V/a / Sonig Boxset

Sonig

For the last 14 years, the Sonig label, located on a quiet neighborhood street in the back office of the a-Musik record store in Cologne, Germany, has stood for uncompromising artistic freedom, absurd humor, hallowed seriousness and irrepressible individuality. The Sonig aesthetic has become an institution, a synonym for nonconformist stoicism in the pop business. Founded by pop-experimentalist Frank Dommert and Andi Toma and Jan St. Werner of Mouse on Mars, the label soon became the home to a number of internationally revered artists, featured on the two-disc compilation lovingly and painstakingly curated by label head Dommert. Sandwiched nicely in between the two slices of Sonig music is a DVD that contains 31 video artifacts unearthed and collected over the course of the label’s history. It is a veritable treasure trove of esoteric high-tech clips, elaborate animations and abstract experimental films. Morbid holiday footage from the ’60s, art clips by Mouse on Mars, classics by Schlammpeitziger, and trashy no-budget crime stories by Candie Hank all stand side-by-side like a vaudeville freak show

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