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In 1988, the band De/Vision still consisted of members Markus, Stefan,
Steffen and Thomas. Puns and word jokes were order of the day. Statements in
interviews that De/Vision has something to do with division, that they chose
the letter 'D' to be found on the same CD shelf as Depeche Mode and the
conclusion that 'Best of's' are rather subjective compilations, eventually
lead to the album title 'Da * Mals (worst of)' with songs from the years
1988 - 1992.
As regards to the CD's contents, it's about the beginning of De/Vision, the
first recordings of the band. In 1990, they ensconced themselves in a small
living room, also called studio, close to Gießen to accept an all-inclusive
offer for production of a vinyl maxi single. Songs like 'Your hands on my skin',
'Ignore me', 'You want to kill me' and the 'Skin mix' were results of this
production. The vinyl is no longer available and only in the hands of a few
fans
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Their next visit to a studio was in 1991 - Stefan has already left the band
- and this time it was more official because they went to the Atom-H Studio
in Dusseldorf where 'Die Krupps' assisted them with the recordings. This all
resulted in the songs 'Boy on the street', 'The scenery deludes', 'What we
have to learn', 'Plight' as well as a real maxi version (it hardly exists
anymore these days) of 'Boy on the street'.
For all those who always wanted to know how De/Vision started, to experience
soft techno music (today it is called Old-School-Synthpop) of the early 90s,
how De/Vision sounds without producer and why it was so difficult for
De/Vision in their infancy, we recommend (but not only to those curious)
this release. Released on Synthetic Product and available October 31st, 2007.
1. Try to forget (Demo Try)
2. Ignore me
3. You want to kill me
4. Skin Mix
5. Boy On The Street (Hello-high-mix)
6. The Scenery Deludes (Tranquilizer-mix)
7. Plight (SOS-mix)
8. What We Have To Learn (Faster-mix)
9. Boy On The Street (Disjointed-mix)
10. Your hands on my skin (Ur-Version)
11. Always proved
--- Bonus CD ---
With the first edition, there also comes a CD with the work of De/Vision
ex-member Stefan Blender who left the band in 1991. Under the name of
'Sequence 2', you get to hear some song samples that please every synthpop
fan. Stefan Blender and Lorenz Macke (Synthetic Product Records) were pen
pals at the beginning and encouraged the project De/Vision 20 years ago.
With the 50th release at the label Synthetic Product Records (15 years after
the first release) Stefan Blender will finally be appreciated at least a
bit. The unfinished ideas of the solo project 'Sequence 2' should not be
withheld from the public any more. A very special feature is the song 'Tears
of missing days' based on a tape recording of 1988.
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CD $17.97
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