INTRODUCTION TO THE CHRIS GARLAND ARCHIVE: BACKTRAX 1977 - 2008
HISTORY
1977: KRAFTWERK - TRANS EUROPE EXPRESS
1977: PRINCE FAR I - UNDER HEAVY MANNERS
1980: STARSHIP AFRICA - CREATION REBEL
1980: THE SLITS - ‘MAN NEXT DOOR’
1981: HUNGRY SO ANGRY / FURTHER THAN FUNK DREAM - MEDIUM MEDIUM
1982: MINISTRY - COLD LIFE / WORK FOR LOVE + EARLY 80S VIDEO 'THE REAL AL'!
1984/5: U-BAHNX - YOUNG HEARTS OF EUROPE/KISS OF DEATH/HOLD BACK THE TEARS
1987: THE TRASH GROOVE GIRLS
1987: WASCH! HOMO SUPERIOR / HOLY PLACES
1987 - 1988: M.E.L.T. RADIOACTIVITY / SEX O MATIC
1990: I.G.L.U. - JE T’AIME. BLACK OUT RECORDS / FORCE INC - FRANKFURT - ACHIM SZPANSKI
1996
1997: THE DISKOWALKÜREN
1998: SYSTEM DE LA MODE
1999: FEDERAL REPUBLIC
2000: ZONK / ZONKFACTORY
Vocals: Brit Leissler, Ilona Bolz-Garland, Chris Garland
Words: Chris Garland, Brit Leissler
Music: Chris Garland, Brit Leissler, Michael Sonnen
Produced by Chris Garland, Michael Sonnon
From this time on Michael and I worked together solidly and created a whole batch of often quite brilliant and stunning productions. I was far more ‘ELECTRONICA/TECHNO/DANCE MUSIC’ based, while Michael was at the time coming very much from ROCK MUSIC and the kind of HIP HOP that the average young German at that time would have liked. However, he very soon dumped his former trappings and fully embraced ‘Techno’! ZONK was a fantastic experience and created some truly brilliant and inspired tracks and there are a huge amount of ZONK recordings which eventually surfaced as two albums. There are a lot of tracks here to listen to, they should of course be played at MAXIMUM MIND BLOWING VOLUME on headphones, in order to experience the full ‘SONIC ALCHEMY’.
2001: THE VIRTUAL ORCHESTRA
2002: DUFT
2002 - 2003: THE BLUE VOID - ACID POP CANDY
2005: P-KOMMANDO
2006: MINISTRY VIDEO
2006: THE POETS OF NOW
2008: MANIFESTO
So this has been a musical history spread over thirty years, it has I must say been quite journey for me, revisiting both good and not so good memories. I have obviously been selective about what is featured here, some things I would like to have included are not featured as I know longer have the tracks/masters or indeed know where they are. However perhaps other things will turn up and can be included at a later date. Looking back on me, in those days, hmmmm! I'm not sure! Certainly a very different person (one hopes) to the one I am today! And probably more convinced about myself than I should have been! Anyway, I hope this 'history lesson' is interesting and entertaining, it certainly has been for me!