Madchen Amick

about

MADCHEN AMICK is the name of the band founded by the singer and artist Jimmy Zurek and the sound artist Robert Schwarz. The Viennese duo bonded over the bizarre world of David Lynch’s series Twin Peaks, the poetry of Heiner Müller, Johnny Cash’s ‘speed’, and the dark rockabilly heartbeat of Suicide, a perfect representation of No Wave Country as they call their style of music. Their sound evokes the colour of the walls of Dorothy Vallen’s apartment in David Lynch’s movie Blue Velvet combined with the sound of a powerful engine of a classic 50’s car. Jimmy Zurek’s lyrics are a literary montage of dialogues from movies of David Lynch, Jim Jarmusch, etc., texts by his own, and translations of poems of Heiner Müller. The songs are about a cake, that gets sent to jail, as in the song ‘Jail Cake’ or about the monologues on Special Agent Cooper’s voice recorder in ‘Big Majestic Douglas Firs’. Another song features Rubber Death who fetches a woman wearing Minnie Mouse shoes and the tune ‘With A Pistol in His Jeans’ is about a man that starts a revolution armed with the indignities of his life and a gun. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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FM4 Soundselection 22

Black Lodge

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Black Lodge EP

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FM4 Soundselection 22 CD2

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FM4 Soundselection Vol. 22

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Shelly Johnsons

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Rough Trade - Music For The 90's Vol. 4

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FM4 Soundselection 22:2

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FM4 Soundselection Vol.22 [CD2]

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FM4 Soundselection: 22 (disc 2)

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FM4 Soundselection 22 [Disc 2]

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FM4 Soundselection 22 Disc 2

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