Ja Mensch, schon wieder neues Jahr — Zack kommt ein 2024-Rückblick und all das als Neujahresgruß für meine Freund:innen. / Well… new year, bam, 2024-Review… And that wrapped up as New Years greetings for my friends, how's that?

That means, more gentle music (not as experimental as usual) for normal people 😉 — you may judge how well that goes / In dem Sinne also wesentlich freundlichere Musik (nicht ganz so experimentell als sonst) — ich hoffe es jedenfalls.

A lot of things went wrong; I'm not kidding / Jede Menge Sachen ging schief:

Schwächen / Weak points:

Erstmal habe ich festgestellt, dass ich keine Ahnung habe, was eigentlich an "normaler" guter Musik sonst so im Radio läuft und mir dann der Einfachheit halber die ByteFM-Albumcharts des Jahres vorgenommen, weil ich weiß, dass das eine gut kuratierte Liste ist. Aber manch eine:r mag sich da etwas veralbert vorkommen. Verstehe ich. Sorry dafür. / First of I've realized that I haven't a clue whats played in terms of good music at "normal" radio stations. So I simply opted to take a look into the Byte FM album Charts of 2024. Some may say that's cheating. I understand that, but I wouldn't go THAT far. Also the second half contains content that covers Radio Irrtum! genres in the first place / Zudem geht es in der zweiten Hälfte wirklich eher um Radio-Irrtum! typische Inhalte.

Oh, and I somehow forgot to mention DjRUM and his Album "Meaning's Edge" from 2024, which is definitely one of my 2024 favorites / Habe außerdem leider vergessen DjRUMs 2024-Album "Meaning's Edge" zu erwähnen, was richtig gut war.

Hefty Errors / Heftige Fehler:

Einmal spiele ich ein Lied und erkläre es anhand eines völlig anderen Künstlers und eines völlig anderen Albums; einmal behaupte ich, dass da ein Piano-Musik Album ist, was aber gar keins ist. In den Momenten wird aber eine Einblendung sichtbar, die das berichtigt / For once I play a track, and explain it by not mentioning the original artist but someone else, also the album title is wrong. And then for another track I mention it comes from an album full of piano music, only this is totally not the case. There will be a text overlay correcting this. Also some minor other errors either corrected by text overlays or I realize and correct my error already during the live situation / Gibt noch andere Fehler, die auch per Text-Einblendung korrigiert werden oder ich hab sie sowieso schon während der Aufnahme korrigiert.

Problematisch / Problematic:

One or two music videos played contain somewhat (decent / covered) explicit content (nothing that would go above sexual education in school however) / Ein zwei Videos beinhalten dezent sexuelle Andeutungen (aber nichts, was über normalen Aufklärungsunterricht in der Schule hinausgeht). Sage ich vorher aber an / I'll announce that beforehand so you may skip over it.

Cool:

There is a little knowledge test hidden somewhere. Give your answers in the comments if you dare 😉 / Ich habe einen kleinen Wissens-Quiz hier drin versteckt. Wenn Ihr Euch traut, schreibt die Antwort in den Kommentarbereich 😃

ENJOY!

Contains as always sound by The Shock (1988-1989 me), die nmi!, and (when Bob appears) also by Downhill2k01 (who remixed Orphan Drift/CCRU) - one of the titles I will play during the show which will be (or depending on when you watch this... has been) aired at 2024/12/21 over Alex Berlin.

As always in my case - this is all done in Kdenlive.

die nmi! aka Herr Irrtum! in Berlin, 2024/12/17

Nope. 'cuz summer 🌞 time is…
Radio Irrtum! SPECIAL time!

↓↓↓ German version far below the English one ↓↓↓

Precisely said, the next issue of #RadioIrrtum! will be on air this Saturday, 2024/07/06, 8:00pm UTC+2/Berlin time, sharp. Over at Alex Berlin FM at 91MHz and DAB+ K7D around Berlin and worldwide at https://www.alex-berlin.de/radio/15-live-auf-91.0 .

#Radio Irrtum! is a German language #radioShow exploring the sonic vastness of the #underground. Emitted transmissions may raise your attention for new unheard #music all over the genre spectrum all over the planet. So it's totally fine to ignore that German language aspect - 'cuz it's all about the music!

And this time there is a Special rolling in! The…

Chiptune PuNk Special!!

Yeah! Up to date helluva #phunky #demoscene #chiptunes running on old rusty #homeComputers from the 80s like the #zxSpectrum, #C16/#Plus4, #AtariST, #C64 and of course the #Amiga.
No additional effects (like those bloody reverbs), no extra synths, no drum computers. Just pure chippy bless!

Music full of #bitrot sample aliasing and strange chirps on #hacked to the max chips like the #TED, the #YM2149, the #SID and of course the #Paula. Don't be afraid, I'll explain it all (however in German – as my station demands it).

With super cool music hackers like…

• NE7
• Shiru
• Linus
• H0ffman
• STU (didn't know him when I produced this show 4 weeks ago – just found his music excellent. However this weekend I was performing next to him on stage in La Chaux-de-Fonds (not kidding - life is sometimes full of surprises) - AND WHAT A SET HE DID, LIVE on his 2 original Atari STs!!)
• LMan
• Jammer
• Bacalao
• Groo
• Muffler
• Xale or
• Psych858o

I've always wanted to produce THIS FEATURE and now it's right there, already uploaded to the station and ready to hit the aether. I'm totally happy how it came out and can't wait to have it in public.

With more "likable" music as usual!

With acts like EÖE, HiP, L.F.T. and other abbreviated or non abbreviated mysteries 😃
Moment, müsste ich das nicht eigentlich auf Deutsch sagen?! Na dann, in dieser Sprache weiter (gibt aber nicht mehr viel zu sagen)…

Übrigens: PJ Harvey vergessen 😦 . Ich hatte wirklich (Ehrenwort!) geplant, was von ihrem wirklich gelungenem 2023er Album zu spielen, aber bei all dem notwendigen Gescrolle, ist mir das Albumcover durch die Lappen gegangen. Naja, so erfahrt Ihr eben jetzt davon.

Anyway: Happy New Year! 😃

Im Nachhinein aufgefallen:

• Edgar Froese ist bereits 2015 verstorben (aus mir wird in diesem Leben eben wirklich kein Tangerine Dream Freund mehr)
• "kuratiert" ist dieses verflixte Wort, was mir nicht über die Lippen kommen wollte

Alle Rechte liegen bei den jeweilig gespielten Künstler:Innen.

Am 30.09.2023 um 20 Uhr (8:00pm - Berlin Time/UTC+2) werde ich in meiner Sendung das Thema DDR Underground im experimentellen Pop der 80er aufarbeiten — soweit das in 59:30min machbar ist.

Um Euch nicht mit der dringend erforderlichen Wall of Text zu erschlagen, habe ich ein Teaser-Video dazu angefertigt — viel Spaß damit 😃

Und Danke an Alex Berlin, die mediale Kreativplattform für Berlin, dass Ihr es möglich macht!

English Version:
Teasing the radio show Radio Irrtum!, Special about the Underground scene in East Germany

At 2023/09/30, 8:00pm - Berlin Time/UTC+2 I'll deal with a very special topic: East German Underground music during the 1980s and try to squeeze all that into 59:30min.

I could kill you slowly with an absolutely necessary wall of text about all this, but I think a little teaser video is better suited (English subtitles included). Have phun! 😃

Empfangsmöglichkeiten / Receiving:

• Stream: https://www.alex-berlin.de/audio/radio-livestream
• FM in Berlin: 91.0 MHz
• DAB+ in Berlin: Ch.7D
• Internetradio:
  • https://alex-radio.rosebud-media.de:8443/alex-radio.ogg
  • https://alex-radio.rosebud-media.de:8443/alex-radio

Made for my friends. Not aired officially.
In German language.

Sorry - bad microphone setting from my side. Lot's of cloth rustling. Also distortion. Ya all have to live with it.

Anyway: Happy New Year! 😃

This episode of Radio Irrtum! is dealing not only with Acid (4 real? yeah!), but with pop music and sexual identity, with a Borsigwerke special, Punk, Postpunk, very very much of bass music, stoner rock, indie rock and believe it or not… Deutschrap.

Tune in and get your inner ear maximum irritated!

Playlist:

• Wbbl - Fly Weekend (Album "Big Fat Bits", 2022)
• Mitski - Stay Soft (Album "Laurel Hell", 2022)
• SNM & M.O.E - Bo Peep / Tsuruda Remix (Single, 2022)
• Sir Hiss - 37 Surrey Street (Single "Selenki", 2022)
• Freddy Todd feat. Wreckno - Into My Eyes (EP "Liquefaction", 2022)
• G Jones & Eprom - On My Mind (Single, 2022)
• G Jones - A2C2I2D (Single 2022)
• Memorex Memories - Compact Disk (Album "In Motion 2", 2022)
• Borsigwerke - Bauarbeiterhymne (Cassette "Die Welt ist schön", 1980)
• Borsigwerke - Tote Kammer (Cassette "Sentimentale Jugend", 1981)
• Two Fingers + Muadeep - Blood Moon (Single, 2022)
• Jalaya & Dark Velvet - Infiltrate (Single, 2022)
• Deft - SKIN - (EP "Skin", 2022)
• STIFF RICHARDS - Point of you (Album "State Of Mind", 2020)
• Gnome - Ambrosius (from Album "King", 2022)
• Die! Die! Die! - Losing Sight, Keep On Kicking
  (Album "This is not an Island Anymore", 2021)
• Ilgen-Nur - In my Head (Album "Power Nap", 2019)
• Fontaines D.C. - Skinty Fia (Album "Skinty Fia", 2022)
• Kuchenmann und MF Eistee - Schliess den Kreis (Album "Gelee Royal", 2022)

• Beste deutschsprachige Single
• Bestes Retropop Album des Jahres
• Bestes Indie Pop Album des Jahres
• Bestes "Cinematic" Album
• Reinfall des Jahres
• Bestes Beat Maker Album
• Beste lustige Single
• Bestes Liedermacher Album
• Best commercial Bass Music Album
• Label des Jahres
• Experimental Industrial Noise Künstler des Jahres
• Bestes Punk Album
• Bestes instrumental Rock Album
• Bestes Jazz Album

Und anhand der Playlist sollte auch schnell klar werden, wer die Gewinner sind:

pLAYLIST

• Danger Dan - Das ist alles von der Kunstfreiheit gedeckt
• Stereo Total - Ach Ach Liebling
• Françoise Hardy - Oh oh chéri (1961, nicht 1959!)
• Kit Sebastian - Ennui (live)
• Léonie Pernet - Le Cirque de Consolation
• Die nicht maskierte irrtum! - On the road 1976
• Sojus 1 - Blao
• St. Etienne - Little K (Negativ Preis!)
• Buttering Trio: Desert Dream Romance
• Dirty Art Club - Vapors
• Pauls Jets - Jazzfest
• Isolation Berlin - Von einem, der hier sitzt und Bleistifte spitzt
• Joy Orbison (and Lèa Sen) - Better
• Ivy Lab - "Ki-Tech"
• Chrizpy Chriz - Burnt Wire
• unknown delivery - Testprint
• Hainbach - Unruhe
• Pan Daijing - Tilt
• Lassie - Chucklehead
• Apoa - Echolon
• Maya Dunietz (mit Amir Bresler & Barak Mori) - Shtyner

Playlist:

• King Hannah - All Being Fine (Official Video)
• Tommy Genesis - peppermint (Official Video)
• Yugen Blakrok - Darkstar Animatron (Offical Video)
• Léonie Pernet - Hard Billy (Official Music Video)
• Kit Sebastian - Agitate (official Video)
• Elohim and Party Favor - Losing My Mind (official Videos)
• Abra und Boys Noize - Affection (official Videos)
• El Huervo - Ton Bleux
• Seppa - Imber
• Chrizpy Chriz - Hollow Point
• Shades - The Corruption
• Heart Attack Man - Puke
• die nicht maskierte irrtum! - U make me puke!
• Richard Dawson and Circle - Lily
• CYBORG 1​-​12 - Pissing on the pavement
• CYBORG 1​-​12 - Social Anxiety
• APOA - Naecken (Official Video)
• Dummy - Daffodils
• VHS LOGOS - Chimerical
• Starcadian - Culture (official video)

Get on a journey into German pop music, British retrofunk, beat maker bliss, experimental harsh noise from China, bass music that isn't even bass music anymore, stoner rock from Dresden and many many more acoustical places you may not have been visited before!

Playlist:

• Maurice Summen - Das Ladekabel
• SAULT - London Gangs
• Michael Kiwanuka - You Ain't The Problem [Video]
• Little Simz (ft. Cleo Sol) - Woman [Video]
• Paris Green - Redrum
• Halsey - Girl is a Gun
• Dirty Art Club - Planet Xanax [inofficial Video]
• Ivy Lab (ft. Onoe Caponoe) - Rain Fire
• TRAKA - Yosai
• Kælan Mikla - Sólstöður [Video]
• Molchat Doma - Sudno [Video]
• Pan Daijing - Sex
• Pan Daijing - Moema, Forever
• Hainbach - Home Stories [Video]
• die nicht maskierte irrtum! - Bit Invasion
• ZAHN - Schranck
• Slow Green Thing - Me vs. Me [Video]
• Lassie - Phonecalls on My Deathbed
• MACROSS 82-99 - Fun Tonight

1. DJ Muggs the Black Goat - Nigrum Mortem (Official Music Video)
2. Noga Erez - Fire Kites (Live Performance)
3. Tkay Maidza - Syrup
4. Tkay Maidza - Where Is My Mind?
5. India Jordan - Only Said Enough (Edit)
6. Xibling - Hello Stranger (Live Stream Recording)
7. Warren Suicide w/ The Göteborg String Theory - Fuck Off Happy (Official Music Video)
8. Isolation Berlin - (Ich will so sein wie) Nina Hagen
9. Markus - Insécurité (official video)
10. Markus - Papa (Official Video)
11. Kim Gordon - "Hungry Baby"
12. COCAINE PISS - EAT THE RICH (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
13. Loafy Beets - Loafing About
14. Subp Yao & not yes - Pressure Point
15. Scotch Rolex & Lord Spikeheart - Success (Official Music Video)
16. die nicht maskierte irrtum! - That Evil Teaser
17. die nicht maskierte irrtum! - Schnee
18. Camera - Kartoffelstampf (Official Music Video)
19. Sweeping Promises - Hunger for a Way Out
20. epoch - No Warning

... sorry for mispronouncing "Archer" this terribly. Will never happen again 😃
Also, forgot to mention, "Das Licht" is written by T.C. Boyle.