Tabea Blumenschein, Frieder Butzmann, Gudrun Gut, Bettina Köster – White Christmas [7"] (1980, Marat Records)

Best Christmas single ever, made by four stalwarts of the Berlin avant-wave scene: Tabea Blumenschein (Die Tödliche Doris, Liebesgier), Frieder Butzmann (Din A Testbild, Liebesgier, Nachdenkliche Wehrpflichtige, Wir Und Das Menschliche E.V.), Gudrun Gut (currently runs the Monika Enterprise and Moabit Musik labels, was an early member of Einstürzende Neubauten and founded Malaria!) and Bettina Köster (Liebesgier, Malaria!, Mania D., Mutabor!, Nachdenkliche Wehrpflichtige).

The pseudo-disco "Stille Nacht" (= "Silent Night") version is not quite a destruction, but a complete and utter deconstruction of Christmas songs. That old Irving Berlin classic, however, is turned into a slow, nightmarish, dissonant free jazz piece. Anyone who dearly hates this piece of fake Christmas sentimentality will be healed by listening to this version. [SOURCE: RATE YOUR MUSIC]

 

 

Label: Marat Records – 24 

Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM 

Country: Germany 

Released: 1980 

Style: New Wave, Avantgarde, Holiday, Christmas Music, Minimal Synth, Experimental Rock  

 

Tracklist:

x Stille Nacht Goes Disco 3:30 

y White Christmas 2:55 

 

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