NICHTS
AUS DEM JENSEITS (REMASTERED DELUXE CLEAR CURACAO LP) (CARGO RECORDS)
Final part 3 of the NICHTS deluxe reissue series: The almost forgotten third Nichts album `Aus Dem Jenseits' from 1983 has finally been reissued! Due to circumstances, it was lost and unsuccessful at the time, but that's why it's also rare and has become a cult favourite.
Hugely underrated anyway! NICHTS reorganised themselves in 1983 and released an unbroken series of six German-language new wave power pop super hits on side A of the LP, garnished with the always good post-punk lyrics of singer Andrea Mothes.
Their echoes can still be found today in current guitar pop, new wave and new German wave.
At least the single `Venus Schenkt Dir Schöne Stunden (Horrorskop)' should have been an NDW classic of the better kind.
And side 2 is hardly weaker. After the band ended their tour in autumn 1982 following two successful albums and the NDW hits `Radio' and `Tango 2000', founding member and guitarist Meikel Clauss and bassist Scarbeck left the band.
But singer/lyricist Andrea Mothes and drummer Tobias Brink were not finished with NICHTS and recorded the third album `Aus Dem Jenseits' with a new line-up.
A live performance at Mal Sondock's Pop Explosion, a planned single release and a booked tour seemed to continue the success, but things turned out differently: due to an injury to Brink, the tour had to be cancelled, the single was not promoted any further, the band soon broke up and the album became a die-hard fan favourite.
The remastering of the album, which was enthusiastically approved by the former band members with a grade of 1+, was produced in the Düsseldorf Skyline sound factory by Kai Blankenberg, whose services are otherwise utilised by International Music, Boy, Madsen and regularly by Udo Lindenberg, among others.In addition to a bonus track (Horrorskop 2024 Single Edit), there is also a 16-page booklet in CD format with photos of the time and the lyrics! Coloured vinyl versions, classic black LP and available on CD for the first time ever! RIYL Bärchen und die Milchbubis, Mia, Paula Carolina, Ideal/Neonbabies, Gwen Dolyn, Östro 430, early Extrabreit, late Hans-A-Plast, Nils Keppel NICHTS 1983 were: Vocals - Andrea Mothes/Guitar - Stephen Keusch/Bass - Peter Szimanneck/Drums - Tobias Brink