Animated video from 1998
1999 was a good year too - the second PIROMAN record came out on fragmentz records/Frankfurt. Definitely underground (250 copies i think), but the trip to Mrs. Brüggemann's cutting studio by S-Bahn with the DAT tape in the luggage was legendary. After she had cut the first side, she said it was all mono...!! Nothing against mono, but Piro had worked on some stereo elements. I broke out in a sweat and immediately went back home to re-record the DAT - where I realized that everything was fine. Back at the cutting studio, I got a little apology from the lady of the house (something was plugged in wrong) and the lacquer plate as a souvenir... 25 years later there is now a small reissue by Outside In Distribution from Barcelona, which sounds just as rough and good as the old edition...
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Inspiration came one night circa 1997, on the way home, passing an old gumball machine, a green ninja warrior, caught Ulf Kleiner's eye. Later it became a mascot for the birth of Piroman. Electro by-the-way of Miami-Bretzenheim, Germany. Piroman's affinity for futuristic sounds in Electro and Miami Bass had been predisposed from visits as a kid to the local fairs.
read on... Eines nachts ca. 1997 auf dem Heimweg ein Halt an einem alten Kaugummiautomaten: Die gelb durchsichtige Kapsel mit dem grünen Ninja-Krieger gab den Komparsen für die Geburt von PIROMAN. ‚Electro from Miami-Bretzenheim‘. Viele Jahre früher wuchs auf dem Jahrmarkt die Begeisterung für Electro und Miami Bass, einem Parallel-Universum zum heißgeliebten Jazz im Elternhaus.
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