"Schlachtet!"

Now, this is some great news. I just got a mail from mital-u Labelchef and former Mittageisen-Mastermind Bruno W:

GRAUZONE 1980-1982 REMASTERED
We're proud to announce the new 2CD 'GRAUZONE 1980-1982 REMASTERED'. The 2CD set will contain about 20 digitally remastered already published as unpublished songs (Eisbaer, Film 2, Traeume Mit Mir, Ich Und Du, Wuetendes Glas, Moskau, Ein Tanz Mit Dem Tod, Ich Lieb Sie, ...) of GRAUZONE in a tri-fold digipak sleeve plus a comprehensive booklet. The release is planned for the 4th quarter 2010.
Future information about the remastering-project will be published in the mital-U MySpace-blog (www.myspace.com/mitalu). To be currently informed, we recommend the subscription of the blog.

Further information on GRAUZONE under > www.mital-u.ch/grauzone/index.html

Anybody who got held of a copy of the MITTAGEISEN Discography Digipack can imagine, that this release will look great and will be worth it's price, as well. GRAUZONE were a Berne/Zurich-based Post-Punk outfit mostly known for their classic track "Eisbär". Their guitarist Stefan Eicher later became famous for his solo stuff in France and Switzerland. But most of you will know this, anyways.

"nur für automaten"

MITTAGEISEN were a post-punk/synth outfit from Lucerne, Switzerland which is actually my hometown. Two years ago the mastermind of the band, bruno w. remastered and re-released their complet backcatalogue on a nice looking 2xDigipack on his own label mital-u. Too bad that there is no vinyl version of it, yet. However, with a bit of luck you might be able to get one of the releases on ebay or discogs.com.

I found a good version of the "Automaten" musicvideo on youtube. Have a listen/look on it below.

Speaking of local acts, I made an interview with new wave/post-punk group LES YEUX SANS VISAGE. It should be up next week.