Skartoffel - Meer wollten wir gar nicht (CD)Heavy ska? Brass band? Hard ska punk? It's not easy to name the wild mix of musical genres that Skartoffel skillfully combine in their first official album, "Meer wollen wir gar nicht" (We Didn't Want to Go Sea). The seven guys from the rural Mnsterland region create a unique combination of hard guitar riffs with fat horns: from rousing festival tent music to smooth reggae sounds but always with a full on punk broadside that makes the walls shake. In

02 Little Bird

and accordionist Thorsten Stracke

13 No boom

songwriting has become a form of mental hygiene

14 Big old turtle

In her adopted hometown

it's about experiencing the in-between space

05 Dances In The Light: III

and songwriter Gary G

07 If I'm Alright

Inner distance from outward glamour and a stubborn refusal to take show business seriously have brought Friedel Geratsch through the past decades relatively unscathed

7 Mamm-Douar