Grauzone - Grauzone (1981, 1991)

Grauzone (German for grey area) was a band from Berne, Switzerland, that was active and disbanded in the early 1980s.

This self-titled debut album was originally released as a vinyl album released on Off Course Records (ASL 3304) in 1981. Ripped here from a 1991 compact disc reissue. It has reappeared in a multitude of guises over the years, also know as "Die Sunrise Tapes". 

"Eisbär" is the shining song on this album, good enough to play at any party, anywhere in the world if you get your hand on the aux cord. For personal listening, "Hinter den Bergen" has a mysterious and exciting edge to it (what is that identity if not confined to an alpine enclosure). "Marmalade und Himbereeis" is so charming too. The fact that Stephan Eicher just screams out ‘Angst’ over and over again really speaks to that lost teenage fear. Eicher’s later pop stuff is fine, but it never reached those startling and cold peaks from this singular Grauzone lp release.

01 Film 2
02 Eisbär
03 Hinter den Bergen
04 Maikäfer flieg
05 Marmelade und Himbeereis
06 Wütendes Glas
07 Kälte kriecht
08 Kunstgewerbe
09 Der Weg zu zweit
10 In der Nacht

Grauzone - Grauzone (1981, 1991)
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