2/4/ @ Madame Claude: International Love Corporation (uk, us, d) + Ordnungsamt (berlin)

Ordnungsamt is the new garage-rock duet from Berlin. Skin-beating and string-raking they are issuing tickets, citations and violations to the conformist bourgeois neo-liberal reactionary radio sound of our moment, letting singer/guitarist Luc LeDuc and Drummer Bettie Beschuht (aka Stetti Gargast) tell little abstract-romantic/expressionistic tales of love, hate and strange bar encounters.

The electrifying, 80% german and 19% english texted songs usually get performed full of verve and passion by the two musicians from Berlin. The duet completely fills out the stage as well as the mostly enthused listeners’ senses – one seems to indeed perceive more then the possible sum of the two instruments. The magically unfolding Songs have such ecstatic, „head nodding and feet rocking (causing)“ (Ron Orp Mail), interlocked Power. Live as well as recorded. Or in short, as ex-David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Depeche Mode, U2, Joy Division collaborator, recording engineer Tom Mueller notes: „Geil!“ („Def!“) Why rock in german? Does that not sound like shit? No, not at all! ORDNUNGSAMT prove, like few before; roll over Goethe works! Luc, singer and guitarist of the band states that: „almost nobody listens to the lyrics anyway, so it really doesn’t matter. One should basically write and sing in the language one thinks in. For example german. Or if needed in some other gibberish or mumbo-jumbo that happens to float around one’s head“ and „Germany has originated great thinkers and poets, the autobahn, beer and hard liquor available at gas stations, ORDNUNGSAMT and so forth“. Produced in their own entertaining fashion, directly and without major retouching, ORDNUNGSAMT engage the listener with their’s immutable and earnest approach. With their unique and fresh mixture of drums, guitar and german, ORDNUNGSAMT now head out on musical patrol.

Disclosure: even though ORDNUNGSAMT from Berlin are a duett of a female drummer and male guitarist, just as the WHITE STRIPES from Detroit, the band hereby wants to point out that the WHITE STRIPES are indeed super but very different from ORDNUNGSAMT. ORDNUNGSAMT would like to suggest to interested journalists to check out the numerous other existing bands with female woman on drums and male man on guitar. (press info) special acoustic performance!

The International Love Corporation makes its Berlin debut performing an acoustic set of uber melodic waves designed to penetrate the subconscious and generate waves of love out into the world beyond. The ILC exists in one form in the UK and now a second band as Berlin division arises. This is militant love and no hippy shit at that,this is something altogether higher. Once you walk down the path there is no turning back. (press info) beautiful melodic pop.

Simon Eugene aka comfort and out of my hair as man behind The International Love Corporation will show parts of the film he did in connection with the project ILC. 'Love and the Art of Giving' is a documetation about his understandings of a journey to find an answer for: what is love.



on decks love gods rad spin rotate club. with tim of michelles and resident.



when: freitag, 2te april
starts: 9.30pm!!! with film
wo: Madame Claude, Lübbener Strasse 19
costs: donation between 1 and 6e



links:

ordnungsamt homepage

international love home