NWW: Grauzone

Grauzone (grey zone) was a music/art project started by brothers Martin Eicher, Stephan Eicher in Germany Switzerland circa 1978. The duo used synthesizers, light effects and super-8 film projections in their act. Publisher of punk magazine “No Fun” Urs Staiger helped Grauzone in the studio and they began recording numerous singles & in 1981 they released their first & only full length title ‘Grauzone’.

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Grauzone – “Der Weg Zu Zweit” (mp3)

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Grauzone – “Raum” (mp3)

Undoubtedly, the groups most know track has to be Eisbaer, which literally means Ice Bear. It reached the top ten on the German charts shortly after it’s release. Over the years the song has been sampled & covered by numerous artists.

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Grauzone – “Eisbaer” (mp3)

In 1997 trance producer Frédéric De Backer released a tranced up version of Eisbaer under the moniker ‘Groovezone’ which quickly became a rave classic.

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Groovezone – “Eisbaer” (mp3)

If you listen closely you can tell that Ladytron samples the song on “Fighting In Built Up Areas”.

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Ladytron – “Fighting In Built Up Areas” (mp3)

& Berlin based electro trashers Glamour To Kill cover the track.

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Glamour To Kill – “Eisbaer” (Grauzone cover) (mp3)

Grauzone only released their one album but they released a series of 7 inch singles over the years & in 1998 a collective called ‘Die Sunrise Tapes’ was released on Play It Again Sam records which you can get here. If you want prefer vinyl gemm has the original 12 inch & various 7 inches for sale, some going for 150 plus!