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Die Tödliche Doris was in the early eighties one
of the better known groups, who not 'just' dabbled in music and film,
but also released books and art objects. In the mid-eighties they split
up, leaving a vast amount of work, most of which is now being re-issued
by Vinyl On Demand. This record, just being one of many, shows their
arty and conceptual side towards music. In 1984 Die Tödliche Doris were
invited to record music for a fashion show, for which they recorded
twenty-four different tapes, which were played on defective machines
(of various defects), to which they had a band playing. This band
played regular entertaining bar-music. On this record the result of
what must have been a mayhem. And mayhem it is, distorted sounds,
tape-loops, electro-acoustic sounds and other, undefinable noise,
completed with this totally normal band playing off and on in the
background, and people applauding (the fashion or the music, we
wonder?), make this foremost a most curious record, than a musical
interesting one. The recording (with a stereo microphone in the
audience) doesn't help, I guess.
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