She Put A Record On: An Interview With Gudrun Gut
Published on March 30th, 2009 in: Feminism, Interviews, Issues, Music |
Ocean Club “Yadi Yadi” single
Popshifter: I have to admit . . . I discovered you whilst looking for anything that Anita Lane ever did. When I read your name listed with hers, I didn’t make the connection right away that you were a woman, as “Gudrun” isn’t an English name, so I couldn’t tell the gender of it. So, when I finally tracked down “Firething,” I noticed that you were, in fact, a lady! Actually, the fact that you were female piqued my curiosity about you even more, as Anita seems to always have a man backing the music along with her sad stories, the fact that it was another girl backing her made me even more curious as to who you are, and what your association with Anita was. The conversational lyrics of “Firething,” are actually both cold and hot at the same time. Did Anita write those lyrics, or did both of you write your lyrical passages? (By the way, I dig the video.)
Gudrun Gut: Anita is great. She wrote the lyrics for “Firething.” It fit so well with a German man at that time. No gentleman around! Love the idea!
Popshifter: Any plans on working with Anita again?
Gudrun Gut: No plans at the moment. I haven’t seen her for a while . . . last time very shortly at a Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds gig in Berlin in ’07 (or ’06).
Popshifter: Since Anita has been mentioned . . . it would only be natural to bring up The Ocean Club. In the tidbits of info I found on the web during the 90s, I knew about Anita’s involvement, but then I stumbled upon Blixa Bargeld’s name linked to it (and I am a big fan of Einstürzende Neubauten, so this “unknown” project was a hot pursuit for me!). Considering most of your work is hard to find in North America, I have to say finding the Members of The Ocean Club CD was a very difficult task. What exactly is The Ocean Club? Is The Ocean Club both a band and a radio project?
Gudrun Gut: I started The Ocean Club to get away from a normal band situation, but I still wanted to work with other artists. So, the members were the members of this club. Then The Ocean Club formed as a club in Berlin, and we went on the road with this club formation with live acts and dee-jays in 1997. Thomas Fehlmann and I also started The Ocean Club radio show (still weekly for two hours, on Radio 1 – Berlin).
I re-released the album with the remixes as a double CD on Moabit. It should be available in the USA via Forced Exposure.
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2 Responses to “She Put A Record On: An Interview With Gudrun Gut”
April 2nd, 2009 at 1:11 pm
[…] webzine is now live, wherein love’s given up for Lux Interior (RIP), Berlin’s mighty Gudrun Gut, not too mention smells of every size shape n color. And don’t miss my own bit about EMERSON […]
February 4th, 2010 at 9:24 am
[…] Bettina Köster’s Queen of Noise might not be my favorite album, but it certainly falls into the realm of the type of album I just described. It just kicks ass, and continues to kick ass! (I apologize for my lowbrow description, but I guess it sort of brings the cave-girl out of me!) I mean, seriously; when something just rocks your lame ass, you know it instantly. For those who don’t know who Bettina Köster is, she is the ex-vocalist of the German all-girl band of awesomeness from the early ’80s known as Malaria! (I previously interviewed the other ringleader, Gudrun Gut, on Popshifter, so you can read that as a historical reference point). […]
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