci\u003eGeri Reig\u003c\/i\u003e, in a more accessible and even more playful vein. 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Eternity would ultimately prove to be out of their reach due to various technical hurdles, but it is fair to say that Der Plan were always way ahead of their time. By the end of the decade, the Fanuks, or their respective human alter egos, had crafted six pieces. These were only rediscovered in 2020 during a thorough inspection of the Ata Tak\/ Der Plan archives. Reichelt, Dahlke and Fenstermacher augmented their six visionary masterpieces with three tracks based on compositions from the year 1989. Now it works at least a little with eternity, even if 'only' in the form of the legendary productions that have finally been made available to the public.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bureau B","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50417066901835,"sku":"1115598","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50417067295051,"sku":"1115597","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/282691c4-63e2-4c7b-9570-579936b57052_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726715610"},{"product_id":"unkapitulierbar","title":"Unkapitulierbar","description":"\u003cp\u003eYes, indeed! You heard it correctly: \u003cstrong\u003eMoritz R\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eKurt Dahlke\u003c\/strong\u003e aka \u003cstrong\u003ePyrolator\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong\u003eFrank Fenstermacher\u003c\/strong\u003e have met in the studio after 25 years and recorded a new album.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor latecomers: One can claim without exaggeration that \u003cem\u003eDer Plan\u003c\/em\u003e was one of the – and perhaps the most – powerful German bands during the time of musical departure at the beginning of the 1980s. Maybe they even still are?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLP - With CD Version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLP+ - Limited LP (500 units) on colored vinyl in Gatefold-sleeve (16 Coverprints and bonus 7“ single and CD Version)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bureau B","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50471313047883,"sku":"1009648","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/b8a6a7f5-2b42-427d-80de-db3f2c7b2da5_thumbnail_4096.png?v=1727398421"},{"product_id":"es-ist-eine-fremde-und-seltsame-welt","title":"Es ist eine fremde und seltsame Welt","description":"\u003cp\u003eReissue (originally released in 1987). A cynic might propound the notion that to reissue an album entitled \u003cem\u003eEs ist eine fremde und seltsame Welt\u003c\/em\u003e at this particular moment would be to hit the nail on the head with painful exactitude. No cynics here, however, only music lovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMoritz R:\u003c\/strong\u003e I made the cover. My idea was for everything in the photo to be black, we even used embossed type so the entire cover was black. (editor’s note: no embossed type on the reissue due to the cost, but our album price is undeniably attractive).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePyrolator:\u003c\/strong\u003e The name of the album is simultaneously the concept. Numerous diverse pieces which illuminate the world in all its absurdity. The album title is lifted from the David Lynch movie Blue Velvet (“It’s a strange world”). The songs on the album were, for the most part, composed in a legendary session, improvisations really. 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You may not find the cool mods attire that graced the Weller \u0026amp; Talbot emporium, but Harry’s was a treasure trove of exotica: fetishes, amulets, masks, handicrafts from the South Seas, even shrunken heads. The kind of things seafarers brought back with them from distant voyages. It would cost you 2 Deutschmarks to see the miniature skulls of the unfortunates. Harry himself had a long, white bushy beard, proper sea dog material. The basis of the harbour bazar’s collection can be traced back to the eccentric Cap’n Haase, selfproclaimed “professor of undiscovered science”, who died in 1934. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot a bad title for the next Plan album or box: these Professors of Undiscovered Science have forever been on a musical mission to seek out and shine a light on undiscovered phenomena. It is no surprise that this perfectly chosen photograph reminds us of a certain Dr Henry Walton Jones Jr. Moritz R, a keen collectors of artefacts from the Makonde province of Mozambique, was afrequent visitor to the bazar, whilst Pyrolator was particularly in awe of the Africa room: “Voodoo dolls hanging from the ceiling, needles sticking out of them, flecked with blood. Scary stuff. Bundles of seedy St.Pauli-Nachrichten papers and other porn magazines on the floor. When I asked Harry about this bizarre combination of wares, his answer was short and to the point: “... it banishes the spells.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy are there so many cigars on the table and what about the song ElCigarro? Moritz R looks back: “That’s how we rolled in those days. You could put it down to juvenile obsession, smoking cigars, drinking whisky, snorting coke ... that’s just how it was, partying hard.” Eleven years had passed since the release of Geri Reig, their debut album. Tiki and electronica, noise and schlager, psychedelia and industrial, Kurt Martin and jerry-rigging, Cargo Cult and Ata Tak, Wuppertal and Düsseldorf, Hans-Albers-Platz and West Berlin, Emulator I and Emulator II, old pizzas and new masks, making the most out of the least and living in the gallery, abstraction and pop, Japan and Japlan. A lot going on in those eleven years! Good times ... I had a ball. 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