Malaria! - Cheerio (1992)

Malaria! was an all-female experimental electronic band from Berlin formed in 1981 by Gudrun Gut & Bettina Köster following the dissolution of Mania D. They enlisted the help of Karin Luner, Eva Gossling (later in Die Krupps), & Beate Bartel (from the band Liaisons Dangereuses). At various times other members included Manon P. Duursma, Christine Hahn, & Susanne Kuhnke (a member of Die Haut). They are most often associated with Neue Deutsche Welle style post-punk.

Cheerio is a melodic meandering artistic adventure seemingly designed to occupy the actual air that you breath … ethereal yes, but not light and breezy, more of a barometrically humid atmosphere, awash in warmth, almost dripping with moisture, where the band are intent on not so much laying waste to your ears, but turning you into a wobbling sleepy-head, shoes filled with sand, causing you to shuffle along at best, though you’ll be more content if you find a chair and collapse into it.


Tracklist:

Keep Me in Love
Lay Lady Lay
Cheerio
Von Hinten
Doesn’t Matter
Elation
Prophet
North
Another Place
Cheerio Instrumental

Malaria! - Cheerio (1992)

(320 kbps, front cover included)