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..
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 WASSER |
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 PASSAGE |
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  |
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 DISTANCE |
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 WASSER |
12″ CD 3 Titles | MOABIT 4/5 1991 | Rerelease |
COMPILED |
CD/MC 16 Titles | MOABIT 6/7 1991 | Compilation |
ELATION  |
EP CD 4 Titles | MOABIT 10 1992 | recorded in New Orleans and Berlin produced by Jim Thirlwell / Johnny Klimek |
CHEERIO  |
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  |
10″
2 Titles |
Monika Enterprise | Remixes by Chicks on Speed and Barbara Morgenstern |
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KALTES KLARES WASSER versus (pink) |
12″ s | Superstar | The Remixes by Chicks on Speed remixed DJ Koze, Thomas Schmacher + Electrochemie LK |
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KALTES KLARES WASSER versus (blue)
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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 |
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VERSUS
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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
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DOUBLE LP
COMPILED 2.0 + FULL EMOTION |
MOABIT 2019 | Malaria ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED |
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M_SESSION
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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 |
PICSMalaria! Gut+Köster 1981 by Jutta Henglein
Malaria! Turm 1982 by Peter Gruchot
Malaria! B.Köster Geld VideoStill
Malaria! NYC Studio54 1982
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