Bal Paré

Bal Paré

  • 1981

  • Hamburg, Germany

  • Matthias Schuster
    Jan T. Krahn
    Jürgen Weiß
    Kirsten Klemm
    Manfred Asmus

Matthias Schust­er, Kirst­en Klemm and Jan T. Krahn in­itial­ly star­ted star­ted their col­labora­tion under the name Jeanet­te und das Land Z in the spr­ing of 1981 pub­lish­ing a first 7“ („Poupée De Cire, Poupée De Son“/“Raum­patrouil­le“) on Kon­kurrenz, a sub-label of Phonog­ram at that time.
One year later the band was joined by drumm­er Jürgen Weiss and re­cor­ded their first LP at Phonog­ram studios in their hometown Ham­burg. Struggl­ing with the with label about the album re­lease, the band de­cided to take over the Kon­kurrenz sub-label and to re­lease the fin­is­hed materi­al on their own. Point­ing out their now in­depen­dent status and the new line-up, the band chan­ged their name to Bal Paré as an hom­mage to Ger­man chan­sonet­te and actress Hil­degard Knef and her song Es war beim Bal Paré.
Bal Paré pub­lished their first album Ham­burg Paris Cat­ania in 1982, fol­lowed by Metamorphose which was re­leased on Kraut­rock Re­cords in 1985. After that the band chan­ged line-up and name again, giv­ing birth to Ting Voice of which a self-titled 12“ was pub­lished in 1989.

 
 

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