MALARIA!



BIO 
January 1981 found Gudrun Gut and Bettina Koster in Christopher Franke’s Berlin-Spandau Studio recording their first Malaria! EP (Zensor Records). Christine Hahn of The Static with Glenn Branca and Barbara Ess, joined in from New York, and Manon P. Duursma fresh from Nina Hagen with O.U.T. and Susanne Kuhnke completed the Line-Up.

Malaria! started touring intensively soon after the release of their 12”, commencing with a concert with New Order at Brussel’s Ancienne Belgique, and going on from there to concerts with Birthday Party, The Slits, The AuPairs, Raincoats, Nina Hagen, John Cale, Einstuerzende Neubauten, and the Singing Nun. They played venues as diverse as the Mudd Club in New York, the Documenta in Kassel, Studio 54, the Bat Cave in London, Les Bains Douche in Paris, Milky Way and Paradiso in Amsterdam, ICA in London and Markthalle in Hamburg and naturally, again and again, at the SO36 in Berlin, and the Piazza Santa Maria Novella in Florence.

While touring, Malaria! used their time off to record in Studios in New York, London, Brussels, New Orleans, and in Berlin (How Do You Like My New Dog? 7”, Weisses Wasser 12”, New York Passage 12”, Revisited MC, Emotion Album). 
At the BBC studios in London Maida Vale Malaria recorded an Kit Jensen and a John Peel Session. 
 
Malaria! took a break in 1984 - Bettina and Christine re-located to New York, and Gudrun and Manon stayed in Berlin to form, with Beate Bartel, Matador, but not before they recorded their Mini-Album, Beat the Distance.

1992 Gudrun, Bettina, Christine, and Manon met up in New Orleans with Jim Thirlwell (Foetus) to record Elation 12”. Elation was followed by Cheerio, Album, which again was recorded in Berlin.

Chicks on Speed did a remix of Malaria’s Kaltes Klares Wasser in 2001, and it went into the Top 10.

Malaria! has been an instrumental part of Berlin Music History, as recently presented at the Zurueck zum Beton at Duesseldorf’s Kunstakademie, Kunsthalle Wien - Punk!, Geniale Dilletanten - Goetheinstitut, and also in the fantasy-doc, B-Movie.

2019 the rerelease of the original recording remastered on double vinyl.



2021 the Book M_DOKUMENTE and the The vinyl Box M_SESSIONS : all about Mania D, Malarai!, Matador.
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DISCS 
MALARIA! 12″EP 5 Titles MARAT Rec 06 1981 recorded at Christoph Franke Studio Berlin, produced by Klaus Krüger
HOW DO YOU./PERNOD 7″Single LES DISQUES DU CREPUSCULE TW133 1981 recorded at Jacobs Studio, Farnham UK produced with Ken Thomas and Martin Culverwell
WEISSES WASSERmal6 12″ 3 Titles LES DISQUES DU CREPUSCULE TW67 1982 Italy: Base Records 1983 recorded in Bruxelles, Engineered by Gilles Martin, produced with Martin Culverwell
NEW YORK PASSAGEmal8 12″ 3 Titles CACHALOT Rec BIG6 USA 1982 England: Jungle Records 1983 recorded at Sorcerer Sound Studio N.Y. produced by Eric Defaure „the Whale“
EMOTION mal7 LP 10 Titles Germany: MOABIT Rec 1982 Benelux: LES DISQUES DU CREPUSCULE 1982 Japan: NIPPON COLUMBIA 1983 recorded at Jacobs Studio Farnham UK produced with Ken Thomas and Martin Culverwell
REVISITED MC 11 Titles ROIR A123 USA 1983 France: rereleased as LP/CD DANCETERIA Rec 1991 Live at Danceteria NY & 9:30 Club Washington
BEAT THE DISTANCEmal8 12″ EP 7 Titles REBEL Rec/SPV 1984 recorded at Hansa Studio Berlin and Song Shop Studio NYC produced by Michael Hönig (Berlin) John Hanti (New York)
KALTES KLARES WASSERMwasser 12″ CD 3 Titles MOABIT 4/5 1991 Rerelease
COMPILEDmalcomp CD/MC 16 Titles MOABIT 6/7 1991 Compilation
ELATION malelat EP CD 4 Titles MOABIT 10 1992 recorded in New Orleans and Berlin produced by Jim Thirlwell / Johnny Klimek
CHEERIO malcheer CD 11 Titles MOABIT 11 1993 recorded at Mega Studio Berlin produced by Johnny Klimek
DELIRIUM CD/LP 9 Titles MFS Records 1993 Remixed : Remade : Remodelled by : Dr. Motte/ Sun Electric/ Westbam/ VOOV/ Moritz von Oswald/ J. Klimek/ 3 Phase/ Microglobe a.o.
KALTES KLARES WASSER versus CHICKS ON SPEED / B.MORGENSTERN m11cover 10″

 

2 Titles

Monika Enterprise Remixes by Chicks on Speed and Barbara Morgenstern

KALTES KLARES WASSER versus (pink)

12″ s Superstar The Remixes by Chicks on Speed remixed DJ Koze, Thomas Schmacher + Electrochemie LK

KALTES KLARES WASSER versus (blue)

12″ s Superstar Remixes by Wassermann / The Modernist / Barbara Morgenstern/ ChicKs On Speed  
VERSUS EP 12″ EP

 

4 Titles

Superstar Malaria Remixed by Alter Ego/ Ellen Allien/ Thomas Fehlmann/ Atomheart

VERSUS

malvers

Album CD

 

13 Titles

Superstar Malaria Remixed by Chicks on Speed/ Thomas Fehlmann/ Sun Electric/ Atomheart/ Dr.Motte/ Wassermann / Alter Ego/ Ellen Allien/ Barbara Morgenstern/ Dj Koze + the Tease/ Solex/ Matador
COMPILED 2.0

 

FULL EMOTION

DOUBLE LP

 

COMPILED 2.0 + FULL EMOTION

MOABIT 2019 Malaria ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED

M_SESSION

Case DoLP + Book Moabit 23 Rare Originals by Mania D. , Malaria! Matador plus Monika Werkstatt Versions

Several Compilations, including the following:

VENUS WELTKLANG 1981 LP, Flame Rec Germany
A DAY IN OCTOBER LP, Les Disques de Crepuscule Belgium
TRA SPEZIAL BERLIN MC plus magazine, TRA Japan
DEUTSCHLAND LP, AtaTak/Jem Rec USA
GIRLISM 1991 CD, Ausfahrt Rec Germany
TWILIGHT NOTES CD, Notes/Indigo Germany
SUPER 80 2005, DVD + LP + CD, Monitorpop
GIRL MONSTER 2006, 3CD`s, Chicks on Speed Rec
PICS

mal1gb 

Malaria! Gut+Köster 1981 by Jutta Henglein

malTURM 

Malaria! Turm 1982 by Peter Gruchot

malVIDEO 

Malaria!  B.Köster Geld VideoStill

MalariaNYC 

Malaria! NYC Studio54 1982