JUNE 2013

Heinz Emigholz' video series for Kreidler's "Den" complete

Seven songs, seven videos. "Winter" is the last part of Heinz Emigholz' video series for the latest Kreidler album "Den". The whole series is available at the band's Youtube account.

Tour dates:
June 29th: Düsseldorf (GER) – Open Source Festival
July 14th: Hamburg (GER) – Golden Pudel Club

It's avant-garde! It's mutant synth pop!
Two DER PLAN reissues out now

DIE LETZTE RACHE (1983) and JAPLAN (1984) on LP/CD/DL

Der Plan (Moritz R®, Frank Fenstermacher, Pyrolator) were instrumental in ushering in the German New Wave (NDW) and are considered free spirits of synthesizer pop: electronic music created with minimal means, sometimes experimental, playful or even bordering on dilettantism, but always with a sense of humor. "Die letzte Rache" (The Last Revenge) was the soundtrack to the cult film of the same name by Rainer Kirberg – and at the same time a varied and thoroughly entertaining journey to the musical world of Der Plan.

"JaPlan" was produced for the Japanese market, based on a series of gigs for a department store chain. Featuring some previously released songs as well as songs from the double single "Golden Cheapos". "JaPlan" also includes rare instrumentals produced for their Tokyo shows ... and one of their most famous songs: "Gummitwist" ... and the film music to "The Grottenolm" as bonus tracks. Special extra: "JaPlan" comes in a new cover artwork that in a way corrects an optical error in the band's discography.

Both reissues are available on CD (Digipak), vinyl (180g) and for download.

Read more about LETZTE RACHE here: English / Deutsch
Read more about JAPLAN here: English / Deutsch

Upcoming Bureau B tourdates

SØLYST:
June 8th: Kassel (GER) – Goldankauf
June 9th: Hamburg (GER) – Golden Pudel Club
June 13th: Nürnberg (GER) – K4
June 14th: Augsburg (GER) – City Club

KREIDLER:
June 15th: Düsseldorf (GER) – FFT
June 29th: Düsseldorf (GER) – Open Source Festival
July 14th: Hamburg (GER) – Golden Pudel Club

SCHNEIDER TM:
June 25th: Melbourne (AUS) – MIUC
June 29th: Sydney (AUS) – Old Darlington School

MAY 2013

Two more weird electronic albums
by CONRAD SCHNITZLER reissued

CONTEMPORA (1981) and CONRAD & SOHN (1981) reissues out now!

Conrad Schnitzler (1937–2011), composer and concept artist, is one of the most important representatives of Germany's electronic music avant-garde. A student of Joseph Beuys, he founded Berlin's legendary Zodiak Free Arts Lab, a subculture club, in 1967/68, was a member of Tangerine Dream (together with Klaus Schulze and Edgar Froese) and Kluster (with Dieter Moebius and Hans-Joachim Roedelius) and also released countless solo albums.

While "Contempora" is a sort of collection of sketches, reflecting Schnitzler's inexhaustible creative powers in condensed form, "Conrad & Sohn" is a unique "collaboration" of father and son, Gregor. One half features music by Conrad, the other by Gregor. Two mini albums on one disc, so to speak. Father and son offer up drastically opposing musical concepts to our ears. Or, as Boomkat.com puts it: "This is one of the best, maddest records you will ever hear."

Both reissues are available on CD (Digipak), vinyl (180g) and for download.

Read more about CONTEMPORA here: English / Deutsch
Read more about CONRAD & SOHN here: English / Deutsch

APRIL 2013

FREE STREAM!

CAMERA: "Skylla" taken from the limited Record Store Day 12"

Exclusive vinyl for the
Record Store Day, April 20

Visiting your local record dealer on April 20th will be worth it: Bureau B releases FOUR exclusive 12 inch vinyls, outtakes, new stuff, remixes and more. Available at good record stores worldwide and via our shop. Here are the details:


12" two track vinyl
• QLUSTER: "Am Horizont" (11:22) – exclusively recorded for our RSD vinyl!
• SCHNEIDER TM: "Bimanual Complexity (Gebrüder Teichmann/Festplatten Remix)" (9:18) – exclusive RSD remix

12" three track vinyl
• COLE/ROEDELIUS: "NNNNeonLLLLights" (5:28) – outtake from "Selected Studies Vol. 1"
• ROEDELIUS SCHNEIDER: "Well Sustained" (5:25), "Schlummer" (3:08) – outtakes from the recordings to their upcoming album "TIDEN"

12" three track vinyl
• MOEBIUS/TIETCHENS: "Tiefland" (4:28) – outtake from their self titled album
• JUNIOR ELECTRONICS: "Mr. Mercator" (3:40) – brand new song
• MOEBIUS/TIETCHENS/JUNIOR ELECTRONICS: "Herrlichkeit (Ken Charlton)" (2:47) – Joe Watson (= Junior Electronics) reworked the Moebius/Tietchens track by adding vocal overdubs

12" four track EP
CAMERA: "Systeme Solaire" – two brand new tracks by the Berlin "Krautrock Guerilla" and two remixes by their labelmates SØLYST (Thomas Klein from Kreidler) and Alvin B Clay (Pyrolator)

Into the heart of darkness ...
Second SØLYST album out now!

The second album by KREIDLER drummer THOMAS KLEIN – alias SØLYST – is a hypnotic journey into the heart of darkness. Foreboding synth patterns, menacing bass lines, driving drum figures, cavernous percussion effects: SØLYST delves into new depths with his "Tribal Kraut Dub". Available on CD (Digipak), vinyl (180g + CD) and for download. Out now! (Scroll down for a free download of the track "Pierbourg")

Read more here: English / Deutsch

"Offene Türen". More electronic
chamber music by Roedelius

Originally released 1982 on Sky Records. Electronical chamber music that impressively renders audible Roedelius' musical transition from the 70s into the 80s. Roedelius delights in playing a selection of synthesizers. He even deploys an analogue rhythm machine now and then to discreet effect. Complex, vibrant, enigmatic, avant-garde, timelessy beautiful. Reissued on CD, LP and as download.

Read more here: English / Deutsch

FREE DOWNLOAD!

SØLYST: "Pierbourg"



taken from the album "LEAD"

New SØLYST video from upcoming album "LEAD"

"Lead" which will be out on April 12th. Find out more about "Lead" on www.bureau-b.com/solyst.php.

"Home-Taping Is Killing Music"
Early sampling experiments by Pyrolator/Klosowski (1985) out now

"Home-Taping is Killing Music" is the first and only LP by Pyrolator (Ata Tak label operative and member of Der Plan, DAF, Fehlfarben) and tape loop tinkerer Arnd Kai Klosowski. The result: whimsical, raw sound experiments from the early days of sampling technology. Originally released 1985 on Ata Tak. Available on CD (Digipak), vinyl (180g) and for download. Out now!

Read more here: English / Deutsch

MARCH 2013

OFF THE RECORD. The new album by Karl Bartos. Out now!

"The Kraftwerk record Kraftwerk, it seems, are unable to make" (Financial Times). "Karl Bartos has recorded the best Kraftwerk album for more than 25 years" (DIE ZEIT). Actually that says it all. But what is it all about? Here's the story: during Kraftwerk's heyday Karl Bartos wrote – off the record – a secret acoustic diary. Based on his musical jottings – rhythms, riffs, hooks, sounds, chords and melodies – this is what he has come up with today: twelve brand new, exciting, timeless songs.

Available on CD (Digipak), vinyl (180g) and for download. Out now! (UK 18th, USA 19th)

Read more here: English / Deutsch

Karl Bartos "Off The Record" Art Print

Personally hand signed and numbered by Karl Bartos.

High-quality art print of the "Off The Record" album cover.

Exclusive limited edition of 100 (you can choose your number out of the remaining numbers).

Printed on classic Lakepaper 350 gram super smooth paper.

Format: 597 mm x 420 mm

Only available @ Bureau B Store

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