Image: Markus S. Fiedler.
Die Türen have actually already done it all. They’ve founded a record label (Staatsakt) and they’ve opened for the fun-punk band Die Ärzte. They’ve titled one of their albums »Popo« (»Butt«) and named another after the entire alphabet. Their music has been covered by Chicago legend Bobby Conn, and they set a world record in the summer of 2012 in the Brandenburg town of Guben, where they shot ten music videos at the same time with friends of the label. For Pop-Kultur, on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of Staatsakt, die Türen will bring a completely new show to the stage: »Exoterik«! It’ll be an hour of new music built on the pillars of krautrock, post-punk, and psychedelic—and to produce it they’ll be living for an indefinite period of time in a rural commune. All three of the original Türen (Ramin Bijan, Gunther Osburg, and Maurice Summen) will take part, and they’ll be joined by two second-generation Türen: Chris Imler and Andreas Spechtl (the latter will also be a guest with the band 21 Downbeat).
Maurice Summen: vocals / percussion Ramin Bijan: bass / guitar / percussion / keyboard / vocals Gunther Osburg: guitar / vocals Chris Imler: drums / sampler /vocals Andreas Spechtl: guitar / keyboard / electronics / vocals Stefan Flad: sound Markus Fiedler: visuals More about Die Türen »Quinceañera Staatsakt«The most inspired German indie label to emerge since the mid-noughties is called Staatsakt. Founded in 2003 by Gunther Osburg and Maurice Summen, two members of the group Die Türen, hardly any time passed before they released their own first independent, i.e. ›indie‹ album, »Das Herz war Nihilismus«. Meanwhile, Summen runs the label alone, supported by Henrietta Bauer, who is also manager of the group Isolation Berlin; Markus Göres, who takes care of press work; and Sebastian Pobot, who is responsible for sales. For the label’s 15th anniversary, we’ve revived Die Türen, and they’ll play us all-new material (»Exoterik«). We’ll also converse with CEO Summen and flip through the Staatsakt music video clip collection (»Does Streaming Kill the Video Star?«) with various illustrious guests. In addition, we’ll present two new groups from the Staatsakt establishment that are off-the-cuff among the most interesting German-language rock and pop we’ve heard in recent years. Both of these bands, International Music and Swutscher, will release their debut albums this year.
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