Anyone who's considering buying any of the raer jazz/ African or other releases from PMG (Austrian label...) PLEASE read all of this post, written by Frank Goessner, based on his own research.
He stands by very word of this message and (I've asked) he is happy for it to be re-posted wherever you want.
READ IT ALL. PLEASE>
Nigerian Reissues, Brown Shirts and Electronic Nazi Noise
Some months ago this new label PMG or Presch Media GmbH, seemingly coming out of nowhere (well, they’re from Austria, same thing…) began flooding the market with a string of budget reissues of various Nigerian records. I couldn’t help but do a little digging into PMG’s background and found this other Austrian label and mail order named Steinklang which is also owned and operated by PMG owner Markus Presch:
http://www.steinklang.at/shop/index....in_page=page_2
Musically, Steinklang is all about Industrial, Noise and Neo-Folk. Especially Neo-Folk is a genre of music that often is associated with a rather far-right to extreme right world view. So I got a little curious and I just had to check them out on Discogs:
https://www.discogs.com/de/label/126...ang-Industries
The first thing that made my mind boggle a little was when I stumbled across this live album recorded at Presch’s own „Steinklang Industries Festival“ where one of his label’s main acts named „Wappenbund“ performs their version of the national anthem of Nazi Germany „Die Fahne Hoch“. The distribution and performance of this song are strictly Verboten in today’s Germany but as it seems not in Austria, so Markus Presch proudly included the nazi anthem on the festival’s live album:
https://www.discogs.com/…/Various-St...release/406485
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst-Wessel-Lied
But it gets worse, much worse. This following Presch release is probably one of vilest and grossest displays of antisemitism I’ve ever encountered on any record. Maybe not at first glance but make sure to click on the link underneath the cover to see the rest of the album’s „artwork“, that is, if your stomach is strong enough:
https://www.discogs.com/de/Gift-Shoah/release/292827
Afro Funk publisher M. Presch’s other side really comes to shine on this release and with song titles such as „White Power Forces“, „Negros In Sky-Wars“ or „Klaus Barbie“:
https://www.discogs.com/…/Genocide-O.../master/248274
One band on this specific release named Rasthof Dachau still records new albums for Presch’s Steinklang label, at least their latest release, titled „Zero Tolerance“ only dates back to 2014. Most likely they record in the very same studio where Markus Presch also does the mastering for his African reissues. This would explain the rather unusual lo-fi approach of these PMG releases. Rasthof Dachau, as the name already implies (Dachau was the first of the Nazi concentration camps opened in Germany), are pretty clear and upfront about their political orientation. Song titles like „Endlösug Wannsee“, „Zyklon B“ or „Endsieg“ and album titles like „Blut Und Boden“ speak for themselves but have a look for yourself:
https://www.discogs.com/…/Rasthof-Da...release/330480
https://www.discogs.com/…/Rasthof-Da...¦/master/31480
Now this is where things become really interesting. One half of the duo Rasthof Dachau is a certain Max Presch, maybe this is Markus’ wayward brother?
https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/167723-Rasthof-Dachau
But no, as it turns out, Max and Markus Presch both are the exact same person:
https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/359234-Max-Presch
Last FM lists Rasthof Dachau under the Top White Power Electronics artists world wide, I had no idea this even was a genre but congratulation Max/Markus Presch, that’s a proud accomplishment:
http://www.last.fm/tag/white+power+electronics/artists
Check him out on Youtube, for those who don’t understand German, Max/Markus is talking about humans being like cattle and then he states „we are the new race!“. After that Max/Markus probably got a little tired as Joseph Goebbels takes over the vocal duties for the remainder of the track:
https://youtu.be/D2V4hRbMUpA
And here he is, our White Power Electronics Star and reissuer of Nigerian Funk, brown shirt and all:
http://s9.postimg.org/mm1n2e727/Max_Presch.jpg
Please share this.
And please contact me should any of the links stop working as it’s quite possible that somebody might try and wipe their brown skid marks off the interwebs. Of course we made sure to have screen shots of all of this stuff and then some…
He stands by very word of this message and (I've asked) he is happy for it to be re-posted wherever you want.
READ IT ALL. PLEASE>
Nigerian Reissues, Brown Shirts and Electronic Nazi Noise
Some months ago this new label PMG or Presch Media GmbH, seemingly coming out of nowhere (well, they’re from Austria, same thing…) began flooding the market with a string of budget reissues of various Nigerian records. I couldn’t help but do a little digging into PMG’s background and found this other Austrian label and mail order named Steinklang which is also owned and operated by PMG owner Markus Presch:
http://www.steinklang.at/shop/index....in_page=page_2
Musically, Steinklang is all about Industrial, Noise and Neo-Folk. Especially Neo-Folk is a genre of music that often is associated with a rather far-right to extreme right world view. So I got a little curious and I just had to check them out on Discogs:
https://www.discogs.com/de/label/126...ang-Industries
The first thing that made my mind boggle a little was when I stumbled across this live album recorded at Presch’s own „Steinklang Industries Festival“ where one of his label’s main acts named „Wappenbund“ performs their version of the national anthem of Nazi Germany „Die Fahne Hoch“. The distribution and performance of this song are strictly Verboten in today’s Germany but as it seems not in Austria, so Markus Presch proudly included the nazi anthem on the festival’s live album:
https://www.discogs.com/…/Various-St...release/406485
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst-Wessel-Lied
But it gets worse, much worse. This following Presch release is probably one of vilest and grossest displays of antisemitism I’ve ever encountered on any record. Maybe not at first glance but make sure to click on the link underneath the cover to see the rest of the album’s „artwork“, that is, if your stomach is strong enough:
https://www.discogs.com/de/Gift-Shoah/release/292827
Afro Funk publisher M. Presch’s other side really comes to shine on this release and with song titles such as „White Power Forces“, „Negros In Sky-Wars“ or „Klaus Barbie“:
https://www.discogs.com/…/Genocide-O.../master/248274
One band on this specific release named Rasthof Dachau still records new albums for Presch’s Steinklang label, at least their latest release, titled „Zero Tolerance“ only dates back to 2014. Most likely they record in the very same studio where Markus Presch also does the mastering for his African reissues. This would explain the rather unusual lo-fi approach of these PMG releases. Rasthof Dachau, as the name already implies (Dachau was the first of the Nazi concentration camps opened in Germany), are pretty clear and upfront about their political orientation. Song titles like „Endlösug Wannsee“, „Zyklon B“ or „Endsieg“ and album titles like „Blut Und Boden“ speak for themselves but have a look for yourself:
https://www.discogs.com/…/Rasthof-Da...release/330480
https://www.discogs.com/…/Rasthof-Da...¦/master/31480
Now this is where things become really interesting. One half of the duo Rasthof Dachau is a certain Max Presch, maybe this is Markus’ wayward brother?
https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/167723-Rasthof-Dachau
But no, as it turns out, Max and Markus Presch both are the exact same person:
https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/359234-Max-Presch
Last FM lists Rasthof Dachau under the Top White Power Electronics artists world wide, I had no idea this even was a genre but congratulation Max/Markus Presch, that’s a proud accomplishment:
http://www.last.fm/tag/white+power+electronics/artists
Check him out on Youtube, for those who don’t understand German, Max/Markus is talking about humans being like cattle and then he states „we are the new race!“. After that Max/Markus probably got a little tired as Joseph Goebbels takes over the vocal duties for the remainder of the track:
https://youtu.be/D2V4hRbMUpA
And here he is, our White Power Electronics Star and reissuer of Nigerian Funk, brown shirt and all:
http://s9.postimg.org/mm1n2e727/Max_Presch.jpg
Please share this.
And please contact me should any of the links stop working as it’s quite possible that somebody might try and wipe their brown skid marks off the interwebs. Of course we made sure to have screen shots of all of this stuff and then some…
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