Name: 1981 - West-Berlin
Brand: Sprung Aus Den Wolken

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Catalogue number

BB457

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2024-07-05

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Supplier GB

Shellshock

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Standard:20

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4015698341881

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BB457LP

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4015698895032

Black LP

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Sprung Aus Den Wolken

Genre GB

Indie Pop / Shoegaze

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Bureau B

Bureau B is an independent record label, music publisher, and booking agency based in Hamburg, Germany. Founded in 2005 by Gunther Buskies as a sister label to Tapete Records, Bureau B specializes in releasing a diverse range of electronic and avant-garde music. With a focus on reissues and new productions, the label has built an extensive catalogue that includes iconic albums from the Krautrock genre of the 1970s and early 1980s. They also release recordings by influential artists such as Die Wilde Jagd, Kreidler, Toulouse Low Trax, and more.

Known for their commitment to preserving classic electronic music, Bureau B has been rereleasing albums from renowned artists like Cluster, Faust, Moebius, Roedelius, Plank, Schickert Schnitzler Tietchens Tyndall. In addition to these reissues, they also release works by similar artists including Blenner Heldon Pinhas Rev or NDW Plan Pyrolator.

With their impressive catalogue and dedication to promoting innovative music across various genres within the electronic spectrum - from pop to avant-garde - Bureau B continues to be a prominent force in the global music industry. Their contributions have solidified them as an authoritative figure in the world of independent labels.

Newest Listed Items

The Berlin project Sprung Aus Den Wolken was part of the "Geniale Dilletanten" movement in the early 1980s, along with Einstürzende Neubauten and Mechanik Destrüktiw Komandöh. The band first released an EP on ZickZack in 1981, followed by further releases on the band's own record label Faux Pas in 1982 and 1983, then on the French outlet Les Disques Du Soleil Et De L'Acier until 1991. The track Pas Attendre was part of the soundtrack of Wim Wender's movie Der Himmel Über Berlin and thus became an underground hit. Bureau B is thrilled to now re-release the debut EP under the title "1981 West-Berlin" including additional songs from the band's early days, which have been carefully remastered from the original cassettes. «The significance of those early Sprung aus den Wolken recordings is that they were created in a state of grace; consisting of a well balanced mixture of innocence, curiosity, humor, creativity and utter fearlessness. We were not trying to sound like anyone else. In fact we would not have been able to copy most of our already existing material due to our, at best, budding technical know-how. Experimentation and exploration without restraint was the order of the day. Nothing was too unsophisticated or silly. Quite the contrary: we deliberately pushed things in that direction, thereby discovering puns and punch-lines which could be utilized to oppose the lack of irony in the stern and rather conservative approaches of most our contemporaries. We were young and and we were free and in many respects Sprung aus den Wolken could be compared to the mindset of a puppy: forever improvising, joyous and playful, inexhaustibly energetic and untameably adventurous.» — Alexander Hacke, March 2024. «The Cassetten Combinat Studio was a playground - with all facets of possibilities - we played.» — Kiddy Citny, March 2024. Tracklist A1 Dub & Die A2 Komm her sing mit A3 Jeder Tag A4 Soso A5 Gegen den Strom A6 Nichts im Sinn A7 Leidenschaftlich A8 Bevor sie dich töten A9 Schwing B1 Lust-Last-Liebe B2 Schür die Glut B3 Que Pas I B4 Que Pas II B5 Pas Attendre I B6 Pas Attendre II

1981 - West-Berlin

Music GB

Discover 1981 - West-Berlin by Sprung Aus Den Wolken on Bureau B. Vinyl records with exclusive tracks from the early 80s underground scene.