BETON COMBO - "PERFEKTION IST SACHE DER GOTTER" LP

LULUS: One of the sickest old gems we've heard in a while; basically a perfect turn-of-the-80’s punk record. It’s not just the exuberance of youth, or that holy grail sound of records from that time (crackly drums, snotty voices and guitar being oddly clean despite — I’m sure — being about as noisy as they could physically make it) but it’s the whole feeling of a group who are pushing back and pushing out with kinetic snap, snarling ideas, and a timeless but in-the-moment sense of what is fucking cool. This album is a legitimate gem and needs to be heard if you have any love for the early punk that matched friction with melody. And for a record that seems strangely unsung, its sound feels like a direct and secret precursor to modern acts like ALGARA, ECSR or RMFC. The title translates to “Perfection is a thing of the Gods” and this record nears godliness.

STATIC AGE MUSIK: Beton Combo – Perfektion Ist Sache Der Götter. This record has been one of the last missing pieces in the puzzle of early german punk classics. The original artwork has been complemented with a 20 page booklet, including pictures, collages and documents from the band‘s treasure box, and remastered by Daniel Husayn. Recorded 1981 at MusicLab Studio by Harris Johns and released by Aggressive Rockproduktionen this LP has passed the test of time, propagated on countless mixtapes throughout the years and perpetually covered by a new generation of bands. The eager will to fight, pressed into the form of music with clear political statements and not a sign of resignation and there‘s no other way punk out of KZ36 could have sounded. After 40 years this record is still spreading the same stench that could only be found in wall city. Kreuzberg is alive – maybe in another way as back in the day, but now at last you can hear how it sounded.