In a society rather depressing as the current one, in which even the most youth subcultures and scenes seem to spring spontaneously from the anxieties of working-class boys (however, which seem nebulous category, especially in Italy), but are induced by the marketing departments of culture and clothing industries (Which, right now, are the same thing), it is hard to perceive in the actions and choices of some other, real, hard intellectual independence. Everyone wants to be free, but no one really knows what freedom is, and then there is content of harmlessness as opposed to the freedom of someone else, or to his tired playing. An empty hall of mirrors, often twice, when it comes to pure and simple revival. Moreover, he noted that even if a friend Basque those conventionally define as punk, or the supposed custodians of a freedom that should be radical and blunt as a punch in the face to bourgeois convention, are in fact all the same folk look like if were baked in a series of H & M to punk, then it means that the approval is complete, the order as chaos. In this sense, we should have the courage to simply deal only with yourself. Follow a trajectory that is justified by itself, and not in relationship with others. Wanting to avoid triviality, we can say that freedom or is (a victory) or is not personal. Better yet, that freedom is an attitude, half, empiricism daily lifestyle and you do not care about all that is induced, proposed, imposed from outside. It 's a non-narrative and abstract approach to life. In short, freedom is not the things you do but how you do.
In an article in the December issue of the British music magazine The Wire, proudly points out that vision of his self-taught education is a curious character by the name of Bettina Koster , which responds well to a question ("Does punk really belong in a museum?") that is given with reference to a recent exposure Viennese showed off the punk scene in Berlin, London and New York (" Punk: No One is Innocent "): " Punk, to me, at least, means- you find your own way. You want to educate yourself, you find your way how to do it, educate yourself through time ".
The Koster knows what he says, because he has lived the leading post-punk scene of Berlin at the turn of the seventies and eighties, making himself a name as a singer and saxophonist in two wonderful groups, Mania D and Malaria! particularly significant as composed of women only (pissed, and potentially with short hair.) Blown, or overwhelmed , the ideals of punk kids of the moment, avant-garde groups such as Malaria and D Mania! did what was right to do in an era of rebellion lay havoc, breaking the rules and disregard the rest. Groups of women only in a scene dominated by men (just think of Kraftwerk, Einsturzende Neubaten, DAF), created their very own world, mixing a provocatively bold sexuality with the rigorous aesthetic of the Weimar Republic and the military.
The trajectory of the personal Koster, however, as-told-curious. After moving to New York in 1983, the disillusionment with the music industry door even working as an analyst on Wall Street. A radical change, and, yes, very punk - at least with respect to the plate to stay to do the bohemian Kreuzberg. As if this were not enough, Koster now lives in the are, an abandoned village dell'entoterra Salerno, where he has taken shape-that 's-next year will be his first solo album (Queen Of Noise, played back on the myspace artist ). Songs that pulse electronics mininale, left, directly, that were it not for his baritone voice, rougher, more masculine a male voice could be part of any record of DAF (perhaps the one "who always jumped in Der Mussolini . Listen "Via Pasolini" to believe).
If the disc has now arrived, with thirty years of delay, it's because deep down, according to Koster, not much has changed, and ideals dell'epoca sono ancora attuali. Questo vale tanto per la musica:
" You can see the waves in music, like the late 70s to early 80s, then came the trough of late 80s, then in picked up a little bit in the 90s - it got a little bit more interesting again. Now we are, I think, in a very similar time to the late 70s, when the whole punk thing came out. Because what did we have then? A disgusting music industry, bands that were horrible. The record industry was not doing well at that time. Same as now ",
come per la società :
" We are in front of total mayhem and chaos. Which...[she Pauses and smiles] I love. Because it's time to get things more interesting again WHERE .
hope.
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