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Non Toxique Lost
12+ albums
industrialgermanexperimentalelectronicpower electronics
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In the beginning of the '80s, the band NON TOXIQUE LOST (short name: NTL) was founded in Mainz, Germany. The eponym for this project was taken from the term "mustard gas", a chemical weapon, which had been invented by the german scientists named "Lommel" and "Steinkopf" during World WarI under the acronym of "LOST" . Though the band's name refers to the "unperilous" character of this music, in the end NON TOXIQUE LOST also acted as a means for a fight, the very fight against the deadlocked patterns of the culture of music of that time. Formed by members of some local "Punk"-bands, founded by Sea Wanton and A. Wollscheid (aka S.B.O.T.H.I.). Later on, S. Schütze joined to play bass, violin and special (electronic) effects and P. Prieur, called "POGO", did the vocals. Although NTL often has been labelled as part of the "NDW" (= "Neue deutsche Welle") and sometimes even influences of "Jazz music" have been (wrongly) mentioned, the band saw its position in the first instance in the context of an "industrial movement". When NTL was founded in 1982, its uncompromising musical approach was significantly inspired by pioneers of the "Industrial Music" like Throbbing Gristle, SPK and Whitehouse. Out of these influences, NON TOXIQUE LOST developed its sound as a trance-esque cocoon of clashing sounds of walls, pulsating synthesizers and angry vocals, which draws the listener into an emotional maelstrom, leading from fear, pain and desperation to rage and unlimited aggression. From ti
