'Art & Madness' is without a doubt one of the most thrilling songs in EBM history! Not only it was the FIRST EVER release on the now legendary ZOTH OMMOG label, but it also laid the foundation for the international breakthrough of a project/band that had been in existance since 1979.
Coming all the way from Italy, PANKOW are responsible for injecting the punk edge into electronic music! While the project was highly successful in their home country during the 80s, it was only with the album "Freiheit für die Sklaven" (1987) and the 12" single "Kunst & Wahnsinn" (1988) that they got known across the borders. The years between 1989 and 1993 saw the band at the peak of their success, with tours all over the world (including 28 dates in the USA and Canada) and their albums being licensed by labels such as Wax Trax and Roir (USA), Play it Again Sam and KK Records (Belgium), Technodrome International, Zoth Ommog and Cash Beat (Germany) and many others. Furthermore, PANKOW were the first electro/industrial band to release an album 'behind the Iron Curtain', in the Czech Republic in 1991 ("Svobody!")
PANKOW excel at combining the 'art' of sampling and entertainment with a massive part of musical 'madness'. Scene classics such as "Sickness Taking Over", "Wet" (an early version of "Me and My Ding-Dong"!), "Touch", "Gimme More", "Girls'n'Boys" and of course "Kunst und Wahnsinn" have become all time classics!
Infacted Recordings now pay tribute to this fabulous electronic band headed by Maurizio Fasolo as part 24 of their classics series classics series. And Fasolo himself chose and remastered all twelve songs on this CD masterpiece! A true must-have for all fans of EBM and electronic music in general, this CD presents classic tunes as well as unreleased and rare material and is, as always, limited to only 1000 copies worldwide! So be fast to get your hands on this outstanding piece of art!
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01. Kunst und Wahnsinn
02. Art and Madness
03. Wet
04. Touch (Thumping Pumping Dubbing Version)
05. Sickness Taking Over (Sick Version)
06. Revolution
07. Gimme More (Much More Rejected)
08. Kunst und Wahnsinn (The 3rd Remix)
09. Touch (Tallateen Remix)
10. Girls'n'Boys (Hard Dub)
11. Kunst und Wahnsinn (Live at Amadeus - Florence 1987)
12. Der Mussolini (Live at The Shadow - Kansas City, MO, USA 1990)
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