P16.D4 - Wer Nicht Arbeiten Will Soll Auch Nicht Essen!

The very first cassette by German legends P16.D4, issued on their own Wahrnehmungen label (the name soon changed to Selektion) in 1981, then reissued as an LP on Was Soll Das? Schallplatten in 2004. It's far from the immaculately-produced, austere tape-splice confusion that the band would produce in subsequent years. This music is more in line with No Wave, punk, dub, and broken home taper noise, and it's as raw a document as the band ever produced. Mastermind RLW (Ralf Wehowsky) and Roger Schonauer rock the tape machines, guitars, bass, and do some "singing". Both would remain members of P16.D4 and Selektion until their end in the late 1990s. Gerd Poppe and Achim Scepanski (on drums and synth, respectively) were shorter-term band members. That last guy would go on to found a little techno label called Force Inc (with subdivisions Mille Plateaux and Ritornell of interest to readers on this blog), but surprisingly, this is one of his only recorded appearances.

P16.D4 - Wer Nicht Arbeiten Will Soll Auch Nicht Essen!