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RECORD COLLECTOR about Monks DVD

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MOJO MAGAZINE about Monks DVD

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WORD MAGAZINE about Monks DVD

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Vergessene Kultband von Dokfilmern wiederbelebt

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Die Beatles sind was fĂĽr GroĂźmĂĽtter, die Rolling Stones gehören ins Museum! Mit dieser Ansage mischten The Monks 1965 den deutschen Musikmarkt auf. FĂĽnf amerikanische GIs verkleidet als Mönche, gecastet von Werbern, sollten den Sound der Zukunft kreieren. Der Plan ging auf - doch die Band scheiterte.  Von Benjamin Maack Die Teenager schauen verunsichert in Richtung BĂĽhne. Eigentlich sind sie hier, um sich zur Musik zu bewegen, um im "Beat Club", der ersten Musiksendung fĂĽr Jugendliche im deutschen Fernsehen, ausgelassene Disco-Atmosphäre fĂĽr die TV-Kameras zu verbreiten. Doch das Quintett, das da am 16. Juli 1966 aufspielt, ist anders als alles, was sie kennen. Wie HĂĽhner auf der Stange stehen die Musiker nebeneinander am BĂĽhnenrand - selbst der Drummer, der bei normalen Bands im Hintergrund sein Instrument bedient. Und der Sänger, der damals in den meisten Musikgruppen der Star war? Steht hier rechts am Rand. So als wäre er kein bisschen bedeutender als die anderen, als w...

WIRE MAGAZINE about Monks DVD, Nov 2010

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Monday, October 4, 2010 Floating di Morel “Said My Say” ( play loud! )   Like a classy Suicide (the band, not the act of desperation) these cats present minimal, chilling music, but wear ties and sweep the warehouse before inviting you over for a bizarre ultra-underground concert.
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Monday, October 4, 2010 Doc Schoko “schlecht dran/gut drauf” ( Play Loud !) Opening with a killer psychobilly number, made more psycho but the guttural, Teutonic blurtings (Germany, your language sounds harsh and ominous to us no matter what you are saying….sorry!) this becomes one of the most diverse, all over the board rock  ‘n’ roll albums I’ve heard in a while, with punk, cowboy music, lo fi psychedelia, spoken  word soundscape stuff and more!  And despite not knowing German, I’m pretty sure the phrase “Oktopus Im Pentagramm” is fucked up! http://roctoberreviews.blogspot.com/2010/10/doc-schoko-schlecht-drangut-drauf.html

ROCTOBER reviews MONKS documentary & tribute album

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"The incredible research, intelligent interviews, and excellent editing make this film a must see." (Jake Austen about "The Transatlantic Feedback") "This is one of the best tribute albums I have ever heard."  (Jake Austen about "Silver Monk Time" Double Tribute CD) Tuesday, October 5, 2010 Monks – the transatlantic feedback a film by dietmar post & lucia palacios DVD, Silver Monk Time - a tribute to the monks CD ( Play Loud! ) Despite a British Beatles boost, garage rock is thoroughly American…in fact garages themselves are pretty damn American; politicians don’t promise chickens in every pot and cars in every driveway, because they knew Americans wanted to have to move their automobile so their teenage sons can practice “Louie Louie.”  Thus it’s no surprise that when Americans heard the mind-blowing proto-punk music made by the mid-60s, German-based American ex-soldiers the monks it immediately registered on this side of the...

HAMBURGER MORGENPOST ĂĽber DVD Klangbad/Faust

HAMBURGER MORGENPOST 08/2010 DVD-Tipp„Avant-Garde In The Meadows “Der studierte Theater-, Film- und Fernsehwissenschaftler Dietmar Post erlangte groĂźe Aufmerksamkeit, als der in Berlin lebende Regisseur 2008 den Adolf-Grimme-Preis erhielt. Lohn fĂĽr eine der besten je gedrehten Musikdokumentationen namens „The Transatlantic Feedback“ ĂĽber die Sixties-Beat-Legende Monks, einer wilden Band in Mönchskutten.  „Avant-Garde In The Meadows“ (Play Loud!) ist komplett anders konzipiert. Thema ist das Festival “Klangbad” in Scheer, einem verschlafenen Städtchen an der Donau. Jedes Jahr treffen sich dort Bands aus den Genres Experimental, Elektro oder Avantgarde. Nach Auftritten von Alec Empire, Embryo oder Mouse On Mars waren es 2005 Faust, Kammerflimmer Kollektief oder die KĂĽnstlerin Jutta Koether. Dietmar Post gibt ihnen viel Zeit, seine Kamera beobachtet mehr, als das Spektakel zu suchen. Auch die Bilder aus dem Publikum, die Interviews sind intim. Als Bonusmaterial gibt es noch einen lä...

Review in CLASSIC PROG MAGAZINE (October 2010)

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SoundsXP reviews Faust single

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Faust  So Far/It’s a Bit of a Pain  Play Loud 7” Article written by  Kev O  - Sep 21, 2010 Faust’s 1972 single (their one and only) gets a re-issue, and a re-mix (by Hans Joachim Irmler, founder and current member), to coincide with the release of the Klangbad festival DVD (see separate feature). ‘So Far’ is an instrumental: a simple rhythm chugs along, a sax stabs away, guitars and synth wail in and out. It’s a mesmerising drone, that doesn’t sit still and never fails to please. ‘It’s a Bit of a Pain’ (said to be John Peel’s favourite Faust track) is another side of Faust: a gentle acoustic, piano-led ballad/song against which a noise momentarily intercedes and a piano tinkles and a fuzzy guitar trails away to the end. Both are sublime. Although nearly 40 years old these could be seen as historical [‘Krautrock’] curiosities and ones for the collection , but they sound fresh and modern even by today’s standards and a reminder as to how insipid much of today’s ...

SoundsXP.com REVIEWS KLANGBAD/FAUST DVD

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Faust DVD twin film special: A Faustian pack Klangbad: Avant-Garde in the Meadows/ Faust: Live at Klangbad Festival  Play Loud! Article written by  Kev O  - Sep 22, 2010 This is two films on one DVD documenting performances at the second Klangbad festival, held outside the quiet German village of Scheer (where the Klangbad label is based) in 2005. The first film ' Klangbad: avant-garde in the meadows ' is 85 minutes of performances from nine artists - I use the terms 'performances' and 'artists' advisedly - including the legendary Faust. The second film ' Faust: live at Klangbad festival ' is 70 minutes of the Faust set from the same festival. The connection between the two films is one Hans Joachim Irmler, founder and current member of Faust, who runs the Klangbad record label and curates the festival. He invited the film-makers (a crew of three) to film the event: their approach was to be simple and direct, economic and non-tricksy, in the manner ...