MATADOR was founded in 1982 by BEATE BARTEL, MANON P. DUURSMA and GUDRUN GUT for experimenting in sound and visual arts. Their first performance was in june 1982 at the Documenta in Kassel at which time Beate was still busy with LIAISONS DANGEREUSES and Gudrun and Manon with MALARIA!. This was followed by performances in women centers and artschools, releases on cassette-labels in England, Japan and Germany and involvement in experimental movies.
After the 1987 release of their first album A TOUCH BEYOND CANNED LOVE on WHATS SO FUNNY ABOUT they began to explore the unlimited worlds of MIDI and sampling. The cover version single STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE and their second album SUN were released 1989/90 by NORMAL Records and recieving consistantly good reviews i.e." most intelligent pop heard for a long time...", they continued to remain outside the established pop world.
In 1991 their 3rd Album ECOUTE which was released on MOABIT Records. Produced by themselves it is a sum total of the Matador experiments to that date.
Their music reflects an exploration of sounds and styles, while daring to combine commercial cliches.
MATADOR MEMBERS:
Beate Bartel, Manon P. Duursma, Gudrun Gut
and:
Susanne Kuhnke, Lysanne Thibodeau, Kloie Picot, Petra Wende, Christian Graupner, Jan D’Arc Schade, Peter Piet Essens, Lisa Wicklund.
Guests:
Henry Rollins, Blacky, Jayney Klimek, Alexander Hacke, Rainer Lingk, Nainz Watts (Raymond Watts), Johnny Klimek.
PARADIESISCHES TOR
A COLLAGE OF FILM, TEXT and MUSIC Joint project by Sonja Bender and Gudrun Gut for "DIE NÄCHTE DES RAMADAN" (The Nights of the Ramadan) - Istanbul / Berlin Sessions
27. August 2011, Kesselhaus at the Kulturbrauerei, Berlin
A Production of Piranha Kultur GmbH
CAST:
ISTANBUL: Music: Alper Maral & Gözen Atila, Video: Bengü Karaduman
BERLIN: Matador plays "Paradise"
Music: Gudrun Gut, Beate Bartel, Manon Pepita,
with videos by SONJA BENDER
SPECIAL GUESTs:
Myra Davies (Music + Spoken Word)
Annika Reich "para dies & das" (Text)
Andrea Hanna Huenniger "Das Paradies" (Text)
GALLERY
0. Trumpet Pic © P.Gruchot
1. Sun © P.Gruchot
2. Band pic with Kloie Picot © Matador
3. A Touch Beyond Canned Love © P.Gruchot
4. Masks Video © Matador
5. Polaroid © Karin Luner
DISCOGRAPHIE:
AUDIO
Matador – Tulip 1, Tulip 2
1983, MC
Unikum - ROT
Independent Berlin Musicmag
Matador – Nowever, Ornever
1983, MC
Meridians One [T2]
Compilation, Touch UK
Mata D’OR – Maze
1984, MC
Sleep?
Compilation, Kartell
Matador - Blood / Sand
1983, MC
TRA SPECIAL - BERLIN,
Book with MC, Japan
A TOUCH BEYOND CANNED LOVE
Album
1987, LP
WHATS SO FUNNY ABOUT Records
STOP IN THE NAME OF LOVE
1989 12“ MaxiSingle
NORMAL Records
SUN
Album
1990, LP, CD
NORMAL Records
ECOUTE
Album
1991, CD
MOABIT Records
M_SESSIONS
DoubleLP Box Set
2021, Rare Originals + Monika Werkstatt Versions
MANIA D MALARIA MATADOR
BOOK
M_DOKUMENTE
BOOK
2021, Ventil Verlag
MANIA D MALARIA MATADOR
VIDEO + FILM
Mutter Erde die Blätter fallen
1982, Film
Regie: Yana Yo
Music + Performance: Matador
Karl Hofer Symposium
Released on
MORGANA - Flowers From Underground (VHS, 75 Min.)
Video Compilation, Kartell
Last Supper Scene
(w. Matador and others)
1984, Film
Bad Blood For The Vampire
Regie: Lysanne Thibodeau
Matador – Myland
(w. Lysanne Thibodeau, Kloie Picot)
BERLIN NOW
1984, Film
Regie: Wolfgang Büld, Sissy Kelling
Matador - Gumbo
1991, Videoclip
Regie: Lysanne Thibodeau
Camera: Rolf Wolkenstein
Prod: Weltbild Berlin
Staub
1991, Film
Regie: Rolf Wolkenstein
Music: Matador (Bartel, Duursma, Gut)
MATADOR
IN M_DOKUMENTE / M_SESSIONS
