3xlp box / vod records / 2014
for this release jürgen schweighart, alias v2 schneider, sat down, saved and listened to
approximately 50 original master tapes, reels and cassettes from 1980 to 1985 including his
official tape releases "vol. 1" (1981), "blues" (1982), "abgrund der gefühle" (1984), "nr.1 in
hong kong" (1985), "after a.i.d.s. symphony" (1985) and many so far unreleased hidden
treasures, demos and out-takes.
at the request of frank of vod-records, none of the tracks were remixed or edited and therefore
kept in their authentic original and charming form.
going back to the sound and feeling of early cassette music is for the mature ear challenging
and rewarding at the same time. this music just cannot be done anymore
in this time and age and for good reasons. the energy of youth and also
not having the state of the art studio equipment makes one curious and
excited. sometimes it is in those limitations that very interesting
things are born, despite the factor that a lot of those old songs sound
pretty noisy and amateurism. but that is the point and a lot of fun came
out of it... ...and maybe we were some kind of pioneers...
a short extract from v2 schneiders homepage http://www.juergenschweighart.de/
it all started in 1979 when the punk scene was in full bloom and we, the
youthful dilletants believed that changing the world included a hit on a
cooking pot, some weird strumming of a distorted acoustic guitar or
screaming from the top of the lungs. we were anti art, but dadaists,
hated politics but were political, anti-pretty but extremely vain,
anti-rock and anti-conformist.
nevertheless we still had our roots based in 60's rock`n roll and
kraftwerk somehow, believing that bowie`s heroes was the most important
album ever. hence, the little pseudoneum of v2 schneider - thank you
david! a little later ( in 1980) we even dared to form a band, recording
the fruits of our ecstasies, touring the whole south of germany as the
blindgÄnger producing tapes and even a single vinyl record, as if pink
floyd had never happened....well, we didn`t sell that much...
we held on to our own heroes, some of them still recording and of major
cult status. we are talking about the cure,ultravox, pistols, eno,
siouxsie, costello, wire, roy harper, fripp and peter hammill. but we
were neither punk nor goth. we needed our daytime jobs and used all our
free time to hang out in clubs, concerts and our humble music rooms,
located in local caverns and basements or even up in a tower. touring
was tough as was the recording.
our tapes sounded better than the polished vinyl later on. we had a
sound technician that had no idea what we were looking for. the tapes
got nice reviews but the ep flopped. now its presumed cult and hard to
get. we re-grouped to sovetskoe foto but soon i got tired of working
within a band.