The Chop #8 by The Chop

music magazine & concert calendar number eight october 2016 free

E D I TOR IA L Do you like reading The Chop and live music? Chop’s got your back dawg. We’ve teamed up with Puschen, M:Soundtrack, Shameless/Limitless, Paper and Iron Booking Co., Fourtrack on Stage, Fête D’Adieu, Cranky Booking, Future Sailor Concerts and other gangstas in the music scene to bring you Chop Chips. Here’s how they work:

Du liest gern The Chop und magst Livemusik? Wir sind für dich da! Wir haben uns mit Puschen, M:Soundtrack, Shameless/Limitless, Paper and Iron Booking Co., Fourtrack on Stage, Fête D’Adieu, Cranky Booking, Future Sailor Concerts und anderen Gangstern der Musikszene zusammengeschlossen um euch Chop Chips zu bringen. Folgendermaßen funktionieren sie:

These fashionable keychains are valid for a year and can be purchased for 25 bones. That skrilla goes directly towards the printing costs of The Chop. Every ten chips we sell means we can print another issue. Flash one of these puppies at select shows that our homies are putting on (check out this months calendar) and you’ll receive discounted entry to the show. Plus, FREE ENTRY to all Chop parties; parties like our Halloween Cover Band Party this month or our Karaoke party in November. You get cheaper entry, our pals’ shows get promoted, and we keep printing without having to sell out. It’s like giving capitalism a swift little kick in the dick.

Diese modischen Schlüsselanhänger sind ein Jahr lang gültig und können für 25 Kröten erstanden werden. Die Kohle fließt direkt in die Druckkosten von The Chop. Jeder zehnte verkaufte Chip ermöglicht uns eine neue Ausgabe zu drucken. Hol dir einen davon auf einer der Shows von unseren Homies (schau dir den Kalender für diesen Monat an) und du erhältst vergünstigten Eintritt zur Show. Plus kostenlosen Eintritt zu allen Chop Partys; wie beispielsweise unsere Halloween-Cover-BandParty diesen Monat oder unsere Karaokeparty im November. Du kriegst günstigeren Eintritt, die Shows unserer Freunde werden promotet und wir drucken weiter, ohne uns ausverkaufen zu müssen. Ist wie ein kleiner Tritt in die Weichteile des Kapitalismus.

Keep reading this magazine that you are already reading if you want to find out more, Ryan

Lies weiterhin dieses Magazin, das du gerade schon liest, wenn du mehr rausfinden möchtest,

The Chop Team – Alex Roth Amande Dagod Barry Cliffe Ben Green Elvira González-Vallés Jeff Purchla Lulu La Certa Martin Dziallas Matthias Wolff Paula Estévez Ryan Rosell Sören Bill Yannis Trouinard – The Chop Issue #8 October 2016 Auflage : 750 Stück Free – www.thechop.de FB : @thechopmag hello@thechop.de – Cover photo by Kelly Elizabeth Tivnan aperturearchive.blogspot.de – Submit your events to shows@thechop.de – You want to contribute ? editor@thechop.de

Ryan

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NEGLECTED ESSENTIALS Some of the best cuts from bands on this month’s calendar along with some suggested songs by our featured band Hush Moss ($). Tracks followed by the * symbol come from local bands or artists. Hush Moss* - Take me by the hand D’Angelo - I found my smile again ($) Donnie & Joe Emerson - Baby ($) Civil Civic - The Mirror Häxxan* - Spin Friends of Gas - Hinter Uns Adventure Team* - 4ème Gymnopédie R. Ariel - Loveless Tetron* - Cinéma feat. Helen Fry* Get a listen at: https://www.mixcloud.com/TheChopBerlin/

HUSH MOSS by Yannis Trouinard

As expected, this September 20th was a memorable evening at ACUD. M:Soundtrack was putting on the second Berlin gig of Smoota, an extremely talented (and erotic) entertainer who knows how to smooth talk and sing about the ladies - but not only the feminine part of the audience appreciated his chats in-between songs. Indeed, after his gig the stage was warm enough for the 8 members of Hush Moss to give their best: the kind of show where you want to follow what the pheromones are telling you and find yourself a funky dance partner … but before they put their sensual groove on stage, I sat down with the band’s sexy frontman Eden and video director/bass player Daklis (also sexy) to talk about a few things. How did the band start? E: I was in a band called Peach Peach which broke up and a friend of mine who runs a studio had already booked the time for us. When the band broke up, we said, “Let’s still do something” so I wrote some songs and did the album. These guys [points to squad who are setting up gear] played on it and slowly, slowly, slowly we built up to what we are here today. How many band members are you and how many of them living in Berlin?

“ The main goal is to play with everyone and try every club, try every booker. ” Which club would you like to play in ?

E: Three of them are Living in Israel with the producers, and the other four are in Berlin.

E: Mercedes-Benz Arena. D: It looks like a nice PA ... [laughs] E: Actually, I would really like to play Yaam.

Hmmm I didn’t remember you being 8 people last time I saw you.

What does Hush Moss mean?

E: No, because it changes all the time. Sometimes the guys are somewhere else. Everybody knows there parts so we can adapt to our situation. How did you release this first album? E: We were supposed to release the album ourselves so we made some CD’s. After we released the first single [“It Takes A Lot”] a label from Paris [Kitsuné] picked it up and released it. Then, Average Negative started working with us and officially released the album. Do you think you belong to some kind of scene, here in Berlin? E: Theres a lot of bands I like to see play: Häxxan which is a punk band from Israel and Parcels. D: We’ve been playing with really cool bands. We had a really nice night with Malibu in Loophole who are doing really cool disco. E: Yeah and Oxwood Heads. I feel like the bands we connect to don’t have a specific scene. The main goal is to play with everyone and try every club, try every booker.

I: Nothing E: I keep telling people its my last name. You guys have played 3 times in the last month, it seems like it has been an intense year for you guys. What are the future plans for the band ? E: We want to do a lot of festivals and touring and work on a new album. We would like to get things going enough so that we can live right, because right now we’re not making any money. We had a great release party last week at Schrippe Hawaii A lot of people bought the cassette and it didn’t feel like we were trying to push it down their throats. People came, said hi, had fun, and danced. Can you tell us a bit about your music videos ? D: Until now, I’ve made the music videos. We’ve made three but one was a bit problematic so we put it aside for now. E: We just wanted something a bit more fun and funky and happy to show the world.

D: Now we’re working on the next video for “Take Me By The Hand”. I was recently in Iceland and I collected some material. It’s going to be interesting. E: [chuckles ominously] It seems like there is a big gap between your vibes and Iceland. D: Yeah, it will be surprisingly fitting I think. What do you do outside of music? I: I like painting. I do Graffiti. Do you have a sign that you write? I: No! [laughs] Any last words? D: I just want to say that we all really love to play concerts and we would love to play one every day so if you want us to play every day... We would love to do it! – facebook.com/hushmoss Bandcamp : averagenegative “It Takes A Lot” is now out and sold out on Average Negative 3

VENUE LISTING FRIEDRICHSHAIN / LICHTENBERG ABOUT BLANK – Markgrafendamm 24c – S Ostkreuz BADEHAUS SZIMPLA – Revaler Strasse 99 – S/U1 Warschauerstraße BERGHAIN KANTINE – Am Wriezener Bahnhof – S Ostbahnhof MERCEDES-BENZ ARENA – Mercedes-Platz 1 – S/U1 Warschauerstraße MUSEUM KESSELHAUS HERZBERGE – Herzbergstraße 79 – M17 Allee der Kosmonauten/Rhinstr. TIEFGRUND – Lasker Straße 5 – S Ostkreuz URBAN SPREE – Revaler Straße 99 – S/U1 Warschauerstraße ZUKUNFT AM OSTKREUZ – Lasker Straße 5 – S Ostkreuz KREUZBERG / TREPTOW / KOPENICK FAHIMI BAR – Skalitzer Straße 134 – U1/U8 Kottbusser Tor FUNKHAUS – Nalepa Straße 18 – S Karlshorst HUXLEYS NEUE WELT – Hasenheide 107 – U7/8 Hermannplatz LIDO Cuvry Straße 7 – U1 Schlesisches Tor MADAME CLAUDE – Lübbener Straße 19 – U1 Schlesisches Tor MONARCH – Skalitzer Straße 134 – U1/U8 Kottbusser Tor PRIVATCLUB – Skalitzer Straße 85-86 – U1 Schlesisches Tor REPEAT BAR – Lausitzer Straße 1 U1 Görlitzer Bahnhof SO36 – Oranienstraße 190 – U1/U8 Kottbusser Tor SÜDBLOCK – Admiral Straße 1-2 – U1/U8 Kottbusser Tor WESTGERMANY – U1/U8 Kottbusser Tor MITTE / WEDDING ACUD – Veteranen Straße 21 – U8 Rosenthalerplatz BASSY – Schönhauser Allee 176A – U2 Senefelderplatz BALLHAUS – Chausseestraße 102 – U6 Naturkundemuseum MARIE ANTOINETTE – Holzmarkt Str 15 – S/U8 Jannowitzbrücke SCHOKOLADEN – Acker Straße 169 – U8 Rosenthalerplatz NEUKÖLLN / TEMPELHOF BEI RUTH – Ziegra Straße 11-13 – S Sonnenallee COLUMBIA THEATER – Columbiadamm 9-11 – U6 Platz der Luftbrücke HEIMATHAFEN NEUKÖLLN – Karl-Marx Straße 141 – U7 Karl-Marx Straße KLUNKERKRANICH – on top of Arcaden Neukölln – U7 Rathaus Neukölln LOOPHOLE – Boddin Straße 60 – U7 Rathaus Neukölln SAMEHEADS – Richardstraße 10 – U7 Karl-Marx Straße SCHWUZ – Rollbergstraße 26 – U7 Rathaus Neukölln PRENZLAUER BERG / WEDDING AUSLAND – Lychener Straße 60 – U2 Schönhauserallee MIASMAH & SONIC PIECES HQ – Bötzowstrasse 51A – M10 Arnswalderplatz MUSIKBRAUEREI – Greifswalder Straße 23A – M4 Hufelandstraße NEUBAR – Greifswalder Straße 218 – M4 Hufelandstraße OH! CALCUTTA – Koloniestraße 9 – U8 Osloer Straße SILENT GREEN – Gericht Straße 35 – S/U6 Wedding

FEATURED SHOWS October 8th – Monarch, West Germany and Fahimi Bar

October 25th Columbia Theater

Kassetten Tag has its second outing in Berlin this year taking up residence at Monarch, West Germany and Fahimi Bar with cassette releases of various Berlin labels along with a host of live bands including Celsius Panda, Mansions and Millions Karaoke, Waelder, and Tuggy.

Anyone you might have seen walking, cycling or running with headphones and a huge smile on their face recently has been listening Angel Olsen’s recent offering: My Woman. Olsen’s voice is a show stopper, capable of hushing crowds into reverential, attentive, awestruck silence. This show should be worth it alone to experience “Sister” live, an epic song on which she somehow manages to sound like every great female singer you ever loved before the song folds back in on itself and unfurls into pop perfection like a Fleetwood Mac classic leaving goosebumps all over. The rest of the album is so good I shall not ruin it for you, go get

October 18th - Mercedes-Benz Arena The Cure return to Berlin to play a probably 3 hour plus set, simply to remind us that they are one of the greatest bands ever.

by Barry Cliffe

your hands on it. A great album, a great voice, go if you can, it’s bound to be memorable. October 29th - West Germany Hotly tipped by many (including The Notwist gentlemen) to be one of the next big things in german indieland, Friends of Gas played earlier this year at the now sadly no more Antje Oeklesund and it was an impressive performance. Their debut album will be released by the excellent Berlin label, Staatsakt, this post/punk, noise combo invite you along to celebrate with them. Not to be missed.

Oct 22 - Berghain Kantine Sun Worship head up a night of black metal shenanigans at the Kantine; screaming, hair everywhere, deafeningly good, actually think I just talked myself into it. Sun Worship rule.

Q&A

What’s Cassette Store Day Germany? Cassette Store Day started back in 2013 in UK and USA and returns this year for the second time in Australia, New Zealand, and Germany on Saturday October 8th, 2016. Labels, shops, promoters, bands, everybody can take part in the event and share their love for tapes! For Cassette Store Day Germany, German labels and bands can send us info about their tapes and we publish a release list through our website that we also send to shops all over Germany. If they are interested in some cassettes, they can contact the label / band directly. It’s like having a huge multiple release party on a local, national and international level. Kassettentag is our own event that takes place in Berlin. Why tapes ? At Späti Palace and Mansions and Millions, we release mostly tapes, so when we’ve been asked whether we would initiate Cassette Store Day in Germany, it made sense. We want to create a yearly opportunity for people to celebrate the cassette or to reconnect it.

Up Coming Chop Events (Free entry with a Chop Chip) October 7th - Its friday night and The Chop Squad is on the wheels of steel playing tunes all night long at Madame Claude. October 29th - Halloween Party at Marie Antoinette! Six great local bands will cover legends. Costumes are encouraged.

Q&A with Amande Dagod of Cassette Store Day Germany / Kassettentag and Berlin label Späti Palace. Interview by Amande Dagod We hope to show a wider a audience that cassettes are a relevant format and that there’s a flourishing scene. Unlike what most of people say or think, tapes never really went away. There is still a very strong community using this format which has a lot of good features. It’s rather cheap, the production is quick, it’s easy to carry and distribute. Tapes are important, we love them, it’s important that people know that!

With Späti Palace we are also releasing a tape for the occasion, it’s a split cassette featuring Strand Child* and Celsius Panda*, two really exciting local bands, make sure to check them out they are playing some shows this month!

What can we expect for Kassettentag#2 ?

Fahimi Bar (from 4pm) Tape market and local stands, tape listening station.

Späti Palace, Flennen and Mansions and Millions are teaming up this year again to bring you KASSETTENTAG#2, an all-day event taking place at Fahimi Bar, Monarch, and Westgermany. There will be a tape market with stands from local labels and your favorite magazine, live bands (Wælder, Tuggy, Stefkovic van Interesse, Celsius Panda*) a very special all stars karaoke where bands will perform the song they contributed to Mansions and Millions tape compilation (featuring Tendre Biche*, Helen Fry*, Better Person*, Magic Island*, Sean Nicholas Savage*, Karolini* ...)

KASSETTENTAG#2 Saturday October 8th, 2016

Monarch (from 5.30pm) 6pm : Celsius Panda* 7pm : Mansions and Millions’ Karaoke Westgermany (from 9pm) Flennen Night with Tuggy, Wælder, Stefkovic van Interesse and a special treat! Tickets available at the door at Fahimi, give access to Fahimi, Monarch and Westgermany. www.cassettestoreday.de 5

The Orions + Gym Tonic* – Schokoladen

Midori Hirano* + Christian Naujoks – Miasmah & Sonic Pieces HQ (save you a seat under events@ sonicpieces.com)

Easterndaze x Berlin : Praxis Records x Christoph de Babalon x WIDT – Silent Green

Monday / Montag

Witching Waves + Gegenüber* – Bei Ruth

Martin Bisi + Nunofyrbeeswax* + Sound & Chaos (documentary screening) – Westgermany

Dena* (Release Show) – Berghain Kantine

DEATH – Lido

Tuesday / Dienstag

Mutiny on the Bounty + The Antikaroshi* – Schokoladen

Gold Panda – Berghain

Wednesday / Mittwoch

Ulrika Spacek + Creams – ACUD

Mutiny on the Bounty + Rosa Parks – Schokoladen

Thursday /Donnerstag

Sunday / Sonntag

The Underground Youth + Throw down bones + Electric Eye + Caudal* + Full Moon Fiasco* + Wichswut* + The KVB Dj Set – Zukunft

Easterndaze x Berlin : Sameheads Berlin x Future Nuggets – Silent Green

Brome* + White West* – Tiefgrund

# Black Lives Matter (Soli-party) – Schwuz

His Clancyness + Helen Fry* – ACUD

Colleen Green + Cassie Ramone – Urban Spree

rehearsing together for a week – Funkhaus

01 > 02 Michelberger Music Festival w/ 84 artists working and

Saturday / Samstag

The Flamingods

Skiing* (Release Show) + Ménage à Trois – Westgermany

Neta Polturak + Whisky & Rhymes* + The Chop DJ Squad – Madame Claude

Heimer* (Release Show) + Tetron* – About Blank

# 25 Jahre ACUD – ACUD

Flowers + Yoga* – Schokoladen

Flittchenbar Wiederoffenungsgala – Südblock

Kassettentag w/ Celsius Panda* + Mansions and Millions Karaoke* + Waelder + Tuggy + Stefko van Interresse + Cassette Market – Westgermany, Monarch and Fahimi Bar (from 4pm)

– Museum Kesselhaus Herzberge

07 > 09 Dat Festival w/ Etienne Jaumet, Ensemble Economique, thisquietarmy, NADA and more

Friday / Freitag

Calendar key : * local band – # non live music event but music related (party / Dj set / market) Bolded shows are Chop Chip Shows (discounted access for Chop Chip owners and free entry to The Chop’s events) Venues addresses and U/S-Bahn stops listed on page 4 – Send your concert listings to shows@thechop.de

OCTOBER 2016

Scott & Charlene’s Wedding – Monarch

Crystal Castles – Columbia Theater

Il Sogno Del Marinaio (Mike Watt, Andrea Belfi & Stefano Pilia) + Dean Roberts – Monarch

Besides + Jardín de la Croix – Schokoladen

Pile + Adventure Team* – Urban Spree Basement

Jordan Prince + Laura Guidi* – Madame Claude

Angel Olsen + Little Wings – Columbia Theater

The Cure – Mercedes Benz Arena

The Computers – Privatclub

Parquet Courts – SO36

Oy (Release Show) – Berghain Kantine

Häxxan* + Zentralheizung of Death (des Todes) – Urban Spree

Jenny Hval + Olga Bell – Berghain Kantine

Jeff The Brotherhood – Badehaus Szimpla

R. Ariel – Repeat Bar

Douglas Dare – Berghain Kantine

Oscar – Privatclub

More Eats + Tendre Biche* – Schokoladen

Tom Brosseau – Monarch

NYOS + 100000 Tonnen Kruppstahl – Schokoladen

Vesuvio Solo + Promise Keeper – Loophole

Levitations* (Release Show) + Casual Hex + Hyaene – Bei Ruth

Jerusalem In My Heart – Ehemaliges Stummfilmkino Delphi

Fetter + Prince Heka (10pm) – Sameheads

Oscar Lush & Georgia Spain + Eoin Glackin – Madame Claude

Mild High Club – Badehaus Szimpla

Civil Civic (Release show) + Exchampion – Urban Spree

Yasiin Bey – Huxleys Neue Welt

Oracles* – Berghain Kantine

Mommy Boys* + Doc Schoko* + The Toylettes* + Fotzen Power Germany* + The No Fits* + Shitbag* + Detlef Kuper* + The Diegos* + Bikes* + Brezel Goering* + Zone* + DJ Lobotomy – Bei Ruth

Operators + PTD + Fenster* (DJ) – Westgermany

Kikos + Strand Child* + Trinidad Doherty* – Zukunft am Ostkreuz

Haley Bonar – Privatclub

Fu Manchu – Columbia Theater

– Projekt Klunkerkranich

Xenia Rubinos – Urban Spree

Selector Dub Narcotic (Calvin Johnson) + Aries + Linda Lee b2b Philip.fm (DJ) – Bei Ruth

Kitshickers + The Magestic Unicorns from Hell – Schokoladen

Friends of Gas (Release Show) – Westgermany

The Chop’s Halloween Party w/ Adventure Team* + Girlie*, Slow Steve* + Tendre Biche* + Trucks* + Yoga* covering their favorite bands – Marie Antoinette

Sun Worship* + Gold + Ultha + Fearplay – Berghain Kantine

Mammoth Penguins + Adventure Team* – Loophole

Lafidki + The Delay in the Universal Loop – Madame Claude

Guido Moebius + Chad Popple + Jealousy Party + Brandstifter + Adel Akram* + DJ Winkhorst Reisen – Bei Ruth

Gelbart* + Ryskinder – Westgermany

Carla Bozulich (solo) – Ausland

Adriano Celantano Gebäckorchester* – Ballhaus

Ultimate Painting – Berghain Kantine

So Many Mammals + Full Moon Fiasco* + The Sonnenbergs* – Marie Antoinette

# DJ Marcelle (12am) – Bei Ruth

# What Difference Does It Make? – Schokoladen

Merchandise + EZTV – Tiefgrund

Kelly Lee Owens + Hope – Berghain Kantine

S.A.F.T.* + The Peärls Before Swïne Experience – Heimathafen Neukölln

Man Duo (Jaakko Eino Kalevi + Long Sam) – Marie Antoinette

Gareth Dickson + Will Samson – ACUD

Photos of the Month Top : nunofyrbeeswax at Loophole by Jeff Purchla – listentoapostrophe.com Bottom : Mincer Ray at Monarch by Elvira González-Vallés > send your show photos to hello@thechop.de

is done. As a master of smalltalk I decided to have some easy, short, repeating conversations. 6 questions were asked, 6 answers were answered. This tour dein Lieblingsgetränk? Eistee zählt auch. 5) Lieblingssendung? (von Gärtner-Podcast bis Kochshow) 6) Lieblingsvideo? (von Katzenvideo bis Tutorial.

Hamburg // Astrastube ================== Maximilian (25) „Ich bin jemand, der immer ans Limit geht.“ Musikalischer Background: Hip Hop und Metal 1) Session One im Kleinen Donner 2) Trae Tha Truth 3) nichts auszusetzen, außer der Abstand des Sängers zum Mikrofon (zu kurz) 4) White Russian, Eistee 5) Arte Tracks 6) Migos - Bitch Dab (accidental music video)

Groningen // De Gym ================== Elias (21) - Sound +

Dortmund // Salon Fink =================== Adrian Krummel (22) 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6)

Hello Piedpiper zu viele Gitarrensound teilweise schwammig Cola (Hermanncola) heute show, 1 Live Plan B We Will Kalied - Brief You

KJ a.k.a. Karst Jakob (27) - Live Visuals mit 90s Sketch Pad

1) E: Yakumo Orchestra , KJ: Ohslo 2) E: Van Dyke Parks , KJ: De Angelo, Paul Simon 3) E: schlechte Raumakustik, viele Reflexionen, Nebelmaschine leicht defekt KJ: Drummer hat geflucht (Anm.: Elias hat ein schlechtes Gehör. statt „more fog“ kam „fuck“ bei ihm an) 4) E: Heineken, alles außer Craftbeer, KJ: Ginger Ale w/ Rum 5) E: Decker unclassified (Tim Heideckern playing Tim Decker) on green screen KJ: Rembo & Rembo the Hobo Chef 6) KJ: Harry Potter theme in a midi program: „Synthesia: HP theme song 1 + Downloadlink“ (User: Eam Adli) E: Dick Raaijmakers erklärt den kleinsten Klang der Welt: „Dick Raaijmakers: Het kleinste geluid“ Rotterdam - Worm ============== Vincent Denieul (46) (very cool guy, want to have him as a second dad) 1) Exploited View 2) Deficite de Annees Anterieurs + Unser Favorit 3) went really fine, vocals overlapping with guitar sometimes, difficult to mix 4) Drink: Rum w/ Ginger, Lemon + Wine 5) Radioshow: W FM Ü (NY radiostation) 6) every video from Youtube user: Klaus Vomi

Würzburg - Kellerperle ================== Andreas Emmerling (42) 1) Joseph Mayers auf einer Hochzeit die zum Hippie Festival mutierte 2) Hildegard von Bingedrinking, besonders wenn sie mit Nonnenkostümen auftreten 3) Bassbox hat gewummert 4) „Best Of“ = helles Bier, dunkles Bier und Pils zu gleichen Teilen in ein Glas mischen (eigene Kreation, gibt es auch in seiner Lieblingskneipe) 5) Vice Reports 6) „Klang Projector Mood Film 2016“

Mainz - Schon Schön ================ Sebastian Harth (30) 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6)

Jazzband in Nähe von Mainz Kevin Morby, Spooly Black Set zu kurz, Ansage über Haubentaucher Leitungswasser Eric André Show „Jurassic Park Theme (Melodica Cover)“

Graz - Sub ======== Zis (27) 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6)

Angus Ying Dinosaur Jr. alles cool, außer Snare war zu dünn Pfeffi Stranger Things „Ultimate Dog Tease“

Text: Mathias Wolff *not all tourdates are shown here, missing interviews are due to reasons.

portant aspects of a good show was and is the sound engineer behind the little desk. Bands and engineers often have their difficulties communicating about tle acknowledged. These same questions were asked: 1) Für welchen Künstler / welche Künstlerin hast du zuletzt den Sound gemacht? 2) Hast du zurzeit

Earlier this September the band „girlie“ went on tour by themselves. The trip was trippy. One of the most imreport can be seen as an hommage to the friendly people whose job is hidden in the dark and often too lit-

specific wishes during soundcheck. Lots of times they don‘t talk a word to each other anymore after the show eine Lieblingsband / Lieblingskünstlerin? 3) Was fandest du kacke an der Girlie Show? 4) Was ist

Musik und Erinnerung Seit zwei Monaten erlebe ich jeden Morgen das gleiche Trauerspiel: Mein rechter Daumen huscht über die virtuelle Scheibe meines Musikwiedergabegerätes, sich seinen Weg bahnend, vorbei an wunderbar obskuren Indie-Rock-Gruppen und echt abseitigen Experimental-Künstlern, nur um schließlich beim Unvermeidlichen zu landen. Es ist beinahe zu lächerlich, um es auszusprechen, geschweige denn aufzuschreiben, aber so sei es: Der Interpret, auf dem mein virtueller Daumen seit acht Wochen permanent landet, heißt Gipsy Kings. Ja, ganz recht, die Gipsy Kings, die Könige des wohltemperierten Flamenco-Kitsches. Ich höre die Gipsy Kings auf dem Weg zur Arbeit, zum Aufräumen, beim Abspülen, im Badezimmer, beim Joggen und ich würde sie auch zum Einschlafen hören, wären die Rhythmen nicht so vitalisierend. Die Gipsy Kings (deren Bandnamen sich politisch aufgeklärte Menschen kaum auszusprechen trauten, wäre es nicht eine Selbstzuschreibung der Musiker mit Kalé-Roma-Familienhintergrund) sind eine Bastion der Uncoolness. Und damit meine ich nicht die hippe, urbane Uncoolness post-ironischer Prägung, sondern the real thing. Musikalisch aufgeschlüsselt heißt das: Generische Latin-Gitarren-Solo-Exzesse, Anbiederungen an die unsäglichen Synthesizer-Sounds des 80er-Europops, stadiontaugliche Phrasierungen und liebestolle Männerlyrik, die nach feuchter Brustbehaarung riecht. Das alles ist nun wirklich nicht cool. Und doch triggert diese Musik etwas in mir, löst sie eine Art reflexhafte Nostalgie aus. Sie setzt mich an einem Punkt meiner Kindheitserinnerung ab, der zeitlich irgendwo zwischen dem Fall der Berliner Mauer und der Einführung der fünfstelligen Postleitzahlen liegen muss.

Ich sehe mich als blassen Steppke mit roten Riemensandalen und türkisfarbener Kindercordhose im Opel Vectra meiner Eltern im Stau bei Lyon harrend; aus den Boxen des Autoradios tönt eine verheißungsvoll mediterran anmutende Musik mit scheppernden Akustikgitarren, treibenden Percussion-Beats und aufregend fremdländisch tönenden Gesängen. Wir sind wie jedes Jahr auf dem Weg in den Familienurlaub an die Costa Brava, um genau zu sein nach Empuriabrava, eine von deutschen Jahresurlaubern heimgesuchte, ansonsten aber malerische Siedlung in der katalanischen Provinz Girona, eine Autostunde von Lloret de Mar, zwei Autostunden von Barcelona entfernt. Der Moment, in dem mein Vater die Auswurftaste des Kassettenspielers drückte, um die Mix-Kassette „Klassiker des deutschen Schlagers“ durch das Gipsy Kings-Tape zu ersetzen, war so etwas wie eine ritualisierte Handlung. In diesem Moment wussten alle Autoinsassen: Eine Schwelle wurde überschritten, der Urlaub hat offiziell begonnen – auch wenn er tatsächlich noch gefühlte zehn weitere schlecht klimatisierte Autostunden entfernt lag. War die familiäre Reisegruppe dann endlich am Zielort angekommen, ging es musikalisch alternativlos weiter: In jedem Strandrestaurant, in jedem Hinterhof mit Abendprogramm das gleiche Szenario: Die Gipsy Kings, mal mehr, mal weniger authentisch wiedergegeben von einheimischen Lookalikes in bunten, weit aufgeknöpften Herrenhemden. Mein kindliches Gemüt hielt die Cover-Musikanten, die da Abend für Abend „Bambaleo“ und andere Evergreens des Flamenco-Pops voll routinierter Inbrunst zum Besten gaben, selbstverständlich für die echten Gipsy Kings von der Autoradiokassette. Carlos, der Leadgitarrist, der im

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bürgerlichen Leben eigentlich Ferienhausverwalter war, war daher so freundlich, mein Autogrammbüchlein mit „vom Gipsy King Carlos fur Alex“ zu signieren. Gipsy Kings – das ist dieses diffus mittelmeerische Lebensgefühl, dieser in Noten umgesetzte, anthropomorphe Sehnsuchtsort, der mich mit folkloristischen Erinnerungsködern kindlichen Glückes in eine als heil empfundene Zeit zurückzuziehen versucht. Dabei war diese Vergangenheit in Wirklichkeit alles andere als intakt; in einer weltgeschichtlichen Epoche, in der allerorten politische Anspannung vorherrschte, lieferten die Gipsy Kings den Soundtrack für den gepflegten westdeutschen Familienurlaubs-Eskapismus. Seine Dreifaltigkeit: Sonnencreme, Baila Me und Schwimmbanane. Heute, im Jahr 2016, scheint die Welt nicht weniger zerrissen zu sein. Im Gegenteil: Verheerende Bürgerkriege, exaltierter Terrorismus und die Afd mit 25 Sitzen im Berliner Landesparlament. Der Touri-Eskapismus hat ausgedient, aber die Gipsy Kings bleiben so hartnäckig an meinen Schläfenlappen haften wie die klebrigen Tropfen aus dem dauerlecken Ende der Calippo-EisVerpackung auf der Rückbankpolsterung des Opel Vectras.

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Missed Connections Giving love a second chance. Submit your missed connections or be put in touch with the one you missed at hello@thechop.de MsF – We met at the Caudal release show in ACUD. We had a couple of drinks together at the bar, shared our thoughts about the meaning of hornets and how to make the best cucumber salad on earth. Just before you took off, I asked you where we could see each other again. To this you answered the Hush Moss gig, same place exactly a week after. But I waited for you at the bar during the whole evening and you never came… I would love to see you once more, even just once. FsF– Saw you again at your show at Loophole on september first, luckily you’re on stage all the time. While you play the keyboard you lift up one of your legs like the most gorgeous flamingo I’ve ever seen. Your aura is like a peach on fire. I wanna bottle it and pour it over my sundae. Eat it without a spoon. Lemme buy you a beer. Or ten. MsM – You’re the only member of Girlie who doesn’t wear glasses. I wish you did wear glasses, but that the glasses were my butt-cheeks. I think about you all the time. I think about you so much I can’t concentrate at work. If I loose my job, will you be my Zucker Vater?

5 Berlin Memories by Ben Green I was riding home drunk on this crappy little girls bike that I stole from my hinterhoff, and I was hammering it. I was really into cycling, 200 km a week, lycra, the whole deal, so yeah, I was going fast. I popped off the curb and the front wheel just dropped off. The forks hit the road and I went flying. I did a double forward roll and ended up on my feet, totally unharmed. This guy saw it happen and he said I should be dead. The first New Years Eve I had in Berlin ruled. Some pals threw a roof party on Karl Marx Allee. They had one of those gas heaters that restaurants use and about 90kg of fireworks. I remember looking out over the city and it looked like war, like the city was being attacked. I thought “This must’ve been what it was like in 1945!”. Pretty much the first thing I did when I got to Berlin was go to Boxhagner market. This was 2005, and it was at least 80% crust, punks, hippies, semi-homeless people. I thought it was heaven.

Ben Green plays the bass in Civil Civic and lived in Berlin in 2004 and 2005. Ask him for more souvenirs at Civil Civic show on October 28th at Urban Spree. I bought a leather jacket for five euros and ate some soup. Moving to Berlin seemed like a really good decision. Me and two guys I was working with went to a meeting at a big label about licensing this record we’d produced, Return Of Dr Octagon. One of the guys was older, and he’d been badly screwed on some record deals in the past, and half way through the meeting he went berserk, yelling at the label guys, calling them vultures and scumbags. What a disaster. In the end we self-released and the record bombed. I used to go to this reggae place on the East Side Gallery. They had volleyball and all that shit, heaps of weed. I remember sitting on this block of concrete in my short shorts, talking to some friends. People walking past kept staring. One of my friends told me later that my whole cock and balls where out of my shorts, just hanging there, but the bastards didn’t tell me. That’s the kind of friends I had.

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S H OW - R O SCOPE by Lulu La Certa Illustrations by Martin Dziallas The cosmos might not always control your destiny, but when it does, The Chop has experts on hand to keep you in the celestial-know. GEMINI – If those windows painted blue with the light of the TV make you long for simple life choices, let me tell you one thing: Since they killed cable, life will never be easy again. CANCER – Every once in a while our life sounds like someone else’s song. Even if we’re part of history repeating itself, there’s always space for a little division. TAURUS – No matter how well thought out your fantasies about the future are – if you don’t step out of line once or twice, you won’t find what the world’s got in store for you. VIRGO – You didn’t wish for your bag to be stolen when you thought about a brand new set of keys, I know. It’s important to accept that not all experiences are inspiring or justified. LIBRA – You don’t need to consult self-help websites to learn how to be positively unemployed. Being outside the 9-to-5 is worth cherishing for a while. SCORPIO – Do you keep finding notes with lists of plans that you abandoned long ago? Cut that and change something about your being short on long term goals. SAGITTARIUS – Space may be infinite, but our terrestrial resources aren‘t. Your waste leads a happier life being recycled down here than littering the dark side of the moon. ARIES – While billions of people got drunk at the end of the century, Putin became president for the first time. Moral: Party hard but keep an eye on the evil of the world. CAPRICORN – You’re such a good talker. Sometimes. Like, when you’re in a really good mood. Just think of these moments next time you need your voice in an important, grown-up situation. AQUARIUS – A quick „sorry“ typed into FB Messenger doesn’t count as a proper excuse. Don’t duck, being sincere doesn’t hurt. And don’t forget the flowers. PISCES – We all felt something true during that Mercury transit in May. What, you didn’t know? Then please stop using Mercury retrograde as an excuse for everything that bothers you. LEO – We know you watch the news, we know it is a drag. But keep up the staying-in-the-know-thing and you will get past feeling crushed by everything bad that happens sooner or later.