I enjoy watching films or reading books about musicians and/or music styles, no matter if I enjoy that music itself or not. Since the early 1990'ies I have been involved in various 'underground' 'music scenes' and I figured there might be people interested in reading about that. Hereunder you can find some stories, a little bit of history, some background, but mostly personal reflexions.

Magazines

I always say that I have never been much of a magazine reader. I do not really care much what artists that I listen to have to say. Still, when I was looking for something the other week, I ran into a firm pack of “fanzine”, “zine”s, “magazine”s and similar publications. The peak lays in [...]

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Demo covers

Ah, those old cassette demos. I have quite a few of them, most from about 1990 to 2000. Here are some covers for you to enjoy.

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A gothic showcase

What goth style goes with what musical style? Here some prejudices :-)

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Flyers and collectors cards

I made scans of some old flyers and those CMI collectors cards of a decade or so ago.

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A little lesson in neofolk

“Neofolk”, not as folky as the term suggest. A few videos with older and newer material.

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A little lesson in EBM

A few Youtube videos with danceable sounds.

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A little lesson in noise

A short text about extreme electronic music with embedded Youtube films as examples.

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Welcome to another edition of Thunderdome

An extreme kind of house music which takes inspiration in apocalyptic science-fiction films.

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Die Mensch-Maschine

The danceable side of industrial music.

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Music with a brown edge

Politics, provocation or just art? A story about a style loved by many, feared by many more.

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