Thorax-Wach

2024 Stock. 300 copies limited edition. Japan release only. ** The name of the duo Thorax-Wach, which was founded in 1980 together with Frank Dieckmann, comes from the context of the morgue in which Olaf Kraemer worked at the time. Between 1980 and 1981, with the help of two Korg M-20s and a microphone, a handful of MCs celebrated in the underground scene were created, as well as self-released vinyl records on their own label, Schnellschnitt, which the duo, which had since relocated from tranquil Göttingen to busy Berlin, produced at night while one worked in the legendary Zensor record store during the day. The titles, which were only produced in small editions at the time, are still sought after and highly priced collector's items today. Frank Dieckmann then moved into education, while Olaf Kraemer spent several years in the USA. He currently lives in Munich and works as a book and film author (including the Uschi Obermaier biography “High Times”, Tatort).

A good 40 years after the works were first published, Thorax-Wach's album "Euch Geht's Ja Noch Viel Zu Gut" with 12 tracks will be released on CD for the first time by Suezan Studio on June 30, 2023. All songs have been carefully digitally remastered, the CD comes in the lovingly miniaturized original artwork with lyrics sheet and new booklet in a “mini-LP sleeve” and in a limited edition of 300 copies!

At the same time, the 1980 Thorax-Wach LP “Kaum Eracht – Schon Mode” (including the songs from the “Huckepack Und Zu Hunden In Den Tod” 7″ from the same year as a bonus) will be released as the first CD release and - exclusively from us and in the Japanese Suezan mail order – the bonus 8cm CD “der gegenschlag – laugh mit oxo” with 3 tracks, originally released in 1981 as a 7″ on quick cut and the original is now a sought-after collector’s item!