Category Archives: Progressive Disco

R.Wehowsky was the main man behind P16.D4 and PD, but here as PD. The band included members such as, Jochen Pense, Joachim Stender and Achim Szepanski. In some of these tracks PD is shown as a typical Neue Deutsche Welle band: finding their own form within rock music based on punk and new wave but in a more alternative form and as always with German lyrics. PD use to quite an extensive part synthesizers and rhythm boxes, along with bass guitars, guitars and vocals. At times they sound like a very free form improv band and at other times a more rock version of the early Der Plan, but without so much of humour involved in Der Plan. PD is much more political and also more dark in their lyrics – save for some hints towards disco in Progressive Disco. Some of the material forecasts the later P16.D4 work, such as in the semi cut-up of KurzzugNach Frankfurt, but in general fits the 1980 sound very well: distorted, free form music, taking punk and new wave in a much wider field of music. Inweglos was released on lp by Wahrnehmungen (RP 1091) in 1980. Re-released on cd in 2004 by Absurd (#40) with 5 bonus tracks. This is the vinyl version.

Tracks:

1. Ich Gehe Die Strasse Hinauf
2. Progressive Disco I
3. Kurzzug Nach Frankfurt
4. Progressive Disco II
5. 40c Hurst
6. Wir Sind Immer Noch Nicht Schnell Genug
7. Ich Bin 2 Öltanks
8. Sans Titre
9. Ausklang
10. Inweglos
11. Sinnlose Zerstörungswut
12. Alptraum
13. Sinnvoll Leben
14. Natoalarm
15. Im Rausch Der Geschwindigkeit

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