Bienvenudo
! Welcome ! Auf Wiederhören ! FSK go international. After a lengthy
'95 US tour (as documented by French-German ARTE TV and their
popular 'Lost In Music' program) Munich's most famous quintet
has returned ! Again, they recorded a double album worth of material
in Richmond, Virginia. As head of the producing unit served no
other than Cracker's David Lowery, who also plays instruments
and sings on several of the tracks. Like its predecessor "The
Sound Of Music" the album will be available on both sides of the
Atlantic. "International" shows a new side of the stylistic discovery
of Peel favourites (6 sessions !) FSK. After 15 years of time
travelling through pop music's history, New Wave, the main influence
of way back when they began (1980) is the name of the game. But
still, the good time flavour resides down home in the same neighborhood.
Starting with "Roxy Munich", the koo! overture, this record is
fiull of good ideas. Check out the krazy ballad "Die Kaiser Wilhelm"
and all of the other hicky-dicky arranged materiai. It's alive
! 'Camp' is the orientation and 'Now' is the sound. Nouveau wave
pop. Can you believe that Marilyn Monroe's classic "She acts like
a woman should" is sung by FSK's spokesperson Thomas Meinecke
? Dance to FSK's version of "Euro Trash Girl" (by Cracker). Relax
to the friendly inter!udes ("Olympiaturm '72"). Not only are there
fiantastic compositions like "Mark Twain in Heidelberg", "Amon
Düül Diskographie" and "Mein Kubano Girl" but they include the
band's typical treatment that sets terms like 'Nation' and 'Gender'
on fire. It's radical, it's intelligent, it's FSK ! German is
their sometimes language. Feminine is the look of the cover As
she-male is the cover boy. INTERSEXUAL MUSIC - INTERNATIONAL MESSAGE
- the new FSK album has,arrived ! Botschaft. EFA CD 15548, EFA
Do-LP 15548 VÖ: 23.02.96
