Name: KLAR!80
Brand: Various Artists

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BB435

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Limited edition

Release date

2023-07-14

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Shellshock

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4015698695946

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BB435LP

4015698524055

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Various Artists

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Electronic

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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.

Newest Listed Items

This compilation represents an initial – and long overdue – foray into the years 1980 - 82, when KLAR! 80 was a cassette label, paired with a shop of the same name in Düsseldorf. Founded by Rainer Rabowski, KLAR!80 released 18 cassettes of varying length and a box set containing three 12” vinyl Eps which fetch handsome prices among collectors nowadays.The KLAR!80    -  Ein  Kassettenlabel  aus  Düsseldorf  1980-1982  collection  reaches  even  further  back  in  time  than  the SAMMLUNG  -  Düsseldorfer  Kassettenmusik  1982-1989 (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 capitalisation and digitalisation of so many aspects of life. A report for the future. Spontaneity and understatement characterised the brief creative period of KLAR! 80, which lasted from April 1980 until October 1982. Experimentation was the driving force behind the label’s output, released exclusively on home-made cassettes.&nbsp;

So it was that KLAR!80 introduced the early experiments of Christo Haas and Beate Bartel, performing here as CHBB, to the world. Before long, they would enter the international dance charts with their pulsating sequencer sounds as Liaisons Dangereuses. Eva Gössling imported no wave from New York to Düsseldorf, grafting electronic and motoric elements into the sound. Strafe für Rebellion, 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. The 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 digitalised. 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. 

Tracklist (Artist &amp; Track) 01. Strafe für Rebellion - Blaue Mig 02. Roter Stern Belgrad - Ta Ku Sey 03. Und Piloten – Umsturz 04. Roter Stern Belgrad - alpha waves 05. Europa - Dein Zauber 06. Ralph &amp; Ernie - Ralph &amp; Ernie 07. Xao Seffcheque und der Rest - Mir fehlen die Worte 08. Rara, Axel &amp; Ralph - Rara, Axel &amp; Ralph 09. Eraserhead – OT 10. P.Projekta / G.Ranzz - M4 11. CHBB - Mau-Mau 12. Roter Stern Belgrad - Blas dein Knie ein 13. BLÄSSE - Taktlose Klapperschlangen

KLAR!80

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