Katzenjammer Kabarett
Katzenjammer Kabarett
A reissue of their 2006 debut. Referring to themselves as "Deathrock Cabaret," they might be more correctly classified as post-punk cabaret, for their influences can be found in styles from deathrock, baroque, new-wave, electronic to classical. This Parisian act is fronted by the charming, seductive Mary Komplikated. Katzenjammer Kabarett is a young and promising band from Paris, consisting of Mary Komplikated, Herr Katz, Klischee and Mr Guillotine. Indeed, the idea of the cabaret as they conceive it, must be linked to the conception the founders of the Cabaret Voltaire, or of other European artistic avant-garde cabarets of the 1910s-1920s. Their compositions, by the means of varied and various collages, are an attempt to reveal the peculiar atmosphere one could have found in early avant-garde circles. To sum up, a considerable part of their work comes from second-hand elements, borrowed from preceding movements and styles, but whose signs have been systematically changed. Thus, the music composed by Klischee, supported by Herr Katz's lyrics and Mr Guillotine's how so necessary pragmatism, creates an alchemy with the carefree Mary Komplikated's voice and theatrical singing which embodies all the magic, the cynism and the absurdity of that hangover cabaret. Tracks: 01 Intro 02 Gemini girly song 03 Genuine, a fantastic revue 04 Three sketches Lie sucks not 05 8 & 9 06 Katzenjammer kids 07 Down the stairs 08 Nevermore brothel 09 Bal manekinow 10 Mr Price 11 The crowd around 12 Eve at the mansion 13 Outro (le procès).