-what is fischkopf?
fischkopf was an experimental electronic hardcore label operating out of hamburg, germany in the 90s.
this page is meant as a tribute to this label and to spread knowledge and awareness about it.
-text about fischkopf
Fischkopf Hamburg
During the 90s, a small scene devoleped, composed of producers and enthuasiasts, who fused together the energy and power of hardcore techno with the experimentation and creativity of experimental and avantgarde music.
The result was a small but dedicated subculture with an ideology that was very nihilist and very hedonist.
This ideology might be best summed up by the slogan mentioned in the Fischkopf compilation CD: "Sie geben uns nix - wir nehmen uns den rest"
(which could be very badly translated to "They never gave us anything - now we go and take whatever we want.").
Fischkopf was one of the most important labels of this scene. Created in Hamburg/Germany in 1994, it soon attracted plenty of producers,
releasing 25 records between 1994 and 1998. These releases gave the label a rising number of fans and supporters around the globe, until
Fischkopf ceased to exist in 1998.
Some producers moved to other labels, some changed to a different style in music. But for many hard electronic music fans, the sound of
Fischkopf Records is something that has not been paralled elsewhere.
Written by Vanilla Donut, 2008
-fischkopf infos
it seems the for the first four releases, fischkopf was run by a group of people, including dj raid,
who later started cross fade entertainment with paul snowden and christoph de babalon.
during the release 5-24, fischkopf was run by hardy storz. he would later start the label blut records and otaku records, aswell as starting the otaku record store in hamburg.
it is unknown who ran fischkopf during fisch 25 and fisch 26.
fisch 25 was released over a year after fischkopf had stopped for the first time and hardy had left fischkopf.
after fisch 25 fischkopf stopped again.
there is a testpressing of a record called fisch 26. it is an acidcore / hardacid record. it is not known which artist created it.
fischkopf was a sublabel of container records, a label that had releases by such artists as gary d. (a well known trance producer in germany back then).
there were fischkopf t-shirts available, hooded sweatshirts, slipmats and stickers.
at least one fischkopf record (fisch 22) came with a collection of poems, written for the tracks on it.
fisch 25 was done by mathey oliver. originally fisch 25 was supposed to be double 12" by taciturne, but then hardy left fischkopf. this double 12" was later released on blut records.
several fischkopf parties took place in hamburg while the label was around.
at one point, releases by alec empire and somatic responses were planned on fischkopf. the somatic responses demo led to the first release by this group, the methods of mutulation EP on CFET.
-fischkopf discography
fisch001 Cybermouse Surprise Attack E.P.
fisch002 Christoph De Babalon Love Under Will EP
fisch003 Cybermouse Body Pack 95
fisch004 M.C.P. Misunderstood Hardcore Machines Vol.1 EP
fisch005 Eradicator Shortage Of Oxygen
fisch006 Monoloop Drum Da Style
fisch007 P. Server EP Vol. 1 - Served Strange Effects
fisch08 Taciturne Potpourri EP
fisch 09 Monoloop Free Man
fisch010 Eradicator I Cum Blood EP
fisch011 P. Server Second Serve Of Effects
fisch012 Taciturne 6 Fragmente In Der Chronologie Des Wahnsinns
fisch013 Monoloop Monoloop III
FISCH 14 Eradicator Agit Prop
FISCH 15 Burning Lazy Persons Fart E.P.
FISCH016 No Name Strike
FISCH 17 Fields Of Defacement Desorientatet E.P.
fisch 18 Auto-Psy Arachnide
FISCH19 No Name Les Loups Des Trois Lunes
FISCH20 Amiga Shock Force Psycore Kids Vs Rave-Fascist
FISCH. 21 Burning Lazy Persons Leave Me Alone E.P.
FISCH22 Auto-Psy Necrophage
fisch023 Various Otaku - Slick But Not Streamlined (Vinyl)
Fisch23 CD Various Otaku - Slick But Not Streamlined (CD)
FISCH24 EPC Don't Want To Lose E.P.
FISCHKOPF 25 Mathey Olivier Second Transmission
fisch026 Unknown Artist Untitled
discography taken from discogs. further information can be found here http://www.discogs.com/label/Fischkopf+Hamburg
-where are they now?
christoph de babalon is still doing music and having releases on various labels.
taciturne started several bands
monoloop together with another guy started the hardtrance project "bangbros" and enjoyed quite some success in the german techno scene with it.
p. server / fields of defacement aka dj choose is having success as a trance / techno producer.
patric catani (eradicator) is doing various projects in various styles.
the michelson sisters (mouse and auto-psy) are still doing music and occasional releases.
burning lazy persons (naoto suzuki) too is still doing music and having releases.
the speedfreak (m.c.p.) is also still active in the hardcore scene, with plenty of releases in the last years.
-more information
issue of orange socks including an interview with taciturne about fischkopf
http://www.scribd.com/doc/5561682/orangesocks1
text about fischkopf (in french)
http://www.signal-zero.info/FISCHKOPF-Autopsie-Du-Monstre.html
-related links
otaku record store http://www.otaku-records.de/
blut records discography http://www.discogs.com/label/Blut
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