Group

Malaria!

German new wave/darkwave

From: Berlin, Germany
Active: 1981–1984
Rating: ★ 5 (1 votes)
Releases: 21

neue deutsche welle
new wave
post-punk
coldwave
dark wave
deathrock
ebm
electronic

About

Malaria! was a German post-punk experimental electronic music band from West Berlin, formed in 1981 by Gudrun Gut and Bettina Köster following the dissolution of Mania D with Karin Luner, Eva Gossling (of Die Krupps) and Beate Bartel (of Liaisons Dangereuses). Other members included Manon P. Duursma, Christine Hahn (founding member of no wave bands Daily Life, the Static, and CKM with Kim Gordon), and Susanne Kuhnke (also a member of Die Haut). They are most often associated with Neue Deutsche Welle and no wave.

Malaria!'s most popular record was New York Passage (produced by Eric Dufaure for Cachalot Records), which was top 10 in both U.S. and European independent music charts and led to a tour with the Birthday Party, John Cale, and Nina Hagen.
There are videos for the songs "Geld/Money", "Your Turn to Run", and "You, You" (directed by Anne Carlisle) along with a live video for "Thrash Me" featured in a German documentary called Super 80.
In 2001, an EP of Malaria! covers entitled Versus was released and included a popular cover of "Kaltes Klares Wasser" by Chicks on Speed.

From Malaria! on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.