Commemorating their ‘4AD years’ (1983-1984) forty years on, the mysteriously enchanting group returns now with a brand-new release entitled Gift: The 4AD Years.

The extraordinary impact Xmal Deutschland had upon British audiences in the early Eighties is difficult to convey forty years on. A spell was cast by the staccato rhythms, unmediated channels and mysterious (to us) language of their music, and by the vision and strength of the women involved. Their breakthrough support slot with Cocteau Twins and first two albums with 4AD dazzled and dug deep, speaking in tones and temperatures unlike any band before or since. “And at some point, it seemed to people we just...disappeared”, muses singer Anja Huwe. “So this myth of Xmal Deutschland just got bigger and bigger over the years…” 

Gift, which will fascinate newcomers just as it feeds the faithful, is brimming with presence. And if the word “gift” in German slyly relates to a kind of poison, nobody said this music was all sweetness and light. Even if its radiance resonates, four decades later. Xmal Deutschland’s 4AD years were a bold and bewitching boomerang. The magic’s back. 

 

Disc 1

Track name

Artist

1.Qual

Xmal Deutschland

2.Geheimnis

Xmal Deutschland

3.Young Man

Xmal Deutschland

4.In Der Nacht

Xmal Deutschland

5.Orient

Xmal Deutschland

6.Hand in Hand

Xmal Deutschland

7.Kaempfen

Xmal Deutschland

8.Danthem

Xmal Deutschland

9.Boomerang

Xmal Deutschland

10.Stummes Kind

Xmal Deutschland

11.Qual

Xmal Deutschland

12.Sehnsucht

Xmal Deutschland

13.Zeit

Xmal Deutschland

Disc 2

Track name

Artist

1.Mondlicht

Xmal Deutschland

2.Eiland

Xmal Deutschland

3.Reigen

Xmal Deutschland

4.Tag Fur Tag

Xmal Deutschland

5.Augenblick

Xmal Deutschland

6.Begrab Mein Herz

Xmal Deutschland

7.Nachtschatten

Xmal Deutschland

8.Xmas in Australia

Xmal Deutschland

9.Derwisch

Xmal Deutschland

10.Incubus Succubus II

Xmal Deutschland

11.Vito

Xmal Deutschland

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