THROW OUT RITE
(1983) cass
graphics fm - polar.sss
photo - francesco cosi
produced by панков @ sss studio
players:
fm - music, synthesizers and re301
massimo michelotti: music and synthesizers
alex spalck: music, lyrics and vocals
side a: side b:
1- das wodkalied 1- z.z.walhalla
2- rendez-vous dans un bois 2- destiny
3- wait and search 3- i'm food for you
панков EP
(1984) 12" ep
graphics by fm - polar.sss
artwork on polarized and modified plastics by mario massa
produced by панков and fabrizio federighi
@ sss and kindergarten studio florence
players:
fm - music, synthesizers and re301
massimo michelotti: music, synthesizers
alex spalck: music, lyrics and vocals
a1 - god's deneuve
a2 - cross in my heart
b1 - das wodkachaos
b2 - english waitresses
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FREIHEIT FUER DIE SKLAVEN
(1987) lp / cd / cass
artwork by fm _ polar.sss
painting _ h.r.giger
performed by панков @ sss studio and transeuropa torino,
mixed and produced by adrian sherwood at studio unknown (empoli)
01 - gimme more in dub
02 - gimme more <much more>
03 - girls and boys
04 - she's gotta be mine
05 - in heaven <everything is fine>
06 - nice bottom <schoener arsch>
07 - sickness takin'over
08 - touch <i'm your bastard>
09 - freiheit fuer die sklaven
10 - nice bottom <nice dub>
11 - gimme more <much more> cd bonus
12 - girls and boys <hard dub> cd bonus
13 - touch <i'm your bastard2> cd bonus
players:
fm: music, sampling and re301
alex spalck: music, lyrics and vocals
paolo favati: music and live sound engineering
alessandro gimignani: drums
sebi koch: varispeed
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GIMME MORE <MUCH MORE> (1987)
double side a 7"
graphics by fm - polar.sss
players:
fm: music, sampling and re301
alex spalck: lyrics and vocals
paolo favati: live sound engineering
alessandro gimignani: live electro-drumming
performed by панков @ sss and transeuropa torino,
mixed and produced by adrian sherwood at studio unknown (empoli)
TOUCH <I'M YOUR BASTARD> (1987)
double side a 7"
graphics by fm - polar.sss
players:
fm: music, sampling and re301
alex spalck: lyrics and vocals
paolo favati: live sound engineering
alessandro gimignani: live electro-drumming
performed by панков @ sss and transeuropa torino,
mixed and produced by adrian sherwood at studio unknown (empoli)
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SEX MINS OF THUMPING PUMPING DUBBING VERSION OF TOUCH...
(1988) 12"
graphics by fm - polar.sss
picture by fm (parco dei mostri di bomarzo)
performed by панков @ sss and transeuropa torino,
mixed and produced by adrian sherwood at studio unknown (empoli)
players:
fm: music, sampling, re301
alex spalck: music, lyrics and vocals
paolo favati: live sound engineering
alessandro gimignani: live electro-drumming
sebi koch: varispeed
a - touch <thumping pumping dubbing version>
aa - sickness <sick version>
- revolution
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PANKOW PLAY THE HITS OF THE NINETIES
(1988) 12"
graphics by fm - polar.sss
performed by панков @ sss and transeuropa torino,
mixed and produced by adrian sherwood at studio unknown (empoli)
players:
fm: music, sampling, re301
alex spalck: music, lyrics and vocals
paolo favati: music and live sound engineering
alessandro gimignani: live electro-drumming
sebi koch: varispeed
italian version:
a - girls and boys (hard dub)
aa - gimme more <much more>
german version:
a - sickness taking over
b - girls and boys (hard dub)
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KUNST UND WAHNSINN
(1988) 12" / cd
artwork by fm - polar.sss
picture by fm (oslo - frognerparken)
performed by панков @ sss and transeuropa torino,
mixed and produced by adrian sherwood at southern studios (london)
edited by fm @ sss (firenze)
players:
fm: music, sampling, re301
alex spalck: music, lyrics and vocals
paolo favati: live sound engineering
alessandro gimignani: live electro-drumming
sebi koch: varispeed
side one - kunst und wahnsinn
side two - art and madness
cd version:
1- kunst und wahnsinn
2- art and madness
3- wet
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GISELA
(1989) lp / lp ltd / cd / cass
artwork by fm - polar.sss
painting by gottfried helnwein
04/08/09 mixed and produced by adrian sherwood at studio unknown (empoli)
01/02/06/07 mixed and produced by rico conning at studio unknown (empoli)
03/10/11 mixed and produced by панков at blue velvet (firenze)
01 - i'm lost, little girl
02 - warm leatherette
03 - die beine von dolores
04 - let me be stalin
05 - pankow's rotkäppchen
06 - me & my ding dong
07 - happy as the horses shite
08 - deutsches bier
09 - madness (danke gisela)
10 - follow me in suicide
11 - warm leatherette - cd bonus
players:
fm: music, sampling, re301
alex spalck: music, lyrics and vocals
paolo favati: bass guitar and sound engineering
alessandro gimignani: live and studio drumming
sebi koch: varispeed
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FREEDOM FOR THE SLAVES
(1989) lp / cd / cass
artwork by fm @ polar.sss
painting by carlo isola
01/06 mixed and produced by adrian sherwood at southern studio (london)
02/03 mixed and produced by adrian sherwood at studio unknown (empoli)
04/05 mixed and produced by панков at blue velvet (firenze)
01 - art & madness
02 - gimme more (much more)
03 - wet
04 - warm leatherette
05 - texas & paraguay
06 - kunst und wahnsinn
players:
fm: music, sampling, re301
alex spalck: music, lyrics and vocals
paolo favati: music, and live sound engineering
alessandro gimignani: drums
sebi koch: varispeed
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OMNE ANIMAL TRISTE POST COITUM
(1990) lp / cd / cass
artwork by fm @ polar.sss
painting by gottfried helnwein
performed by панков in usa, brd and ddr
live mixing by paolo favati
edited by fm at sss (firenze)
01 - Warm Leatherette_The Edge, Palo Alto CA
02 - Nice Bottom _Helter Skelter, Los Angeles CA
03 - Deutsches Bier_Unit, Hamburg BRD
04 - Happy As The Horses Shite_University Union Sound, Pomona CA
05 - Me & My Ding-Dong_Respectable St.Cafe, West Palm Beach FL
06 - David In The Heater_Masquerade, Atlanta GA
07 - I'm Lost, Little Girl_Masquerade, Atlanta GA
08 - Let Me Be Stalin_JKH, Rostock DDR
09 - Wodka!_The Shadow, Kansas City MO
10 - Der Mussolini_The Shadow, Kansas City MO
11 - In Heaven_Unit, Hamburg BRD - cd bonus
12 - Omne Animal Triste Post Coitum_Factory, Kasse BRD - cd bonus
12 - Let's go Crazy_1st Avenue, Minneapolis MN - cd bonus
players:
fm: music, sampling, re301
alex spalck: music, lyrics and vocals
paolo favati: live sound engineering
alessandro gimignani: live electro-drumming
sebi koch: varispeed
guests:
tobias, markus, kai, johann and horst (die erde) and davide ragonesi
lower left alex spalck
upper left fm
upper right alex gimignani
lower right nardo lunardi
lower center paolo favati
photo bt fritz brinckmann
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ME AND MY DING DONG
(1990) 12" / cds
artwork by fm @ polar.sss
painting by gottfried helnwein
performed by панков at studio unknown (empoli)
mixed and produced by rico conning at studio unknown (empoli)
players:
fm: music, sampling, re301
alex spalck: music, lyrics and vocals
paolo favati: live sound engineering
alessandro gimignani: live electro-drumming
sebi koch: varispeed
guests: alessandra micheli and paola faggioli
peach side - me and my ding dong
black side - germany is burning
cd version:
1- me and my ding dong
2- germany is burning
3- happy as the horses shite (instrumental)
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REMEMBERME
(1990) 12" / cds
artwork by fm @ polar sss
photo by stefania talini
performed by панков at studio emme (firenze)
01/03/04 mixed and produced by goh hotoda at soundtrack studio (new york)
02/05 mixed and produced by панков at planet sound (firenze)
players:
fm: music, sampling, re301
alex spalck: music, lyrics and vocals
paolo favati: live sound engineering
alessandro gimignani: live electro-drumming
sebi koch: varispeed
01 - remember me (extended remix)
02 - heads will roll
03 - remember me (immortal version)
04 - remember me (immoral version)
05 - untitled - cd bonus
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SVOBODY!
(1991) lp / cd
artwork by fm @ polar.sss
photo by fm (bell tower at castel san niccolò)
performed by панков
produced and mixed by various
players:
fm: music, sampling, re301, alex spalck: music, lyrics and vocals
paolo favati: music, bass guitar and sound engineering,
alessandro gimignani: drums, sebi koch: varispeed
guests: davide ragonesi on 07 and sandro neri on 04
01 - nice bottom / schöner arsch (justified remix) - remixed by pankow
02 - kunst und wahnsinn (the 3rd remix) - remixed by pankow
03 - remember me (7" edit) - mixed by goh hotoda
04 - gimme more (much more) (o.4.$.remix) - remixed by pankow
05 - love is the biggest pig - produced and mixed by pankow
06 - she's gotta be mine (1991 remix) - remixed by pankow
07 - no fun (in droppin' bombs on berlin or bagdad) - produced and mixed by pankow
08 - sickness takin' over (erased version) - remixed by pankow
09 - germany is burning (verbombte version) - mixed by rico conning
10 - she's lowtta be mine - produced and mixed by pankow
11 - sickness takin' over - remixed by joseph watt - cd bonus
12 - remember me - remixed by joseph watt - cd bonus
13 - me and my ding dong - remixed by joseph watt - cd bonus
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WALPURGISNACHT
(1991) singlesided-etched 12" / cd
artwork by fm @ polar sss
photo by g. c. snaidero
performed by панков at blue velvet (firenze)
mixed and produced by панков at blue velvet (firenze)
players:
fm: music, sampling, re301
alex spalck: music, lyrics and vocals
paolo favati: sound engineering
alessandro gimignani: live electro-drumming
sebi koch: varispeed
walpurgisnacht 16:31
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REMEMBERME
(1992) 12 / cds
artwork by fm @ polar sss
photo by franze bellini
performed by панков at blue velvet (firenze)
except 02 re-programmed & remixed at sel i/s/c, frankfurt/main, germany
players:
fm: music, sampling, re301
alex spalck: music, lyrics and vocals
paolo favati: sampling and live mixing
alessandro gimignani: drums
sebi koch: varispeed
guest:
davide ragonesi
01 - stupidity (remix)
02 - remembermeremix re-programmed and remixed by lassigue bendthaus
03 - (do the) rotkäppchen
04 - stupidity (idiot men)
05 - rotkäppchen (a filler) cd bonus
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TREUE HUNDE
(1992) lp / cd / cd ltd
artwork by russell haswell and jon wozencroft
photos by russell haswell
performed by панков at blue velvet (firenze)
mixing and additional production by paul kendall at unit3 (london)
edited by russell haswell at worldwide studios (london)
01 - liebe ulrike
02 - my baby can...
03 - florence is dead
04 - young black rebels
05 - i don't want to be nice
06 - you'll never walk alone
07 - treuhund
08 - stupidity
09 - save my life
10 - last song
11 - save your life - cd bonus
12 - liebe ulrike (horstierte version) - cd bonus
players:
fm: music, sampling, re301
alex spalck: music, lyrics and vocals
paolo favati: bass guitar and sound engineering
alessandro gimignani: live electro-drumming
sebi koch: varispeed
guests:
horst petersen, elena margarolo, gordon sharp and davide ragonesi
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MY BABY CAN...
(1992) 12" / cd
artwork by russell haswell and jon wozencroft
photos by russell haswell
performed by панков at blue velvet (firenze)
mixing and additional production by paul kendall at unit3 (london)
edited by russell haswell at worldwide studios (london)
01 - My Baby Can... (Swingalong)
02 - Treuhund (Version An Der Leine)
03 - Save My Life (Resonance Mix #2)
04 - ... - cd bonus
players:
fm: music, sampling, re301
alex spalck: music, lyrics and vocals
paolo favati: bass guitar and sound engineering
alessandro gimignani: live electro-drumming
sebi koch: varispeed
guest:
davide ragonesi
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PANKOW
(1996) cd
artwork by fm@sss
performed by панков at sss@lnp (piombino) and blue velvet (firenze)
produced and mixed by панков at blue velvet (firenze)
01 - adrenalina
02 - brucia europa brucia
03 - fronte retro
04 - e-missione
05 - nuova energia
06 - in ostaggio
07 - mai piu idoli
08 - dopo heidegger
09 - grande madre h
10 - eterno presente
11 - totalità
12 - oltre
players:
fm: music, sampling, re301
enzo regi: music and sampling
paolo favati: music and engineering
alessandro gimignani: live electro-drumming
guest:
gianluca becuzzi: music lyrics and vocals
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BRENNE EUROPA BRENNE
(1997) 12"
artwork by fm@sss
performed by панков at sss@lnp (piombino) and blue velvet (firenze)
produced by панков
a1 remixed by djsickhardcore, a2 remixed by kowp at blue velvet (firenze)
b2 remixed somewhere in pisa by roli mosimann
a1 - brenne europa brenne
b1 - grande madre h
b2 - fallo
players:
fm: music, sampling, re301
enzo regi: music and samples
paolo favati: sound engineering
alessandro gimignani: live electro-drumming
guest:
glb: music lyrics and vocals
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WODKA ERDBEEREN UND WEITERE KATASTROPHEN
(1997) cd
artwork by fm@sss, photo by walter zorzi
edited by sebastian koch and fm
01 - wait & search
02 - das wodkachaos
03 - english waitresses
04 - god's deneuve
05 - strawberry sperm
06 - pickel
07 - an den himmel
08 - kyrie
09 - have a nice day
10 - love is the biggest pig
11 - freiheit
12 - stalin
13 - i don't want to be nice #1
14 - trumpet
15 - eine minute zerstörung
16 - wellend
17 - love is an animal
18 - lili marleen
1 taken from "throw out rite" - 1983,
2, 3 and 4 taken from the 12" "pankow", 1984,
5, 6, 7, 9 and 17 unreleased tracks - 1985,
8, 14, 15 and 16 unreleased tracks - 1982,
11 and 13 unreleased tracks - 1986,
12 unreleased track - 1988,
10 taken from svobody! - 1991,
18 unreleased - recorded in 1992.
players:
fm: music, synthesizers, sampling, re301
alex spalck, music, lyrics and vocals
massimo michelotti, music and synthesizers
sebastian koch: varispeed
paolo favati: music and bass guitar on 18
alessandro gimignani: drums on 18
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LIFE IS OFFENSIVE AND REFUSES TO APOLOGISE
(2003) cd
artwork by fm@sss
drawings by michael leunig
performed mixed and produced by панков at sodo bedroom (firenze)
01 - i can feel it
02 - kinderspiel
03 - don't
04 - wäre ich doch ein dichter
05 - ich bin (k) ein patriot
06 - life is offensive
07 - i never thought of the consequences
08 - das gewicht der welt
09 - take it lika a man
10 - escape from beige land
11 - tim the turtle
12 - flamboyant
13 - shutdown
14 - the desperate sons from albury-wodonga
players:
fm: music, synthesizers, sampling, re301
alex spalck: music, lyrics and vocals
enzo regi: music and samples
alessandro cellai: music, synthesizers and engineering
guest:
alessio niccolai on 14
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FUCKART (A SYMPHONY FOR WANKERS)
(2004) cd
artwork by fm@sss
drawings by michael leunig, photos by pankow
performed mixed and slept by панков at sodo bedroom (firenze)
live video at "modulor" - recanati, september 2003 by isa panero
01 - fuckart (a symphony for wankers)
videotrack - das gewicht der welt - live at "modulor" - recanati (italy) september 2003
players:
fm: i was sleeping
alex spalck: music, lyrics and vocals
alessandro cellai: music, synthesizers and sound engineering
enzo regi: i was not there
guests:
isabella panero: live "das gewicht der welt" video
paolo favati: live performing on das gewicht der welt
2
3
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I NEVER THOUGHT OF THE CONSEQUENCES
(2004) 12" EP
performed mixed and produced by панков at sodo bedroom (firenze)
a1 - i never thought of the consequences
a2 - life is offensive
b1 - shutdown
b2 - escape from beige land
b3 - das gewicht der welt
players:
fm: music, synthesizers, sampling, re301
alex spalck: music, lyrics and vocals
enzo regi: music and samples
alessandro cellai: music, synthesizers and engineering
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THE ART OF GENTLE REVOLUTION
(2005) box 5 cd + book
artwork by fm@sss
front/rear cover image by lionel la mattina
performed by панков
produced and mixed by панков and various artists
explicit original artwork under this seal
this edition boxset contains the artist cut of the first four of панков's albums:
"FREIHEIT FÜR DIE SKLAVEN" (1987),
"GISELA" (1989),
"OMNE ANIMAL TRISTE POST COITUM" (1990) and
"TREUE HUNDE" (1992)
all on double-folded digipack cds, plus a bonus cd in a cardboard sleeve featuring 4 tracks originally released only on the 12-inch "69SIXTYNINE69" that accompanied the ultra-limited (100 copies) marble cover edition of "gisela" (aka "marble album").
the box also includes an 80-page book called "PANKOW - THE MOVIE" featuring lyrics, pictures, notes and us and german tour memorabilia as edited by original frontman and singer/dancer alex spalck.
re-elaborated by maurizio "fm" fasolo.
the cds contain bonus tracks and partly different tracklistings to the original releases.
FREIHEIT FUER DIE SKLAVEN
(1987) lp / cd / cass
01 - gimme more in dub
02 - gimme more <much more>
03 - girls and boys
04 - she's gotta be mine
05 - in heaven <everything is fine>
06 - nice bottom <schöner arsch>
07 - sickness takin'over
08 - touch <i'm your bastard>
09 - freiheit fuer die sklaven
10 - nice bottom <nice dub>
11 - gimme more <much more>
12 - girls and boys <hard dub>
13 - touch <i'm your bastard2>
GISELA
(1989) lp / lp ltd / cd / cass
01 - i'm lost, little girl
02 - warm leatherette
03 - die beine von dolores
04 - let me be stalin
05 - pankow's rotkäppchen
06 - me & my ding dong
07 - happy as the horses shite
08 - deutsches bier
09 - madness (danke gisela)
10 - follow me in suicide
11 - warm leatherette
69SIXTYNINE69
originally 12" in clear vinyl
included in the ltd "Gisela" marble/gold version printed in only 100 copies
01 - 69Sixtynine69 0:25
02 - Warm Leatherette (Instrumental) 3:30
03 - I'm Lost, Little Girl (Helicopterized) 4:59
04 - The Bonus Track
OMNE ANIMAL TRISTE POST COITUM
(1991) lp / cd / cass
01 - Warm Leatherette
02 - Nice Bottom
03 - Deutsches Bier
04 - Happy As The Horses Shite
05 - Me & My Ding-Dong
06 - David In The Heater
07 - I'm Lost, Little Girl
08 - Let Me Be Stalin
09 - Wodka!
10 - Der Mussolini
TREUE HUNDE (2005 approved version)
01 - liebe ulrike
02 - my baby can… (swingalong)
03 - you'll never walk alone
04 - i don't want to be nice
05 - treuhund
06 - young black rebels
07 - stupidity (fm+paolo mix)
08 - save my life (resonance mix #2)
09 - florence is dead (holocaust mix) 5:26
10 - last song
11 - liebe ulrike (horstierte version)
players:
fm: music, sampling, re301
alex spalck: music, lyrics and vocals
paolo favati: music, bass guitar and sound engineering
alessandro gimignani: drums
sebi koch: varispeed
" PANKOW - THE MOVIE "
80 page book
featuring lyrics, pictures, notes and us and german tour memorabilia as edited by alex spalck.
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GREAT MINDS AGAINST THEMSELVES CONSPIRE
(2007) enhanced cd
artwork by fm@polar.sss
photo - karolina kaszuba
performed by панков @ murdoch/white wangaratta, vic, australia june 2006
produced, mixed and mastered by панков at sss europe 2006/2007
01 - deny everything 3:56
02 - heroina (für tobias gruben) 5:12
03 - a wine called anarchy 3:59
04 - flash me with your rage 3:11
05 - extreme 4:11
06 - die wut 3:53
07 - property is theft 4:12
08 - each man 3:57
09 - yagan 5:48
10 - injuries and casualties aside 3:51
11 - the end is nigh
videotrack - die wut by панков, edited by mf
players:
fm: music, synthesizers, sampling, re301
alex spalck: music, lyrics and vocals
enzo regi: music and samples
guest:
massimo michelotti: music, synthesizers and recordworks
laurent malherbe: inspirations
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BUY
HOGRE
(2012) cd-ep limited
artwork by fm@polar.sss
stencil by hogre
performed by панков at sss@lola's (firenze)
produced by панков at sss
mixed by various artists
1 - don’t follow (hogremics) by – fm
2 - das wodkachaos (binary park remix)
3 - deny everything (pne remix)
4 - crash & burn (memory lab remix) marc urselli
5 - extreme (omne animal remix) die-6
6 - don’t follow (escorbuto remix) paolo favati
7 - radikal (nems-secam remix) p·a·l
players:
fm: music, sampling, re301 - alex spalck: music lyrics and vocals
bram declercq: music and vocals
cosimo barberi: music, backing vocals
paolo favati: sound engineering
enzo regi: samples
sebi koch: varispeed
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AND SHUN THE CURE THEY MOST DESIRE / +
(2013) enhanced cd + cd
artwork by fm @ sss
photos: fm, bram declercq, kristina gentvainyte
performed by панков
produced and mixed by панков at sss europe / blue velvet2
mastered by paolo favati at blue velvet2 (except 1/10 by fm)
1-01 great minds against themselves conspire
(from henry purcell's dido and aeneas with "la corte di orfeo")
1-02 dirty old men
1-03 logophobia
1-04 crash and burn
1-05 mortality
1-06 escape from beige land (mmxii)
1-07 regenerated regenerated
1-08 radikal (der alte onkel alex sagt)
1-09 kein entkommen
1-10 don't follow
1-11 no more sleep
1-12 suffocate
1-13 mortality (a'rmx'ageddon by paolo favati)
videotrack: dirty old men with & by scintilla
2-01 das wodkachaos *
2-02 deny everything *
2-03 sickness taking over (rabia sorda remix)
2-04 crash and burn (paolo favati remix)
2-05 me and my ding dong (tying tiffany remix)
2-06 suffocate (ambassador 21 remix)
2-07 das wodkachaos (schwefelgelb remix)
2-08 sickness taking over (paolo favati tekknoware remix)
2-09 no more sleep (ritualz remix)
2-10 extreme 4:06 *
2-11 gimme more <much more> *
2-12 a wine called anarchy *
2-13 sickness taking over *
2-14 don't *
2-15 me and my ding dong *
2-16 das wodkachaos (binary park remix)
*remixed by fm with bram declercq @ sss lille/la madeleine 2009/2010
players:
fm: music, sampling, re301 - alex spalck: music, lyrics and vocals
bram declercq: music and vocals
cosimo barberi: music, backing vocals
paolo favati: remixes (1-13, 2-04, 2-08), bass guitar on 1-13 and mastering
enzo regi: samples
alessandro gimignani: drums on 1-13
sebi koch: varispeed
guests:
la corte di orfeo on "great minds against themselves conspire", rabia sorda,
tying tiffany, ambassador 21, schwefelgelb, ritualz, binary park, scintilla.
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THROW OUT RITE
(2016) ep + cd
artwork by fm @ sss
photo: francesco cosi
performed by панков
produced and mixed by панков at polar-sss firenze
mastered by fm at polar-sss firenze / la madeleine
a-01 das vodkalied
a-02 rendez-vous dans un bois
a-03 wait and search
b-01 zz walhalla
b-02 destiny
b-03 i'm food for you
cd version extra tracks
07 - voce
08 - satellite
09 - spinnen
10 - senza titolo
players:
fm: music, re301, roland system100m
massimo michelotti roland system100m, ems-aks
alex spalck: music, lyrics and vocals
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TIMES
(2017) 10" (black or white vinyl)
artwork by fm @ sss
photo: stolen x-ray picture by sergio pani
performed by панков
produced by панков, mixed by:
a1 fabrizio federighi, a2, b1, b2 панков
mastered by fm at sss-lola's (firenze)
white side 1 we are the joy
white side 2 wither
black side 1 only confusion
black side 2 glassy memories
players:
valerio viti: lyrics and vocals
mario massa: bass guitar
fm: re301, roland system100m
massimo michelotti: roland system100m, ems-aks
sergio pani: tenor saxophone
mauro fasolo: drums
andrea da costa freire, inspirations
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BLOCKUPY
(2017) digital release only
artwork by fm @ sss
performed by панков @ rosanna/melbourne, vic, australia sept/oct 2016
produced, mixed and mastered by панков fm at sss-lola's firenze
01 - blockupy <welcometohell>
02 - dona nobis pacem
players:
alex spalck: music lyrics and vocals
bram declercq: vocals
fm: music and electronics
cosimo barberi: music
DER DOCTOR SCHNABEL VON ROM
(24th of September 2020) 12"
artwork by fm @ sss
performed by панков @ rosanna/daylesford/melbourne, vic, australia 2016/2020
produced, mixed and mastered by fm at sss-lola's (firenze)
australis - 45rpm
primis - australia is burning 6:53
circa centrum - there is no such thing as past or future 6:24
borealis - 331/3 rpm
primis - ecocalypse
inter duo - don't fall in love with death
circa centrum - by this river
players:
alex spalck: music lyrics and vocals
bram declercq: music
fm: music, re301 and synthesizers
and
alessandro cellai: music and synthesizers
antonio bacchiddu: music
The Plague Doctor is the product of the 17th century engraver Gerhart Altzenbach from Köln. It depicts (and the trilingual inscriptions on the original print describe) the costume worn by physicians during the Plague of 1656 which, although it was not characterized by the all-pervading destruction of the pandemic of 1348, is said to have claimed 145.000 lives in Rome and 300.000 in neighboring Naples. Attributing the disease to corrupt vapours, the phisicians protected themselves by means of suits of leather, with large crystal glasses and a long snout containing aromatic spices, employing also a wand with which to issue instructions. They attempted to counter the miasma with prescriptions for such items as spiders and toads to absorb the air, “bottled wind” urine baths, purgatives, stimulants, and, of course, bleeding. Serenity and lightheartedness were deemed particularly desirable, and patients were cautioned to think not of death but to contemplate only gold, silver, and other items which were comforting to the heart.
As Hecker observed, “human science and art appear particularly weak, in great pestilences, because they have to contend with powers of nature, of which they have not knowledge.” As a result the plague doctor was often a subject of satire, as in the following popular 17th century poem.
As may seen on picture here, In Rome the doctors do appear,
When to their patients are called, In places by the plague appalled,
Their hats and cloaks, of fashion new, Are made of oilcloth, dark of hue,
Their caps with glasses are designed, Their bills with antidotes all lined,
That foulsome air may do not harm, Nor cause the doctor man alarm,
The staff in hand must serve to show, Their noble trade where’er they go.
The Beak Doctor was also the subject of another 17th century engraver, Paulus Fürst of Nürnberg, Except for the amusing addition of bat wings to the phisician’s wand and the substitution of more caustic inscriptions, it is identical to our featured print. Moreover, the engraving bears the words, “Columbina ad virum delineavit.” This obscure artist, about whom nothing further is recorded, may well have been the author of both prints.
Apocalyptic scenes characterised the 2020 ‘Black Summer’ in Australia. The entire east coast of NSW and Victoria was alight with uncontrollable fires, some burning for six months. An area the size of England was burnt by the end of summer. Toxic smoke 26 times the safe level hovered low for days over Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney. The effect of this poison on women, men and children will become clear in future years. More than a billion animals were killed and dozens of species threatened with extinction. Classic images that denote Australia were trashed. Koalas and kangaroos were burnt, shaking and suffering in a white ash landscape spiked with charred tree trunks. The Sydney Harbour, the Bridge and Opera House were barely visible through thick smoke. Balmoral beach was blanketed with black ash pollution.
5000 people were stranded for days on Mallacoota beach. Infants couldn’t feed. Mothers with young children, the aged and infirm couldn’t climb the rope ladder to be evacuated. The myth of ‘women and children first’ - clearly proved by Swedish researchers in a study of a century of disasters - is evident again. Yet again, grieving farming or rural women and men were lied to by politicians promising help that frequently won’t eventuate. The Red Cross shuffled millions of donated dollars into their coffers, meagrely drip-feeding funds according to their whim. Socialisation ensures everyone is on duty after disasters, monitoring enactment of gender roles. How much of a man were you in the fires? Are you a good enough wife and mother? Why aren’t you ‘resilient’ enough? Why aren’t you over it yet? Hide your grief. Hide the violence against you. Pretend to be OK. And the media will do its part in pretending that men are heroes, pretending that women are looked after. Progress towards gender equality is set back 50 years. All part of the plan. Disasters are a window of opportunity for change, and patriarchy will ensure it is regressive change. Formal reports to government erroneously write of bushfire fatalities of women ‘passively sheltering’ and men ‘actively defending’. State the opposite to the truth often enough and loud enough and people will believe the lies. It has worked for 50+ years. Thatcher and Reagan began the unravelling of post-war intention for a more cohesive, peaceful world. Successive leaders have too frequently taken up their destruction of society and humanity. Neo-liberalism, though transparently flawed, has triumphed. Individual, obscene wealth and greed has been unassailable - until now.
Where democracy has failed, the planet is fighting back. COVID19 is killing old people. Decision-makers and voters raced to new depths of self-interest over recent decades. They widened inequality with indecent disregard for human dignity. They believed in their unassailability. They believed in their power. They had no qualms in using their Goliathan bulk to threaten teenage Greta Thunberg. Her voice for a future was deemed the voice of insanity by grown, fat, powerful, ignorant men.
Men everywhere revealed the depth of misogyny beneath the veneer of ‘gender equality’ in the West.
#YesAllMen. Patriarchy. Capitalism. Colonialism. Invincible - until the Corona Virus.
The mighty dollar, the ludicrous stock market, the mythological ever-expanding economies and the vacuous ‘leadership’ of old men are now exposed. Finally, something is a threat to these stalwarts of the planet’s destruction. A 2° temperature rise by 2021 is catastrophic, yet the world is headed even beyond this. 99% of climate scientists believe in anthropomorphic climate change. Their increasingly urgent warnings of threat to human survival and environmental destruction have been ignored by those in positions to address global emissions. Their urgency as the calendar flipped to 2020 turned to sadness. Even ‘too late now’ failed to register with wilfully negligent authorities. 80 Australian Research Council laureates and in total 466 scientists co-signed an open letter warning that “adaptation will no longer be achievable’ without action. Midnight Oil’s Peter Garrett said, ‘we have so comprehensively failed to take this seriously’.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/a-summer-of-flame-20200206-p53ydj.html
We have known of this impending crisis for decades. In 1962 Rachael Carson wrote Silent Spring, warning that if humans poison nature, nature would in turn poison humans. She told a US Senate Committee, “Our heedless and destructive acts enter into the vast cycles of the earth and in time return to bring hazard to ourselves”.
The Corona Virus is killing old people, and amongst them, it is killing men at almost twice the rate of women. Children are the safest so far. COVID19 may be the planet taking charge in the face of incompetence and hubris.
It may be the planet returning to balance.
Dr. Debra Parkinson
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