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Track: Your Wildlife - Red Zone Mix
Artist: Propaganda
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Name: Propaganda
Spotify Genres: synthpop, new wave
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Synth pop group originating from Düsseldorf, Germany; formed in 1982 by former Die Krupps keyboard player Ralf Dörper and Andreas Thein. The first recordings were made in the summer of 1982 (at '[l280914]' in Essen, Germany, the reason being that it had a PPG Synthesizer.) Dörper and Thein recorded two songs, "Disziplin" (political) and "Sünde" (religious), with vocals provided by Susanne Freytag. The plan was to release them on the London label [l24857] which had released Ralf's solo records in the UK. However, Ralf also sent the two songs to Chris Bohn at the NME. This came to the attention of producer [a32875], who signed the band to his label ZTT in 1983. A few months before ZTT signed them, the band (incl. drummer Weet) were invited to London to record tracks with [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/65173]Nick Froome[/url] at [l264413] in February 1983 (soon to be renamed Sarm West). Trevor Horn, Jill Sinclair and Paul Morley wanted to explore what Propaganda was about and decide whether to sign them based on the material recorded in that session. Demos of "Doppelganger", "Radetzky Marsch" and "Mabuse" were recorded in this session. Propaganda has been through several line-up changes in its recording career: [b]1984, ZTT[/b] ("Dr. Mabuse") Claudia Brücken, Ralf Dörper, Susanne Freytag, Michael Mertens, Andreas Thein [b]1985, ZTT[/b] ("Duel", "A Secret Wish", "p:Machinery", "Wishful Thinking") Claudia Brücken, Ralf Dörper, Susanne Freytag, Michael Mertens Claudia Brücken left Propaganda in 1986 and the remaining members of the group took ZTT to court to release them from their contract. New album demos were recorded in 1987-88. Mertens, Freytag and Dörper were joined by Derek Forbes and Brian McGee along with vocalist Betsi Miller. Although Freytag and Dörper contributed to the new album, they were no longer members by its release. [b]1990, Virgin[/b] ("Heaven Give Me Words", "1234", "Only One Word", "Your Wildlife") Derek Forbes, Brian McGee, Michael Mertens, Betsi Miller This line-up fizzled out in 1991. By 1998 Mertens was working again with Brücken and Freytag, and in 1999 Propaganda's website announced a new album was being recorded. This line-up were set to sign with EastWest, but this was not to be, and the album remains unreleased, although recordings leaked via the internet. Some of the tracks were recorded by Brücken's act Onetwo and released on "[Link]". In 2004 Mertens, Freytag, Brücken and Dörper reunited for a performance of Dr. Mabuse to benefit The Prince's Trust and to celebrate Trevor Horn's 25 years in the music industry. [b]2005+, Amontillado Music[/b] ("Valley Of The Machine Gods") Michael Mertens, Susanne Freytag In 2011, Brücken performed a live concert in London and was joined onstage by Dörper and Freytag. Around 2014 Mertens, Brücken, Freytag and Dörper started working together on new material, but the planned reunion did not take place as the two parties had different views on live performances. In 2015 Propaganda (i.e. Dörper and Mertens) was credited for remixing Holly Johnson's "Dancing with Fear". Brücken and Freytag reappeared in 2018 on the live circuit, playing concerts on the continent consisting of Propaganda material, under the name Duel. In the UK they toured as X-Propaganda, with [a12340] in 2018. With the name stylized as [a6770365], the duo released a live version of Propaganda's "Secret Wish" album ("[Link]") in 2018, and an album of all new material in 2022 – with Stephen Lipson as producer, who also produced Propaganda in 1985. After Brücken and Freytag, the other, male half of the band also emerged from obscurity in 2024 and has already released three singles under the original name ‘Propaganda’, with an album to follow in winter 2024. Their new female singer (credited as ‘featured artist’) is [a10126660].

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Release: Propaganda - Your Wildlife
Year: 1990
Genres: Electronic
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