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  • From: maria tessa sciarrino <maria AT plainparade.org>
  • To: typicalgirls AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [TypicalGirls] New Comp Alert
  • Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 14:41:36 -0400

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Various Artists
GRLZ | cdhw099

Women Ahead of Their Time

2lp | 18.00 EUR | Order

• Limited Edition Fluorescent Two-Colour Digipak

• Liner notes by Vivien Goldman

Ladies to the mike, please!

After a long stint of male dominance during the 70s – with only a few scattered exceptions to prove the rule – the birth of punk manifested the dawn of a new self-confidence: awkward girl bands like The Slits, Au Pairs or German variant Mania D decided to cause a stir in their dick-dominated surroundings. The cliché of the dishwashing female reduced to rearing offspring and shooting the odd admiring glance at her strong breadwinner was about to undergo a radical U-turn – many of the era’s pivotal bands featured women right at the frontline.

Kickstarted by provocative pop actionists like Valie Export in the early 70s, this new feminist attitude was picked up and perpetuated by her musical sisters in mind.

Nevertheless, this compilation does not dwell on the political statements behind the scene’s artistic emancipation, but rather highlights its singers’ newfound musical self-confidence. All tracks featured here simply bristle with untainted, exuberant freshness.




Tracklist / Content

01. Maximum Joy: Stretch
02. Dorothy: Softness
03. Rip, Rig & Panic: Storm the Reality Asylum
04. Anna Domino: Zanna
05. Slits: I Heard It Through the Grapevine
06. New Age Steppers: Fade Away
07. Delta 5: Mind Your Own Business
08. JaJaJa: Katz Rap
09. Bow Wow Wow: C-30 C-60 C-90 Go!
10. Ludus: Breaking the Rules
11. Rip, Rig & Panic: Sunken Love
12. Nicole Meyer: Nowhere bei Mir






  • [TypicalGirls] New Comp Alert, maria tessa sciarrino, 08/24/2005

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