In October 2005 both Moritz Reichelt - painter, designer and member of Der Plan - and Frank Fenstermacher - Der Plan, A Certain Frank, Atatak label - celebrated their 50th birthday. Long time fan, collector and WM Recordings artist Werner Popp invited various friends and colleagues of Moritz and Frank to contribute a track for a special birthday compilation. This little piece of German pop history is now exclusively available from WM Recordings.
1. Rockformation Diskokugel - Frankophil Wonderful young band from Darmstadt, city of Jugendstil. They are produced by Atatak. I met them first time at a FEHLFARBEN concert. Really great music. www.rockformation-diskokugel.de
2. JJ.Jones - Geburtstagslied JJ.Jones Great perfomer and member of DER PLAN (v4.0). As I know this is his interpretation of an idea from Mo. Mo wants to make a german birthdaysong, so we don't have to use the Happy birthday all the time. www.derplan.com
3. Andrea Donau - Ich freue mich (astrid lindgren remix) Andrea Donau comes from Austria, she is 78 years old and makes soundcollages with her 486 MS-DOS computer. Ad-lib Soundcard. Recorded at the Glueck Auf! Studio. She uses clips from Andreas Dorau songs and a piece from a Astrid Lindgren radio play for children. she doesn't use the internet.
4. Saskia von Klitzing - Frank-Ohm-Rama (Saunameditation) I. The very talented female drummer of Fehlfarben made this. http://www.saskia-von-klitzing.de
5. Kiesgroup - When I'm 54
6. Helge Hiller - Ein Fest fuer den Moritz -ein Fest fuer den Frank I met the long lost step cousin of the excentric avantgarde musician in a secret place near Vienna. He follows me to the Glueck Auf! Studios and does his version of an old Holger Hiller classic. Nice guy but a little bit shy.;-) He doesn't use computers.
7. Kuenstler Treu - Deutschland, Deutschland bleiches Broetchen. Listen, laugh, love it! www.derplan.com
8. Les Eves Nouvelles - Zum Geburtstag viel Glueck (Johann Sebastian Bach/Mildred J.Hill arranged by Thomas Klein and Andreas Reihse (both members of Kreidler) http://www.ikreidler.de/
9. Popeye Experience - Why I hate Birthday songs Another collage by Werner Popp's Alter Ego. I used several happy birthady versions I found on the net. Most of them by the way at Oddio Overplay (thank you). I listened too much to happy birthday versions, and I started to hate this song. Overdosed.
10. Verschwoert - Ton Rueckert My friendly netherlands neighbour. We met several times. He brought me to the record fair in Utrecht. Ton rebuild Die Verschwoerung. I like it a lot. It's exclusive for WM Recordings and not included on the CD which Moritz and Frank received.