Räuberhöhle

 In this robbers' cave lives Krawallmädchen with her heap of old
synthesisers and toys. The beeps, squeals and racket of her junk are
accompanied by puppets, and for special occasions, such as the City of Women
Festival, the Bear also climbs slowly on stage, hardly able to follow
the rhythms dictated by unpredictable accelerations of the old rhythm-machines.

With her kitsch-glamour approach, Krawallmädchen touches on
the disco of the eighties, and pays homage to glam-metal from the same period
through her lyrics. A non-squeamish, yet cunning collage of frequently abused
melodies, rhythms and speech forms set Räuberhöhle alongside the plays of many
modern "trash" electronic musicians. This is a German-American
collaboration between the publisher and the Chicks on Speed trio, a
Berlin-based female descendant of the Digital Hardcore collective and an
American cast supported by Mr. Lady record label. These references are
not only musical, but also political, and provide the best description of the
duo Räuberhöhle from Berlin.

One can sense the dislike of exaggerated intellectualism of
feminist theories and an equally strong dislike of professionalism and the
importance the music industry attributes to authorship. The caustic "riot
girrrl" humour, DIY production, use of outdated technologies, free
accessibility through web pages http://www.megapeng.net/engraubi.html,
as well as the violation of copyright by sampling already existent products,
and, of course, anonymity: all these things are characteristic of
Krawallmädchen, maybe best summarised in the cry: "Kickericki, Ich bin die
Anarchie!"

Tea Hvala

Vocals, electronics: Krawalla (Germany)
Electronics: The Bear

Organisation: City of Women
In co-operation with: Klub Gromka