Name: Palais Schaumburg
Brand: Palais Schaumburg

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BB100LPR

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With Printed Inner.

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-06-18

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4015698543414

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / red

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Palais Schaumburg

Genre GB

New Wave / Post Punk

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Bureau B

Bureau B is an independent record label, music publisher, and booking agency based in Hamburg, Germany. Founded in 2005 by Gunther Buskies as a sister label to Tapete Records, Bureau B specializes in releasing a diverse range of electronic and avant-garde music. With a focus on reissues and new productions, the label has built an extensive catalogue that includes iconic albums from the Krautrock genre of the 1970s and early 1980s. They also release recordings by influential artists such as Die Wilde Jagd, Kreidler, Toulouse Low Trax, and more.

Known for their commitment to preserving classic electronic music, Bureau B has been rereleasing albums from renowned artists like Cluster, Faust, Moebius, Roedelius, Plank, Schickert Schnitzler Tietchens Tyndall. In addition to these reissues, they also release works by similar artists including Blenner Heldon Pinhas Rev or NDW Plan Pyrolator.

With their impressive catalogue and dedication to promoting innovative music across various genres within the electronic spectrum - from pop to avant-garde - Bureau B continues to be a prominent force in the global music industry. Their contributions have solidified them as an authoritative figure in the world of independent labels.

Influential underground NDW (Neue Deutsche Welle) band from Hamburg, Germany, Palais Schaumburg was founded in 1979 and dissolved in 1984. This creative melting pot of a band produced a new style of avantgarde dance music, mixing hard beats and funky riffs with dadaist lyrics. Influenced by the US avantgarde cult band *The Residents*, founding members Holger Hiller and Thomas Fehlmann joined by FM Einheit and Chris Lunch tried to push boundaries with their unique sound.
Their debut release 'Rote Lichter' on the independent label was followed by 'Telephon / Kinder Der Tod', which gained some underground success. After lineup changes, their self-titled album saw a major label release but soon after, Holger Hiller left for a solo career. Their subsequent albums brought surprising changes in style, adding horns and jazz fusion influences to their sound.
Despite collaborating with singer *Gudrun Gut* of Neonbabies/DÖF fame on their final album 'Parlez-Vous Schaumburg?', commercial success eluded them and the band disbanded shortly after its release. The influence of Palais Schaumburg can still be felt today through the careers of its former members who went on to pioneer various genres such as avantgarde electronics, techno, industrial music, minimal/dub techno.

For the 40th anniversary of this influential album from Hamburg-based band Palais Schaumburg Bureau Be release a limited LP version: 500 copies, numbered, red vinyl and with printed inner sleeve including all lyrics in german and english. In 1980, two students met at the Hamburg Art Academy: Thomas Fehlmann, who appreciated art and music and wanted to connect them, and the musician Holger Hiller, who had escaped the fractious Hamburg alternative scene, preferring the art school's Conservatory of Music. The spirit of the early New German Wave blew through the country, the first independent labels vied for innovative artists, and the West German post-punk scene began to take shape. Hiller and Fehlmann brought in FM Einheit (from the band Abwärts) on drums and the Californian Chris Lunch on bass. But only shortly after the first single, with Timo Blunck's bass riffs and the adept drumming of Ralf Hertwig, did the band establish its classic lineup. Palais Schaumburg played numerous gigs in this lineup and recorded a second single (Telefon) - then on the indie label Zick Zack. The recording of the album was enhanced by the British producer David Cunningham (Flying Lizards). Soon the music giant Phonogram came along waving a contract. Though it was predictable that the album would not exactly be a commercial success, its special position in German pop music soon became clear. The attention the album received was considerable, given the "awkwardness" of the music. Even abroad, the qualities of the quartet did not go amiss, especially in the Netherlands and Great Britain. These days, alongside to the central works of the famous Krautrock bands, it is one of the most sought-after albums of German avant-garde music internationally. A printed English translation of the lyrics perhaps contributed to album's high profile abroad, as certainly did the appearance of the band: with shaved-up necks, side partings and traditional German jackets, Palais Schaumburg took a stance against the clothing habits of the punks on the one hand, and the peace movement on the other, toying provocatively with supposedly Ur-Germanic symbols and meanings. The intention was not merely to be acoustically "different."

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