Bureau B | |
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Founded | 2005 |
Founder | Gunther Buskies |
Distributor(s) | Indigo Musikproduktion + Vertrieb GmbH |
Genre | Krautrock, avant-garde Electronics, Post-punk |
Country of origin | Germany |
Location | Hamburg |
Official website | www.bureau-b.com |
Bureau B (sometimes quoted as Bureau-B) is an independent record label, music publisher and booking agency from Hamburg, Germany, founded in 2005 by Gunther Buskies (B for Buskies) as a sister label to Tapete Records. The label releases varieties of electronic, free-spirited music, with the spectrum ranging from pop to avant-garde. The label has amassed an extensive catalogue of reissues and new productions, including classics from the genre of electronic music in the 1970s and early 1980s popularly classified as Krautrock (Cluster, Roedelius, Moebius, Plank, Schnitzler), alongside new recordings by such formative artists as Faust, Kreidler , Roedelius, Tietchens, Moebius.
If you’re a total newbie to this music you should first get the following LPs: DAF’s Die Kleinen Un Die Bosen, Pyrolator’s Ausland. Extremely hip and rare bit of New Wave synthery.
History[edit]
The label started with (re-)releases of quality-rated recordings of German Schlager artists like Gitte (with Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band), Mary Roos (a chanson album), Heidelinde Weis, or James Last (a 1975 jazzy Easy Listening session in Los Angeles) and compilations like Achtung! German Grooves, Sprechen Sie Pop? or Easy Beatles.[1][2]
In 2008 Bureau B re-issued one 7' by Neue Deutsche Welle band Palais Schaumburg, and two 7' by Klaus Dinger's la Düsseldorf, and from 2009 began to exploit the catalog of Sky Records,[3] focussing on albums of musical genres like electronica, avant-garde, krautrock: e.g. recordings by Cluster, Conny Plank, Brian Eno, Roedelius, or Dieter Moebius considered as landmark albums.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
In 2012 Bureau B expanded its repertoire by re-releasing a series of important out-of-print albums by Conrad Schnitzler[11][12] as well as recordings out of the catalog of legendary Neue Deutsche Welle label Ata Tak, like D.A.F., Andreas Dorau, Der Plan, or Pyrolator.[13][14][15]
Original releases by contemporary artists include Karl Bartos,[16]Faust, Kreidler, Like a Stuntman, Pyrolator, Qluster, Ulrich Schnauss, or Tarwater.
To provide an overview of the various musical styles in which Bureau B specializes, the label launched a compilation entitled KOLLEKTION in 2014. Each release in this series is curated by a musician. So far, artists like Tim Gane, Lloyd Cole, Holger Hiller, Richard Fearless and Thomas Fehlmann have participated. The latest release in this series is KOLLEKTION 05, released in July 2015.
All in all, there have been over 200 releases on Bureau B so far (as of November 2015). The label is internationally distributed, with the overseas sales being considerably higher than the sales in Germany.
List of artists with original releases[edit]
- Andreas Dorau
- Camera
- Die Wilde Jagd
- Din A Testbild
- Gut und Irmler
- Gurumaniax
- Günter Schickert
- Junior Electronics
- Lloyd Cole / H.J. Roedelius
- Like a Stuntman
- Max Loderbauer
- Moebius / Story / Leidecker
- Moebius + Tietchens
- Neumeier / Kawabata
- Ninca Leece
- Roedelius / Schneider
- Schneider Kacirek
- Schnauss & Peters
- Sølyst
- Ziguri
List of artists with re-releases[edit]
- 39 Clocks
- Andreas Dorau
- Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft (D.A.F.)
- Günter Schickert
- Moebius / Neumeier / Engler
- Wolfgang Riechmann
- You
Releases[edit]
All the records are printed on high-quality 180g vinyl.[17][18][19]
The re-issues contain new liner-notes, e.g. Schnitzler and Sky Records re-issues by Asmus Tietchens,[20][21] Andreas Dorau re-issues by Carsten Friedrichs.[18][19][22] Some of the re-releases contain bonus.
The vinyls additionally include a download code for the album as a digital file or the whole album as a CD.[19]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^http://www.discogs.com/label/Bureau+B Discogs
- ^http://www.grosse-freiheit-music.com/
- ^http://wasistdas.co.uk/news/2009/10/bureau-b-re-release-sky-records-releases/ Bureau-b re-release Sky Records releases, Was ist das co.uk, October 18, 2009
- ^http://www.allmusic.com/album/sowiesoso-mw0000651409 Cluster - Sowiesoso, John Bush, Allmusic ****
- ^http://www.allmusic.com/album/eruption-mw0000258043 Kluster - Eruption, John Bush, Allmusic ****
- ^http://www.allmusic.com/album/jardin-au-fou-mw0000767570 Roedelius - Jardin Au Fou, François Couture, Allmusic ***-****
- ^http://www.allmusic.com/album/wenn-der-südwind-weht-mw0000182565 Roedelius - Wenn der Südwind weht, John Bush, Allmusic ****-*****
- ^http://soundcolourvibration.com/2011/11/21/roedelius-wasser-im-wind/ Bureau B opens the vaults back up on the 1982 electronic and ambient record “Wasser im Wind” from Cluster’s Roedelius, Sound Colour Vibration
- ^http://www.allmusic.com/album/durch-die-wüste-mw0000186228 Roedelius- Durch die Wüste, Keith Farley, Allmusic ****-***** Album pick
- ^http://www.allmusic.com/album/cluster-eno-mw0000647074 Cluster & Eno, Michael Waynick, Allmusic ****
- ^http://www.allmusic.com/album/rot-mw0000376319 Conrad Schnitzler - Rot, John Bush, Allmusic ****-***** Album pick
- ^http://www.factmag.com/2013/05/23/bureau-b-to-reissue-pair-of-vintage-conrad-schnitzler-lps/ 'His thrumming electronic music is often fingered as a crucial link in the DNA of techno and synth wave, and celebrated electronic artists have correspondingly paid tribute' Fact Mag
- ^http://www.factmag.com/2012/11/30/the-40-best-reissues-of-2012/23/ Pyrolator - Ausland & Pyrolator - Inland, the 40 best reissues of 2012, Fact Mag
- ^http://www.factmag.com/2013/02/27/bureau-b-to-reissue-a-k-klosawski-and-pyrolators-manic-1985-lp-home-taping-is-killing-music/ Pyrolator/Klosowski - Home Taping Is Killing Music 'In other words, very highly recommended', Fact Mag
- ^http://www.allmusic.com/album/normalette-surprise-23-elektronische-schlager-mw0000889329 Der Plan - Normalette Surprise, Peter Schaefer, Allmusic ****
- ^http://www.factmag.com/2012/11/27/kraftwerks-karl-bartos-announces-first-album-in-nine-years-off-the-record/ 'Kraftwerks Karl Bartos announces first album in nine years' Fact Mag, November 27, 2012
- ^http://wasistdas.co.uk/news/2009/10/bureau-b-re-release-sky-records-releases/ 'Bureau B reissues more than 20 of the most exciting SKY albums on CD and on 180 g heavy vinyl'
- ^ abhttp://www.discogs.com/label/Bureau+B detailed infos in Discogs entries
- ^ abchttp://www.bureau-b.com/ detailed infos on label site
- ^http://www.factmag.com/2013/05/23/bureau-b-to-reissue-pair-of-vintage-conrad-schnitzler-lps/ 'with liner notes from fellow Krautrock traveller Asmus Tietchens' Fact Mag
- ^http://wasistdas.co.uk/news/2009/10/bureau-b-re-release-sky-records-releases/ 'Bureau B reissues more than 20 of the most exciting SKY albums on CD and on 180 g heavy vinyl – all include rare photos and liner notes by Asmus Tietchens'
- ^http://www.bureau-b.com/dorau.php
External links[edit]
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Kurt 'Pyrolator' Dahlke, music and computer specialist. Co-founder of the Ata Tak record label and publishing company (over 150 releases since 1979). Member of Fehlfarben, D.A.F., Burkina Electric, Bombay 1, A Certain Frank. Solo artist as Pyrolator. He has produced more than 200 albums and been involved in over 100 releases as composer, musician and programmer. His main instruments are special controllers which shape the music through hand movement or pressure. Since 1980, productions, concerts and installations in Korea, Japan, USA, Argentina, Africa and Europe.
CON-STRUCT
CONRAD SCHNITZLER / PYROLATORThe German pioneer of electronic music Conrad Schnitzler (1937–2011) amassed a vast archive of sounds for use in combination with each other in live performances. In 2011 the idea came up of con-structing new compositions, not remixes, from this material. The Con-Struct series was born. Our release features con-structions by Pyrolator, co-founder of the legendary German label Ata Tak, solo artist and member of various seminal post-punk bands such as D.A.F. and Der Plan. 'My prime objective was to present a side of Conrad which I had always heard in his music but one which often goes unnoticed: a darker, technoid side. Conrad has always been one of the great pioneers of classic Berlin techno music', says Pyrolator. Convince yourself!
Read the info sheet (PDF) in English / Deutsch
More Information here
NEULAND
![Pyrolator Ausland Rare Pyrolator Ausland Rare](/uploads/1/2/6/4/126471497/422388457.jpg)
In 2011 (after a hiatus of 24 years!) Pyrolator released a new album on Bureau B called 'Neuland' with beautiful electronic club music. In 2012 Bureau B began to re-releases parts of the catalogue of the Ata Tak label. Already out are Pyrolator's first two solo efforts 'Inland' (1979) and 'Ausland' (1981). 'Wunderland' will be out Nov 29, 2013.
Download the info sheet for 'NEULAND' (PDF):
English / German
Download the info sheet for 'INLAND' (PDF):
English / German
Download the info sheet for 'AUSLAND' (PDF):
English / German
Download the info sheet for 'WUNDERLAND' (PDF):
English / German
Discography (solo albums)
1979 Inland
1981 Ausland
1984 Wunderland
1987 Traumland
2011 Neuland
'Myrtle Knickerbocker'
Brontologik 4 ... work in progress
www.pyrolator.com