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Radio Berlin
12+ albums
post-punknew waveminimal synthminimal waveCanadian
about
There are at least 2 bands sharing this name: 1)-Radio Berlin was formed in 1981 by members of the Florida-based minimal electronics band Futurisk. They released the 7'' EP "Dance the Youth" and the track "Go down" on a local compilation before dissapearing. 2)-Radio Berlin was a four piece band from Vancouver, BC, Canada. Formed in 1998, the band released numerous, well-received albums. With a sound best described as rhythmic postpunk/new wave with early 'goth' stylings, Radio Berlin's garnered many welcome comparisons to bands like Pornography-era Cure, Joy Division, Wire, Josef K, and Siouxsie and the Banshees, only backed by the rhythm section one would expect from a band like Clikatat Ikatowi. Having played with peers such as of The Locust, I Am Spoonbender, The Faint, Vue, Add N To X, Interpol, Ted Leo, and Camera Obscura, Radio Berlin rocked out with a hypnotic live show. Radio Berlin first released the LP/CD "Sibling", which was preceded by the 1999 7" and a split 7" with Kid Commando. After that came their second full length record "The Selection Drone", recorded at The Hive by Colin Stewart (Pretty Girls Make Graves, Black Mountain), was released September 2001. The record received some amazing reviews from the music press and made it at as “best album of the year” in several North American music publications. Radio Berlin toured the album in the fall of 2001. Their most well-received record, "Glass", was released in September 2003 on the US label Action Driver
