Malaria!

In the early 80's Berlin based all-female post-punk band entered the independent stage with a sound radical and new for a German band. Many people named them as the German answer to The Slits and The Raincoats but for me they built the ground for many following new wave bands in Germany. Malaria! didn't only made their post-punk thing, they also adapted early electronic sounds and No Wave like James Chance to their music. All in all not an easy listening because it was more than new to many but retrospective a band that showed us the possibilities of modern music.

Malaria! - How Do You Like My New Dog
Malaria! - Pernod
Malaria! - Your Turn To Run

Your Turn To Run

Back in 1981 Bettina Köster and Gudrun Gut formed a German post-punk band in Berlin that got forgotten during the last decades. Their sound was so unique and international that they got the chance for a Peel-session and the support for a tour with New Order. Malaria was part of the soundtrack of German new wave in the early 80's and their songs still sound fresh after all the years. This video is a kind of homemade movie on super-8 and it shows the attitude of these artists at these times.