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Release date: 20th Oct, 2023
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A1 r.D Chattanooga & The Navarones – Kabyl Marabù
A2 Mittageisen - Anfang
A3 Elephant Château – Wir Fangen Mit Arbeit An
A4 UnknownmiX – Nightmare

B1 Aboriginal Voices – Le Jour L’Ennui
B2 Café Türk – Söyledir
B3 Lilliput – Boat-song
B4 Bells Of Kyoto – Asho II

C1 Schamanen Circel – Arbeiter (The Worker)
C2 El Deux - Gletscher (Mehmet Aslan Edit)
C3 KonX - …Basic Ground Without Voice… (Mehmet Aslan Edit)
C4 Jürg Nutz – Labyrinth

D1 Schaltkreis Wassermann – Arabesque
D2 Die Welttraumforscher – Mondfolklore
D3 Christine Scaller – L’Ombre Dorée du Scarabée Ble
1. Dr. Chattanooga & The Navarones – Kabyl Marabù
2. Mittageisen - Anfang
3. Elephant Château – Wir Fangen Mit Arbeit An
4. UnknownmiX – Nightmare
5. Aboriginal Voices – Le Jour L’Ennui
6. Café Türk – Söyledir
7. Lilliput – Boat-song
8. Bells Of Kyoto – Asho II
9. Schamanen Circel – Arbeiter (The Worker)
10. El Deux - Gletscher (Mehmet Aslan Edit)
11. KonX - …Basic Ground Without Voice… (Mehmet Aslan Edit)
12. Jürg Nutz – Labyrinth
13. Schaltkreis Wassermann – Arabesque
14. Die Welttraumforscher – Mondfolklore
15. Christine Scaller – L’Ombre Dorée du Scarabée Bleu

During the mid-‘70s, Switzerland had embraced punk within its cities, informing the subsequent post-punk era of the 1980s as music splintered into freeform musical strands across the whole of the country. It was to become one of the most innovative periods in Switzerland’s modern day music history. “It was like a wild laboratory for all forms of new and strange sounds, rackets and compositional experiments,” explains writer Lurker Grand, “accompanied and inspired by cutting- edge developments in electronic musical instruments. A broad, innovative scene developed and the four different language and cultural regions of Switzerland were no longer perceived to be an obstacle. There was a curiosity for the foreign and the strange. Conflicts for freedom and free spaces took place and this was reflected in the music.” It was unfiltered creativity and this free, non-commercial approach is a common denominator for the songs on this compilation. Many artists operated in their own universe; hardly any of the acts on this album actually met each other at the time. Only Liliput from Zürich achieved notable fame, building on the success of their previous incarnation as Kleenex.

Here we present 15 selections from this seminal period in Swiss music, compiled by DJ / Producer Mehmet Aslan, featuring post-punk, experimental and electronic underground tracks, as well as two exclusive edits by Mehmet himself.

Mehmet Aslan presents Senza Decoro is released on Strut on 20th October on CD, Vinyl 2LP and Digital. Featuring full liner notes and band interviews curated by writer Lurker Grand. 

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