{"product_id":"klar80","title":"KLAR!80","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis compilation represents an initial – and long overdue – foray into the years 1980 - 82, when \u003cstrong\u003eKLAR! 80\u003c\/strong\u003e was a cassette label, paired with a shop of the same name in Düsseldorf. Founded by Rainer Rabowski, \u003cem\u003eKLAR!80\u003c\/em\u003e released 18 cassettes of varying length and a box set containing three 12” vinyl Eps which fetch handsome prices among collectors nowadays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eKLAR!80 - Ein Kassettenlabel aus Düsseldorf 1980-1982\u003c\/em\u003e collection reaches even further back in time than the \u003cem\u003eSAMMLUNG - Düsseldorfer Kassettenmusik 1982-1989\u003c\/em\u003e (BB236\/2017) collection, similarly curated by Stefan Schneider, which focused on the mid-1980s Düsseldorf cassette scene. It captures the brief period between the end of punk and the looming capitalization and digitalization of so many aspects of life. A report for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSpontaneity and understatement characterized the brief creative period of \u003cstrong\u003eKLAR! 80\u003c\/strong\u003e, which lasted from April 1980 until October 1982. Experimentation was the driving force behind the label’s output, released exclusively on home-made cassettes. So it was that \u003cem\u003eKLAR!80\u003c\/em\u003e introduced the early experiments of Christo Haas and Beate Bartel, performing here as \u003cem\u003eCHBB\u003c\/em\u003e, to the world. Before long, they would enter the international dance charts with their pulsating sequencer sounds as \u003cem\u003eLiaisons Dangereuses\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEva Gössling imported no wave from New York to Düsseldorf, grafting electronic and motoric elements into the sound. \u003cem\u003eStrafe für Rebellion\u003c\/em\u003e, who opened the record with a sculptural sonic collage, would later release numerous albums on the prestigious Touch label in London. Today, the Aachener Strasse shop in the Bilk district of Düsseldorf survives in a few Polaroid pictures and video recordings made by Agi Yuzuru and Mamoru Shibuya, two journalists visiting from Osaka.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe label shut down in October 1982 and, in the years that followed, the original cassettes, master tapes and artwork were either given away or misplaced. The recordings you can listen to here have been gleaned from private collections of well-preserved cassettes, painstakingly restored and digitalized. Rainer Rabowski: “At the very moment when the label and shop needed to reinvent themselves, I would have had to come up with a new business model, something I had never wanted to do.” The end came about quite innocuously, with no explanation. Rainer Rabowski and Stefan Schneider, Düsseldorf March 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist (Artist \u0026amp; Track)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n01. \u003cem\u003eStrafe für Rebellion\u003c\/em\u003e - \"Blaue Mig\"\u003cbr\u003e\n02. \u003cem\u003eRoter Stern Belgrad\u003c\/em\u003e - \"Ta Ku Sey\"\u003cbr\u003e\n03. Und Piloten – \"Umsturz\"\u003cbr\u003e\n04. \u003cem\u003eRoter Stern Belgrad\u003c\/em\u003e - \"alpha waves\"\u003cbr\u003e\n05. \u003cem\u003eEuropa\u003c\/em\u003e - \"Dein Zauber\"\u003cbr\u003e\n06. \u003cem\u003eRalph \u0026amp; Ernie\u003c\/em\u003e - \"Ralph \u0026amp; Ernie\"\u003cbr\u003e\n07. \u003cem\u003eXao Seffcheque und der Rest\u003c\/em\u003e - \"Mir fehlen die Worte\"\u003cbr\u003e\n08. \u003cem\u003eRara, Axel \u0026amp; Ralph\u003c\/em\u003e - \"Rara, Axel \u0026amp; Ralph\"\u003cbr\u003e\n09. \u003cem\u003eEraserhead\u003c\/em\u003e – \"OT\"\u003cbr\u003e\n10. \u003cem\u003eP.Projekta \/ G.Ranzz\u003c\/em\u003e - \"M4\"\u003cbr\u003e\n11. \u003cem\u003eCHBB\u003c\/em\u003e - \"Mau-Mau\"\u003cbr\u003e\n12. \u003cem\u003eRoter Stern Belgrad\u003c\/em\u003e - \"Blas dein Knie ein\"\u003cbr\u003e\n13. \u003cem\u003eBLÄSSE\u003c\/em\u003e - \"Taktlose Klapperschlangen\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bureau B","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50397213950283,"sku":"2024944","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50397215424843,"sku":"2024951","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/BB435_b6ad5541_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726488718","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/klar80","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}