Yes, Lali Puna, all your german friends have introduced you to them, you’ve all got cassettes of them or burned cd’s and you always ask your german friends what they’re playing when you’re sitting in their kitchen and they always reply “that’s Lali Puna” as a glazed over look spreads across their faces and they smile and perhaps also sigh into the bargain. The reasons are obvious. Lali Puna are a great great band. They took 90′s electronic music, added a bit of guitar here and there, some real drums and bob’s your uncle. Tridecoder (1999), followed by Scary World Theory (2001) arguably two of the best electronic music albums of the past how ever many years were released on Morr Music label, one of the finest labels, nay, indeed things to come out of germany since Augustiner was invented!They’ve got all the bleeps and beeps and boops you’re electronic heart could wish for. Plus song titles like Nin-com-pop, Bi-pet, Call 1-800 FEAR, 6-0-3, should surely snag your curiosity. It’s equally fast and danceable and then Valerie Trebeljahr can have you curled up in ball on the floor with a delicate lullaby hushing you to sleep. And we all sigh together.If you’re german friends haven’t heard of them or haven’t got any albums you can steal from them, ditch them and get some older and better german friends! Diud i also mention they is good friends with The Notwist? And the deal is done.
