“Adam Gauges The Apple” (2001) By Airplanes Are Better

“Der Adler” (1991) by Udo Kier from My Own Private Idaho

Udo Kier is a German actor with a prolific number of films under his belt, particularly those dealing with vampires. Although he gravitates towards horror films, he also appears in other genres.

My Own Private Idaho is a film by Gus Van Sant. Taking inspiration from Shakespeare, it stars River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves.

“Map Ref 43 Degrees North 110 Degrees W” (1979) by Wire (1976-1980; 1985-1992; 1999-present)

“Wir bauen eine neus Stadt” (1981) by Palais Schaumberg (1980-1984)

This song is from their second album Palais Schaumberg, which was released in 1981. Palais Schaumburg was an early 80’s Neue Deutche Welle (German New Wave) band from Hamburg, Germany. The band was co-founded in 1980 by Holger Hiller and Thomas Fehlmann, who met each other at the HFBK.

Listen to more here.

Further Reading:

Art-Magazin interview of Hoger Hiller in German (2013)

Article in Electronic Beats

A Guide to Neue Deutche Welle

“Commes C'Était la Derniere Fois” by The Young Gods (1982-present)

Swiss industrial/post-punk band that influenced many greats such as David Bowie, Ministry, and Nine Inch Nails. Their band name comes from The Swans album titled Young God.

“La Fille De La Mort” live at Islington Academy on 12/15/2013

Further Reading:

Interview in Sound on Sound (1995)

Interview on Premonition Magazine (2004)

Interview with Franz Treichler on Chaos Conrol Digizine (2007)

Interview with Franz Treichler on Uber Röck (2010)

Interview with Franz Treichler on Redbull Music Academy (2015)

“Summertime” (2009) by Dead Prez (1996-present) & DJ Green Lantern

“Eighties” (1985) by Killing Joke (1978-1996; 2002-present)

Nirvana definitely listened to these guys:

“Come As You Are” (1991) by Nirvana (1987-1994)

“Songs for Swinging Larvae” (1981) by Renaldo and the Loaf (1975-1988; 2006-present)

Pretty uncategorizable and weird….this is a short film compromised of bits and pieces from the album of the same name.

Further Reading:

Renaldo and the Loaf Official Site

Article on The Weirdest Band in the World

“Experience” (1996) by Bisk

Hailing from Japan, this electronic project’s brainchild is Naohiro Fujikawa. You can download his latest album Twisted for free.

“Colour Green” (full album) (2006) by Sibylle Baier

When I want something peaceful to listen to, Baier is one of the first artists I generally turn to. She is originally from Germany, but currently resides in Massachusetts. These songs had quite a delay between the time they were recorded (1970-1973) and when they were actually released ten years ago.

Perhaps the simplistic beauty of the album comes from the fact that she wasn’t writing these songs to share with the world but rather just to fulfill her own desires. Modesty can breed grandeur. If it weren’t for her son Robby’s eagerness to share her music, the world may never have gotten a taste of this masterpiece. Robby gifted a copy to Dinosaur Jr’s J. Mascis, who in turn passed it onto the label Orange Twin.

You can purchase the album here.

Baier is currently working on her second album. At least she was in 2008… Listen to one of the new songs at her official site (scroll all the way down).

Dog Faced Hermans (1986-1995) live at Le Cafe Shakes in Lincoln, NE (1994)