JUNE 2017

New album by DER PLAN!
Back after 25 years! #So great!

You read it correctly: Moritz R®, Kurt Dahlke (a.k.a. Pyrolator) and Frank Fenstermacher recorded a new album—after 25 years. DER PLAN was one of the—and perhaps the most—powerful German bands during the time of musical departure at the beginning of the 1980s. An external occasion provided the spark for the idea of a comeback: As the birthday band at Andreas Dorau's 50th two years ago, the band discovered that they could still have fun playing music together. So they collected sketches, fragments and ideas that had accumulated over the years and produced "Unkapitulierbar" ("Uncapitulable") at Pyrolator's Ata Tak Studio Berlin. Out now.

Read more here: English / German

Quirky loops — strange music:
Moebius' "Kram" & "Ding" reissued

Dieter Moebius — one half of the legendary duo Cluster and the godfather of electronic krautrock — passed away in the summer of 2015. Bureau B are reissuing his final four solo albums. Following on from "Blotch" and "Nurton" (2016) "Kram" and "Ding" now complete the quartet. These two albums will be availabe on vinyl for the very first time. Liner notes were penned by Moebius' friend, the U.S. composer, producer and musician Tim Story.
In "Kram" synthetic, toy-like sounds skitter across the soundstage, colliding with those unlikely rhythms, and modulating in real time with Moebi's unmistakable hand on the controls. It is arguably Moebius' most cheerful and mischievous album. 2011's "Ding" might be considered Moebi's industrial album. It is music you might conceivably dance to, if your legs aren't quite the same length.
Both albums are out now on CD/LP/DL.

Read more about "Ding": English / German

Read more about "Kram": English / German

"Lass die Katze stehn" – first video
of the new DER PLAN album online

Brandnew fantastic video by the marvellous DER PLAN – handmade and with that special PLAN touch! Click on the picture above and enjoy.

MAY 2017

Cluster live recordings "Konzerte 1972/1977" out now!

The two authorized recordings presented here vividly conjure up the atmosphere, perhaps even the magic, of a Cluster performance back in the day. One took place in 1977 during a science fiction festival in Metz (France). The other dates back to an earlier show in Hamburg's Fabrik venue. The sound quality of these two documents is average. A successful performance was considered more important than a perfect recording thereof. We as listeners should accept that today. Our reward is a short journey into the nascent heart of Cluster's creative universe, just after the big bang. Out now on DL/stream, CD and LP.

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New faUSt album "Fresh Air" out now

faUSt has recorded a new album. It is entitled "Fresh Air" and differs in several respects from its predecessor "Just Us". For the new album, Péron and Diermaier were looking for communication with musician friends and the audience. The tracks were recorded in changing ensembles at changing locations in the USA (during a 28-day tour in March/April 2016). In these community recordings, with friendly support from Péron's database of field recordings, a strongly shaded noise music emerged which extends its feelers to the remotest corners of the here and now. "Fresh Air" is out now on DL/stream, CD, LP and ltd Deluxe LP.

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Jurriaan Andriessen: reissue of
"The Awakening Dream" out now

Jurriaan Andriessen (1925–1996) was a Dutch composer. Although he was actually at home in classical music, he recorded three synthesizer albums in the late 1970s, the first of which, "The Awakening Dream" (1977), is an outstanding excursion into experimental ambient and minimal music. Andriessen himself, 52 years of age at the time, called it a "a trance symphony". The music is less in the tradition of his peers such as Boulez or Stockhausen and more in tune with the electronic sounds of the likes of Cluster, early Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream, in places echoing Conrad Schnitzler. CD/LP/DL out now!

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APRIL 2017

New KREIDLER album
"European Song" out now

It was originally intended to be an entirely different album. KREIDLER had already completed a new LP just prior to recording "European Song". In their 23 years of existence, KREIDLER have often made music that might be described as "dystopian". And here we are today, faced with the much greater likelihood of all those nightmare scenarios becoming excruciatingly real. Suddenly KREIDLER'S previously intended new album felt wrong for this universe. The decision was made to make a NEW new record. Right away. And here it is. Available on vinyl and CD, downloadable and streamable.

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MARCH 2017

Conrad Schnitzler & Pole:
"Con-Struct" out now!

After Pyrolator and Schneider TM it is now Pole who con-structed the third part of our Conrad Schnitzler series. Contrary to the original "Con-Struct" concept, it was his idea to do it half and half:

"50 percent sounds from Conrad and 50 percent from me. The collaboration went according to the following rules: I myself use four things – a modified old rhythm machine, two old synthesizers, and my modular system. From Schnitzler come four complex sounds, which are always run through a modular system. Coincidence should play an important role. Then i send everything through my mixer – for dubbing. It worked almost automatically. His sounds led and i joined in. It felt a little bit like we could understand each other. The two of us. I would have liked to have met him." DL/CD/LP out now.

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Conrad Schnitzler & Pole "Con-Struct": new video online!

Material is taken from Conrad Schnitzler films "Zwölf Jahre Kur für Michelangelo", "Uper" and "Alptraumstrassen und Alpträume". 3 layers rhythmically intertwined and overlapped. Video created and edited by Pyrolator. Pole's "Con-Struct" will be out on March 24th.

KREIDLER on tour with new album "European Song"!

On April 7th we're releasing the new Kreidler album "European Song". Available on CD, LP, ltd golden LP and DL. Preorder is now available in our online shop.

Kreidler will be on tour with "European Song":
May 17, 2017 Leipzig (DE) – Conne Island
May 18, 2017 Berlin (DE) – Kantine am Berghain
Jun 1, 2017 Köln (DE) – Kulturkirche Köln
Jun 2, 2017 Schorndorf (DE) – Manufaktur Schorndorf
Jun 3, 2017 Offenbach (DE) – Hafen 2
Jun 6, 2017 Bielefeld (DE) – Geschwätz @ Kunsthalle Bielefeld
Jun 9, 2017 Belgrad (RS) – Drugstore Beograd
Jun 10, 2017 Skopje (MK) – Zdravo Mladi Festival
Oct 5, 2017 Hamburg (DE) – Hafenklang

FEBRUARY 2017

ULAN BATOR "Stereolith" out now!

In today's increasingly barren rock and roll landscape, Ulan Bator stand as beacons of explorative songwriting. Formed in Paris in 1993 by Amaury Cambuzat (vocals, guitar and keyboards) and Olivier Manchion (Bass), the band's atmospheric approach to composition has consistently yielded guitar-driven avant-rock at once hypnotic and untamed. And while their sound has developed in a variety of directions – often in relationship to changing line-ups and various collaborations, including with krautrock legends Faust and Swans' Michael Gira – Ulan Bator's resist simple categorization: kraut-y repetition, post-rock guitar flourishes, kosmische synth work, intimate whispering and pounding drums have all taken an audible lead throughout their now twenty-year career. "Stereolith" is the first Ulan Bator release on Bureau B and is out now. Digital/CD/LP/ltd LP.

Read more here: English / German.

New ULAN BATOR video online!

Here's a new track from the upcoming Ulan Bator album "Stereolith". Song is called "NeuNeu" and here's a short statement from the band:

"We are very happy to show you our new video, taken from our upcoming album Stereolith that will be released on Friday the 24th of February 2017 on label bureau b. NeuNeu is a wink to the Düsseldorf legendary band: Neu! but and above all, neuneu in French means: foolish or even simpleton. Going crazy, going simpleton, that's the basic meaning of this song.

This video has a deeper sense as we also wanted to show how our character could reach the freedom by returning to his origins. Lastly, I can swear you that we had a lot of fun shooting this video directed by Julien Perrin. I'm still asking myself how Maurizio the character actor made it! It was so cold in the forest that day...

To be seen from the beginning till the end. Enjoy!"

Two compilations with 1980's electronic cassette music. Out now.

"Sammlung – Elektronische Kassettenmusik Düsseldorf 1982-1989", compiled by Stefan Schneider (Kreidler, to rococo rot, Roedelius Schneider), is a collection of electronic productions that were created around cassette labels like Klar! 80 and record shops like Heartbeat and Pure Freude in Düsseldorf: includes tracks from artists like Konrad Kraft, Deux Baleines Blanches, Le Petit Mort and more... CD and LP are including linernotes by Oliver Tepel. MC version is limited to 100 copies. Out now on MC/CD/LP/DL.

"Magnetband – Experimenteller Elektronik-Underground DDR 1984–1989" focuses on East Germany. Inspired by Punk and Post Punk, with plenty of time and free of economic restraints (or rather possibilities), the protagonists – musicians, painters, poets, filmmakers, performers (often all at once) – often experimented with no regard to the final product. Back in 2006 Bert Papenfuß, Ronald Lippok, Bernd Jestram and Bo Kondren, compiled two companion CDs accompanying the long sold-out Zonic special edition book "Spannung. Leistung. Widerstand. Magnetbanduntergrund DDR 1979-1990" of which the more experimental-electronic pieces were chosen for our compilation. 14 tracks from artists like A. F. Moebius, Ornament & Verbrechen und Der Demokratische Konsum. CD and LP include linernotes by Alexander Pehlemann. MC is limited to 100 copies. Out now on MC/CD/LP/DL.

Read more about "Sammlung": English / Germany

Read more about "Magnetband": English / Germany

Schnitzler "Filmmusik 2" out now!

In the year 1975 Conrad Schnitzler recorded various pieces of music to accompany films which had yet to be made. Fittingly, he labelled this collection of songs "Filmmusik". The music is extraordinarily accessible for Schnitzler: hypnotic bass lines, stoic drum rhythms, dark drones, crystalline shards of melody. "Filmmusik 2" features five tracks from the 1975 recordings plus one 23 minute track called "Lichtpunkte und schwarze Zeichen", recorded in 1978 for Schnitzler's film project of the same name. Out on CD/LP/digital.

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JANUARY 2017

New Richard Pinhas album "Reverse" out now!

Richard Pinhas recorded seven influential albums as the leader of French space-rock pioneers Heldon in the 70s. He also released five solo records before his six-year break from music in 1982. Since returning to the form in the 90s he has been prolific, collaborating with such luminaries as Merzbow, Yoshida Tatsuya, Oren Ambarchi, Barry Cleveland, and Wolf Eyes. "Reverse" is his first album on Bureau B and it's out now on CD/vinyl/digital

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New soundtrack for "Metropolis"
by Dieter Moebius. Out now!

In 2012 Dieter Moebius (1944–2015) was invited to perform music to Fritz Lang's legendary silent film "Metropolis". For this purpose he produced pre-arranged tracks and samples to be treated with effects and combined during live improvisation according to the dramaturgical setting of the film. His impressive work reveals its full power and depth in combination with the images from the film. Out now: CD/vinyl/digital.

Read more here: English / German.